diff --git a/PorygonSharp/DiagnosticHandling/DiagnosticItem.cs b/PorygonSharp/DiagnosticHandling/DiagnosticItem.cs
index 694eb84..8c1fb24 100644
--- a/PorygonSharp/DiagnosticHandling/DiagnosticItem.cs
+++ b/PorygonSharp/DiagnosticHandling/DiagnosticItem.cs
@@ -1,18 +1,55 @@
+using System;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace PorygonSharp.DiagnosticHandling
 {
-    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
-    public struct DiagnosticItem
+    public class DiagnosticItem
     {
-        private readonly int _severity;
-        private readonly DiagnosticCode _code;
-        private readonly uint _start;
-        private readonly uint _length;
+        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+        public struct InternalRepresentation
+        {
+            private readonly int            _severity;
+            private readonly DiagnosticCode _code;
+            private readonly uint           _start;
+            private readonly uint           _length;
+
+            public DiagnosticCode GetCode()
+            {
+                return _code;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private InternalRepresentation _internalRepresentation;
+        private readonly IntPtr _handle;
+
+        private bool _initialed;
+
+        private InternalRepresentation Internal
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (!_initialed)
+                {
+                    _internalRepresentation = Marshal.PtrToStructure<InternalRepresentation>(_handle);
+                }
+                _initialed = true;
+                return _internalRepresentation;
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal DiagnosticItem(IntPtr handle)
+        {
+            _handle = handle;
+        }
+
+        internal IntPtr GetHandle()
+        {
+            return _handle;
+        }
 
         public DiagnosticCode GetCode()
         {
-            return _code;
+            return Internal.GetCode();
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/PorygonSharp/DiagnosticHandling/Diagnostics.cs b/PorygonSharp/DiagnosticHandling/Diagnostics.cs
index e39c5f0..21ddeb4 100644
--- a/PorygonSharp/DiagnosticHandling/Diagnostics.cs
+++ b/PorygonSharp/DiagnosticHandling/Diagnostics.cs
@@ -47,14 +47,23 @@ namespace PorygonSharp.DiagnosticHandling
             for (var i = 0; i < count; i++)
             {
                 var ptr = GetDiagnosticAt(_handle, i);
-                yield return Marshal.PtrToStructure<DiagnosticItem>(ptr);
+                yield return new DiagnosticItem(ptr);
             }
         }
 
-        [DllImport("libPorygonLang", EntryPoint = "GetDiagnosticsCount")]
+        public string GetFullDiagnosticMessage(DiagnosticItem item)
+        {
+            var ptr = GetFullDiagnostic(_handle, item.GetHandle());
+            return Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8(ptr);
+        }
+
+        [DllImport("libPorygonLang", EntryPoint = "GetDiagnosticsCount", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         private static extern int GetDiagnosticsCount(IntPtr ptr);
 
-        [DllImport("libPorygonLang", EntryPoint = "GetDiagnosticAt")]
+        [DllImport("libPorygonLang", EntryPoint = "GetDiagnosticAt", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         private static extern IntPtr GetDiagnosticAt(IntPtr ptr, int position);
+
+        [DllImport("libPorygonLang", EntryPoint = "GetFullDiagnostic", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        private static extern IntPtr GetFullDiagnostic(IntPtr diagnosticsHolder, IntPtr diagnostic);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/PorygonSharp/EvalValue.cs b/PorygonSharp/EvalValue.cs
index 24d40cd..7490c78 100644
--- a/PorygonSharp/EvalValue.cs
+++ b/PorygonSharp/EvalValue.cs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ namespace PorygonSharp
         public string EvaluateString()
         {
             var ptr = EvaluateString(_handle);
-            return Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8(ptr);
+            return Marshal.PtrToStringUni(ptr);
         }
 
         public object GetObjectValue()
diff --git a/PorygonSharpTests/UnitTest1.cs b/PorygonSharpTests/UnitTest1.cs
index e96056a..de3a542 100644
--- a/PorygonSharpTests/UnitTest1.cs
+++ b/PorygonSharpTests/UnitTest1.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using PorygonSharp;
 using PorygonSharp.UserData;
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ namespace PorygonSharpTests
                 var diags = script.Diagnostics.GetDiagnostics();
                 foreach (var diag in diags)
                 {
-                    throw new Exception(diag.GetCode().ToString());
+                    throw new Exception(script.Diagnostics.GetFullDiagnosticMessage(diag));
                 }
                 Assert.False(script.Diagnostics.HasErrors());
             }
@@ -109,6 +110,18 @@ namespace PorygonSharpTests
             }
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestDiagnostic()
+        {
+            using (var script = new Script("\n'\\x'"))
+            {
+                var diagnostics = script.Diagnostics.GetDiagnostics().ToArray();
+                Assert.IsNotEmpty(diagnostics);
+                Assert.AreEqual("[Error]  (1, 3) '\\x' is not a valid control character.", script.Diagnostics.GetFullDiagnosticMessage(diagnostics[0]));
+            }
+        }
+
+
         [Test]
         public void TestHash()
         {
diff --git a/PorygonSharpTests/UserDataTests.cs b/PorygonSharpTests/UserDataTests.cs
index 4019617..1f88174 100644
--- a/PorygonSharpTests/UserDataTests.cs
+++ b/PorygonSharpTests/UserDataTests.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ end
                 var diags = script.Diagnostics.GetDiagnostics();
                 foreach (var diag in diags)
                 {
-                    throw new Exception(diag.GetCode().ToString());
+                    throw new Exception(script.Diagnostics.GetFullDiagnosticMessage(diag));
                 }
 
                 script.Evaluate();
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ end
                 var diags = script.Diagnostics.GetDiagnostics();
                 foreach (var diag in diags)
                 {
-                    throw new Exception(diag.GetCode().ToString());
+                    throw new Exception(script.Diagnostics.GetFullDiagnosticMessage(diag));
                 }
 
                 script.Evaluate();
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ end
                 var diags = script.Diagnostics.GetDiagnostics();
                 foreach (var diag in diags)
                 {
-                    throw new Exception(diag.GetCode().ToString());
+                    throw new Exception(script.Diagnostics.GetFullDiagnosticMessage(diag));
                 }
 
                 script.Evaluate();
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ end
                 var diags = script.Diagnostics.GetDiagnostics();
                 foreach (var diag in diags)
                 {
-                    throw new Exception(diag.GetCode().ToString());
+                    throw new Exception(script.Diagnostics.GetFullDiagnosticMessage(diag));
                 }
 
                 script.Evaluate();
diff --git a/libPorygonLang.so b/libPorygonLang.so
index 55f3687..4ef9583 100755
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