diff --git a/include/arc/std/string.h b/include/arc/std/string.h
index 53c6b94..fc1b281 100644
--- a/include/arc/std/string.h
+++ b/include/arc/std/string.h
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ void ARC_String_Create(ARC_String **string, char *data, uint64_t length);
  */
 void ARC_String_CreateWithStrlen(ARC_String **string, char *data);
 
+/**
+ * @brief creates an empty ARC_String type, useful if you want to add to the string over time without having to keep adding to the size
+ *
+ * @param string  ARC_String to create
+ * @param length  length of ARC_String
+ */
+void ARC_String_CreateEmpty(ARC_String **string, uint64_t length);
+
 /**
  * @brief destroys ARC_String type
  * 
diff --git a/src/std/string.c b/src/std/string.c
index d759ad5..bcc9cf0 100644
--- a/src/std/string.c
+++ b/src/std/string.c
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ void ARC_String_CreateWithStrlen(ARC_String **string, char *data){
     (*string)->data[(*string)->length] = '\0';
 }
 
+void ARC_String_CreateEmpty(ARC_String **string, uint64_t length){
+    *string           = (ARC_String *)malloc(sizeof(ARC_String));
+    (*string)->data   = (char       *)malloc(sizeof(char) * (length + 1));
+    (*string)->length = length;
+
+    (*string)->data[0] = '\0';
+    for(uint64_t index = 0; index <= length; index++){
+        (*string)->data[index] = '\0';
+    }
+}
+
 void ARC_String_Destroy(ARC_String *string){
     if(string->data){
         free(string->data);