diff --git a/includes/std/string.pat b/includes/std/string.pat
index 833ce18..dbe6043 100644
--- a/includes/std/string.pat
+++ b/includes/std/string.pat
@@ -209,31 +209,27 @@ namespace std::string {
 		@param replace The substring to replace with.
 		@return The string with the replacements.
 	*/
-    fn replace(str string, str pattern, str replace) {
-    	u32 string_len, pattern_len, replace_len;
-		string_len  = std::string::length(string);
-		pattern_len = std::string::length(pattern);
-		replace_len = std::string::length(replace);
-		
-		if (pattern_len > string_len)
-			return string;
-			
+	fn replace(str string, str pattern, str replace) {
+		s32 string_len  = std::string::length(string);
+		s32 pattern_len = std::string::length(pattern);
+
+		if (pattern_len > string_len || pattern_len * string_len == 0 )
+ 			return string;
+
 		str result;
-		u32 i;
-		while (i <= (string_len - pattern_len)) {
-			
-			if (std::string::substr(string, i, pattern_len) == pattern) {
-				result = result + replace;
-				i = i + pattern_len;
-			} else {
-				result = result + std::string::at(string, i);
-				i = i + 1;
+		s32 string_index;
+		s32 remaining_len = string_len;
+		while (pattern_len <= remaining_len) {
+			if (std::string::substr(string, string_index, pattern_len) == pattern) {
+ 				result += replace;
+				string_index += pattern_len;
+ 			} else {
+				result += std::string::at(string, string_index);
+  				string_index += 1;
 			}
+			remaining_len = string_len - string_index;
 		}
-		result = result + std::string::substr(string,string_len-pattern_len+1,pattern_len);
-		
+		result += std::string::substr(string, string_index, remaining_len );
 		return result;
 	};
-
-
 }