diff --git a/UnitTest++/SuitePredicate.cpp b/UnitTest++/SuitePredicate.cpp
index 6ad99f8..e2876d8 100644
--- a/UnitTest++/SuitePredicate.cpp
+++ b/UnitTest++/SuitePredicate.cpp
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ SuitePredicate::~SuitePredicate()
 }
 
 
-void SuitePredicate::addSuite(const string & suiteName)
+void SuitePredicate::addSuite(char const* suiteName)
 {
 	_suiteNames.push_back(suiteName);
 }
 
 
-void SuitePredicate::addTest(const string & testName)
+void SuitePredicate::addTest(char const* testName)
 {
 	_testNames.push_back(testName);
 }
diff --git a/UnitTest++/SuitePredicate.h b/UnitTest++/SuitePredicate.h
index 8df7647..c9cf8c7 100644
--- a/UnitTest++/SuitePredicate.h
+++ b/UnitTest++/SuitePredicate.h
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ namespace UnitTest
 {
 	using namespace std;
 
-	class SuitePredicate
+	class UNITTEST_LINKAGE SuitePredicate
 	{
 	public:
 		SuitePredicate();
 		virtual ~SuitePredicate();
 
-		void addSuite(const string & suiteName);
-		void addTest(const string & testName);
+		void addSuite(char const* suiteName);
+		void addTest(char const* testName);
 
 		bool operator()(Test const * const test) const;
 
diff --git a/UnitTest++/TestRunner.cpp b/UnitTest++/TestRunner.cpp
index f416659..1fe598e 100644
--- a/UnitTest++/TestRunner.cpp
+++ b/UnitTest++/TestRunner.cpp
@@ -32,14 +32,13 @@ namespace UnitTest {
 	   int from = (suite) ? 2 : 1;
 	   for (int i = from; i < argc; ++i)
 	   {
-		   string name = argv[i];
 		   if (suite)
 		   {
-			   predicate.addSuite(name);
+			   predicate.addSuite(argv[i]);
 		   }
 		   else
 		   {
-			   predicate.addTest(name);
+			   predicate.addTest(argv[i]);
 		   }
 	   }