diff --git a/src/Project.zig b/src/Project.zig
index e0e3cb3..36142e2 100644
--- a/src/Project.zig
+++ b/src/Project.zig
@@ -796,7 +796,6 @@ pub fn delete_task(self: *Self, command: []const u8) error{}!void {
 }
 
 pub fn did_open(self: *Self, from: tp.pid_ref, file_path: []const u8, file_type: []const u8, language_server: []const u8, language_server_options: []const u8, version: usize, text: []const u8) StartLspError!void {
-    defer std.heap.c_allocator.free(text);
     self.update_mru(file_path, 0, 0) catch {};
     const lsp = try self.get_or_start_language_server(from, file_path, language_server, language_server_options);
     const uri = try self.make_URI(file_path);
diff --git a/src/project_manager.zig b/src/project_manager.zig
index 4e701a0..9d3a59a 100644
--- a/src/project_manager.zig
+++ b/src/project_manager.zig
@@ -212,11 +212,10 @@ pub fn did_open(file_path: []const u8, file_type: file_type_config, version: usi
     const project = tp.env.get().str("project");
     if (project.len == 0)
         return error.NoProject;
-    const text_ptr: usize = if (text.len > 0) @intFromPtr(text.ptr) else 0;
     const language_server = file_type.language_server orelse return;
     const language_server_options = if (file_type.language_server) |lsp| lsp_config.get(project, lsp[0]) orelse &.{} else &.{};
     defer lsp_config.allocator.free(language_server_options);
-    return send(.{ "did_open", project, file_path, file_type.name, language_server, language_server_options, version, text_ptr, text.len });
+    return send(.{ "did_open", project, file_path, file_type.name, language_server, language_server_options, version, text });
 }
 
 pub fn did_change(file_path: []const u8, version: usize, text_dst: []const u8, text_src: []const u8, eol_mode: Buffer.EolMode) (ProjectManagerError || ProjectError)!void {
@@ -408,8 +407,7 @@ const Process = struct {
         var row: usize = 0;
         var col: usize = 0;
         var version: usize = 0;
-        var text_ptr: usize = 0;
-        var text_len: usize = 0;
+        var text: []const u8 = undefined;
         var text_dst_ptr: usize = 0;
         var text_dst_len: usize = 0;
         var text_src_ptr: usize = 0;
@@ -483,8 +481,7 @@ const Process = struct {
             self.add_task(project_directory, task) catch |e| return from.forward_error(e, @errorReturnTrace()) catch error.ClientFailed;
         } else if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{ "delete_task", tp.extract(&project_directory), tp.extract(&task) })) {
             self.delete_task(project_directory, task) catch |e| return from.forward_error(e, @errorReturnTrace()) catch error.ClientFailed;
-        } else if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{ "did_open", tp.extract(&project_directory), tp.extract(&path), tp.extract(&file_type), tp.extract_cbor(&language_server), tp.extract(&language_server_options), tp.extract(&version), tp.extract(&text_ptr), tp.extract(&text_len) })) {
-            const text = if (text_len > 0) @as([*]const u8, @ptrFromInt(text_ptr))[0..text_len] else "";
+        } else if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{ "did_open", tp.extract(&project_directory), tp.extract(&path), tp.extract(&file_type), tp.extract_cbor(&language_server), tp.extract(&language_server_options), tp.extract(&version), tp.extract(&text) })) {
             self.did_open(project_directory, path, file_type, language_server, language_server_options, version, text) catch |e| return from.forward_error(e, @errorReturnTrace()) catch error.ClientFailed;
         } else if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{ "did_change", tp.extract(&project_directory), tp.extract(&path), tp.extract(&version), tp.extract(&text_dst_ptr), tp.extract(&text_dst_len), tp.extract(&text_src_ptr), tp.extract(&text_src_len), tp.extract(&eol_mode) })) {
             const text_dst = if (text_dst_len > 0) @as([*]const u8, @ptrFromInt(text_dst_ptr))[0..text_dst_len] else "";