diff --git a/src/dusk/modding/mod_loader.cpp b/src/dusk/modding/mod_loader.cpp
index 0659173172..c6bdc0f51d 100644
--- a/src/dusk/modding/mod_loader.cpp
+++ b/src/dusk/modding/mod_loader.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static std::string_view getFileNameWithoutExtension(const std::string_view fileN
 
 static DllLocateResult LocateDllInBundle(ModBundle& bundle) {
     std::string dllEntry, dllFallback;
-    for (const auto name : bundle.getFileNames()) {
+    for (const auto& name : bundle.getFileNames()) {
         if (!name.ends_with(".dll"sv) && !name.ends_with(".dylib"sv) && !name.ends_with(".so"sv)) {
             continue;
         }