diff --git a/app/src/main/cpp/StringRepository.cpp b/app/src/main/cpp/StringRepository.cpp
index c372323..7fc89c1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/cpp/StringRepository.cpp
+++ b/app/src/main/cpp/StringRepository.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,20 @@ void StringRepository::releaseString(StringHandle)
     // do nothing
 }
 
+
+StringHandle StringRepository::concatenateString(StringHandle a, StringHandle b)
+{
+    ZoneScoped;
+    const char* texta = getString(a);
+    const char* textb = getString(b);
+    size_t length = strlen(texta) + strlen(textb);
+    char* textc = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char)*(length+1));
+    snprintf(textc, length + 1, "%s%s", texta, textb);
+    nt_string_handle c = internString(textc);
+    free(textc);
+    return c;
+}
+
 void StringRepository::freeAll()
 {
     ZoneScoped;
diff --git a/app/src/main/cpp/StringRepository.h b/app/src/main/cpp/StringRepository.h
index 2365c0e..87d00df 100644
--- a/app/src/main/cpp/StringRepository.h
+++ b/app/src/main/cpp/StringRepository.h
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ public:
     /// @brief Frees a string
     void releaseString(StringHandle handle);
 
+    /// @brief Adds a string to the string repository
+    /// @param a the first string
+    /// @param b the second string
+    StringHandle concatenateString(StringHandle a, StringHandle b);
+
     /// @brief Frees all strings inside the repository
     void freeAll();