diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/venus/assembler/Assembler.kt b/src/main/kotlin/venus/assembler/Assembler.kt
index ea3caa7b..8ea3af66 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/venus/assembler/Assembler.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/venus/assembler/Assembler.kt
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ internal class AssemblerPassOne(private val text: String) {
                 }
             }
 
-            ".asciiz" -> {
+            ".string", ".asciiz" -> {
                 checkArgsLength(args, 1)
                 val ascii: String = try {
                     JSON.parse(args[0])