diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/StringUtils.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/StringUtils.java
index 82c00695d051ee84f42bc25ee95b9277217d1756..f5643871cb731a654ca456d18ee6b43523d5b7ab 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/StringUtils.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/StringUtils.java
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ public class StringUtils {
 			return "\"\"";
 		}
 		StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
+		res.append('"');
 		for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
 			int c = str.charAt(i) & 0xFFFF;
 			processChar(c, res);
 		}
-		return '"' + res.toString() + '"';
+		res.append('"');
+		return res.toString();
 	}
 
 	public String unescapeChar(char ch) {
@@ -28,8 +30,10 @@ public class StringUtils {
 			return "'\\\''";
 		}
 		StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
+		res.append('\'');
 		processChar(ch, res);
-		return '\'' + res.toString() + '\'';
+		res.append('\'');
+		return res.toString();
 	}
 
 	private void processChar(int c, StringBuilder res) {