diff --git a/Controllers/ClevoLightbarController/ClevoLightbarController.cpp b/Controllers/ClevoLightbarController/ClevoLightbarController.cpp
index d3831c81..c0d01ed7 100644
--- a/Controllers/ClevoLightbarController/ClevoLightbarController.cpp
+++ b/Controllers/ClevoLightbarController/ClevoLightbarController.cpp
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 |   SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later               |
 \*---------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-#include "ClevoLightbarController.h"
 #include <cstring>
+#include "ClevoLightbarController.h"
+#include "StringUtils.h"
 
 ClevoLightbarController::ClevoLightbarController(hid_device* dev_handle, const hid_device_info& info)
 {
@@ -40,10 +41,7 @@ std::string ClevoLightbarController::GetSerialString()
         return("");
     }
 
-    std::wstring return_wstring = serial_string;
-    std::string return_string(return_wstring.begin(), return_wstring.end());
-
-    return(return_string);
+    return(StringUtils::wstring_to_string(serial_string));
 }
 
 std::string ClevoLightbarController::GetFirmwareVersion()