diff --git a/Projects/Server/Buffers/ValueStringBuilder.cs b/Projects/Server/Buffers/ValueStringBuilder.cs
index e97ac7622..79e1b687a 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Buffers/ValueStringBuilder.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Buffers/ValueStringBuilder.cs
@@ -51,10 +51,9 @@ public ref struct ValueStringBuilder
     public ValueStringBuilder(int initialCapacity, bool mt = false)
     {
         _mt = mt;
-        _arrayToReturnToPool = null;
-        _chars = _arrayToReturnToPool;
         _length = 0;
-        _arrayToReturnToPool = ArrayPool.Rent(initialCapacity);
+        _arrayToReturnToPool = (_mt ? ArrayPool<char>.Shared : STArrayPool<char>.Shared).Rent(initialCapacity);
+        _chars = _arrayToReturnToPool;
     }
 
     public int Length => _length;
diff --git a/Projects/UOContent/Engines/Spawners/SpawnPropsGump.cs b/Projects/UOContent/Engines/Spawners/SpawnPropsGump.cs
index 2b1583603..684b3d477 100644
--- a/Projects/UOContent/Engines/Spawners/SpawnPropsGump.cs
+++ b/Projects/UOContent/Engines/Spawners/SpawnPropsGump.cs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace Server.Gumps
                     }
                 case 3: // Apply
                     {
-                        using var propsBuilder = new ValueStringBuilder(64);
+                        using var propsBuilder = ValueStringBuilder.Create();
                         bool first = true;
                         foreach (var attr in MobileAttributes)
                         {