diff --git a/snunit/src/snunit/unsafe/constants.scala b/snunit/src/snunit/unsafe/constants.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..505741f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snunit/src/snunit/unsafe/constants.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package snunit.unsafe
+
+private[unsafe] object Constants {
+  final val StringCharArrayOffset = 16
+  final val StringOffsetOffset = 24
+  final val StringCountOffset = 28
+}
diff --git a/snunit/src/snunit/unsafe/newCharBuffer.scala b/snunit/src/snunit/unsafe/newCharBuffer.scala
index d0296c6..b5afb9f 100644
--- a/snunit/src/snunit/unsafe/newCharBuffer.scala
+++ b/snunit/src/snunit/unsafe/newCharBuffer.scala
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ private[snunit] def newCharBuffer(string: String): CharBuffer = {
   // deconstructing string
   val stringRawPtr = castObjectToRawPtr(string)
   val stringPtr = fromRawPtr[Byte](stringRawPtr)
-  val array: Array[Char] = loadObject(toRawPtr(stringPtr + 8)).asInstanceOf[Array[Char]]
-  val offset: Int = loadInt(toRawPtr(stringPtr + 16))
-  val count: Int = loadInt(toRawPtr(stringPtr + 20))
+  val array: Array[Char] = loadObject(toRawPtr(stringPtr + Constants.StringCharArrayOffset)).asInstanceOf[Array[Char]]
+  val offset: Int = loadInt(toRawPtr(stringPtr + Constants.StringOffsetOffset))
+  val count: Int = loadInt(toRawPtr(stringPtr + Constants.StringCountOffset))
 
   CharBuffer.wrap(array, offset, count)
 }
diff --git a/snunit/src/snunit/unsafe/stringUtils.scala b/snunit/src/snunit/unsafe/stringUtils.scala
index b24d9bb..274ba16 100644
--- a/snunit/src/snunit/unsafe/stringUtils.scala
+++ b/snunit/src/snunit/unsafe/stringUtils.scala
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ private[snunit] def fromCStringAndSize(cstr: CString, size: Int): String = {
     val result = new String(Array.emptyCharArray)
     val resultRawPtr = castObjectToRawPtr(result)
     val resultPtr = fromRawPtr[Byte](resultRawPtr)
-    storeObject(toRawPtr(resultPtr + 8), castObjectToRawPtr(output.array()))
-    storeInt(toRawPtr(resultPtr + 16), 0)
+    storeObject(toRawPtr(resultPtr + Constants.StringCharArrayOffset), castObjectToRawPtr(output.array()))
+    storeInt(toRawPtr(resultPtr + Constants.StringOffsetOffset), 0)
     val length = output.position()
-    storeInt(toRawPtr(resultPtr + 20), length)
+    storeInt(toRawPtr(resultPtr + Constants.StringCountOffset), length)
     result
   } else ""
 }