diff --git a/src/localisation/localisation.c b/src/localisation/localisation.c
index 898915d4c8..96135fb0c7 100644
--- a/src/localisation/localisation.c
+++ b/src/localisation/localisation.c
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ void format_string_part(utf8 **dest, rct_string_id format, char **args)
 		*args += (format & 0xC00) >> 9;
 		format &= ~0xC00;
 
-		strcpy(*dest, RCT2_ADDRESS(0x135A8F4 + (format * 32), char));
+		safe_strcpy(*dest, &gUserStrings[format * 32], 32);
 		*dest = strchr(*dest, 0) + 1;
 	} else if (format < 0xE000) {
 		// Real name
diff --git a/src/localisation/localisation.h b/src/localisation/localisation.h
index 216ffd357b..cf4ac6ad06 100644
--- a/src/localisation/localisation.h
+++ b/src/localisation/localisation.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ wchar_t encoding_convert_big5_to_unicode(wchar_t big5);
 extern const char real_name_initials[16];
 extern const char *real_names[1024];
 
-extern utf8 *gUserStrings;
+extern utf8 gUserStrings[MAX_USER_STRINGS * USER_STRING_MAX_LENGTH];
 extern char gCommonStringFormatBuffer[256];
 extern uint8 gCommonFormatArgs[80];
 extern uint8 gMapTooltipFormatArgs[40];
diff --git a/src/localisation/user.c b/src/localisation/user.c
index 2fa1f47dd4..b33b425b70 100644
--- a/src/localisation/user.c
+++ b/src/localisation/user.c
@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 #pragma endregion
 
-#include "../addresses.h"
 #include "../game.h"
 #include "../ride/ride.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include "localisation.h"
 #include "user.h"
 
-utf8 *gUserStrings = RCT2_ADDRESS(0x0135A8F4, char);
+utf8 gUserStrings[MAX_USER_STRINGS * USER_STRING_MAX_LENGTH];
 
 static bool user_string_exists(const utf8 *text);