diff --git a/deps/first/File/include/File/Macros.hpp b/deps/first/File/include/File/Macros.hpp
index fb27b48a3..b1164b946 100644
--- a/deps/first/File/include/File/Macros.hpp
+++ b/deps/first/File/include/File/Macros.hpp
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
-// Set this to 1 to use ANSI (char*) instead of wide strings (wchar_t*)
-#ifndef RC_IS_ANSI
-#define RC_IS_ANSI 0
-#endif
-
-#if RC_IS_ANSI == 1
-#define STR(str) u##str
-#else
-#define STR(str) L##str
-#endif
+#include <String/StringType.hpp>
 
 #define THROW_INTERNAL_FILE_ERROR(msg)                                                                                                                         \
     RC::File::Internal::StaticStorage::internal_error = true;                                                                                                  \
@@ -24,38 +15,12 @@ construct a Targets object and supply your own devices.") \
                 }
 //*/
 
-#include <string>
-
 namespace RC::File
 {
-#if RC_IS_ANSI == 1
-    using StringType = std::string;
-    using StringViewType = std::string_view;
-    using CharType = char;
-    using StreamType = std::ifstream;
-    using ToString = std::tostring;
-
-    constexpr auto ToString = [](auto&& numeric_value) constexpr -> decltype(auto) {
-        return std::to_string(std::forward<decltype(numeric_value)>(numeric_value));
-    };
-#else
-    using StringType = std::wstring;
-    using StringViewType = std::wstring_view;
-    using CharType = wchar_t;
-    using StreamType = std::wifstream;
-
-    constexpr auto ToString = [](auto&& numeric_value) constexpr -> decltype(auto) {
-        return std::to_wstring(std::forward<decltype(numeric_value)>(numeric_value));
-    };
-#endif
+    using StringType = RC::StringType;
+    using StringViewType = RC::StringViewType;
+    using CharType = RC::CharType;
+    using StreamIType = RC::StreamIType;
+    using StreamOType = RC::StreamOType;
+    using StreamType = StreamIType;
 } // namespace RC::File
-
-namespace RC
-{
-    using StringType = File::StringType;
-    using StringViewType = File::StringViewType;
-    using CharType = File::CharType;
-    using StreamType = File::StreamType;
-
-    constexpr auto ToString = File::ToString;
-} // namespace RC
diff --git a/deps/first/File/src/FileType/WinFile.cpp b/deps/first/File/src/FileType/WinFile.cpp
index 39e79fff7..fcc4a0793 100644
--- a/deps/first/File/src/FileType/WinFile.cpp
+++ b/deps/first/File/src/FileType/WinFile.cpp
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ namespace RC::File
 
     auto WinFile::read_all() const -> StringType
     {
-        StreamType stream{get_file_path(), std::ios::in | std::ios::binary};
+        StreamIType stream{get_file_path(), std::ios::in | std::ios::binary};
         if (!stream)
         {
             THROW_INTERNAL_FILE_ERROR(fmt::format("[WinFile::read_all] Tried to read entire file but returned error {}", errno))
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ namespace RC::File
         else
         {
             // Strip the BOM if it exists
-            File::StreamType::off_type start{};
+            File::StreamIType::off_type start{};
             File::CharType bom[3]{};
             stream.read(bom, 3);
             if (bom[0] == 0xEF && bom[1] == 0xBB && bom[2] == 0xBF)
diff --git a/deps/first/File/xmake.lua b/deps/first/File/xmake.lua
index c9f7c45a4..f50ee883c 100644
--- a/deps/first/File/xmake.lua
+++ b/deps/first/File/xmake.lua
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ target(projectName)
     set_languages("cxx20")
     set_exceptions("cxx")
     add_rules("ue4ss.dependency")
+    
+    add_deps("String")
 
     add_includedirs("include", { public = true }) 
     add_headerfiles("include/**.hpp")
diff --git a/deps/first/JSON/src/Number.cpp b/deps/first/JSON/src/Number.cpp
index 4628a8948..09c9fc776 100644
--- a/deps/first/JSON/src/Number.cpp
+++ b/deps/first/JSON/src/Number.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #include <JSON/Number.hpp>
 
+#include <fmt/core.h>
+#include <fmt/xchar.h>
+
 namespace RC::JSON
 {
     Number::Number(uint32_t value)
@@ -47,6 +50,8 @@ namespace RC::JSON
         (void)should_format;
         (void)indent_level;
 
+        #define ToString(numeric_value) fmt::format(STR("{}"), numeric_value)
+
         switch (m_stored_type)
         {
         case Type::UInt32:
diff --git a/deps/first/String/include/String/StringType.hpp b/deps/first/String/include/String/StringType.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44f4d6170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/first/String/include/String/StringType.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+// We will use this once we solve the circular dependency issue
+//#include <Unreal/Core/HAL/Platform.hpp>
+
+// This is a debug flag to force the use of u16string for testing purposes
+// char16_t and wchar_t are two different types, so we need to force the use of one of them
+// to ensure we have covered all the cases. 
+// #define FORCE_U16
+
+namespace RC {
+
+#ifdef FORCE_U16
+    using CharType = char16_t;
+    #define STR(str) u ## str
+#else
+    using CharType = wchar_t;
+    #define STR(str) L ## str
+#endif
+
+    using StringType = std::basic_string<CharType>;
+    using StringViewType = std::basic_string_view<CharType>;
+    using StreamIType = std::basic_ifstream<CharType>;
+    using StreamOType = std::basic_ofstream<CharType>;
+} // namespace RC
diff --git a/deps/first/String/xmake.lua b/deps/first/String/xmake.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1314b856b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/first/String/xmake.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+local projectName = "String"
+
+target(projectName)
+    set_kind("headeronly")
+    set_languages("cxx20")
+    set_exceptions("cxx")
+    add_rules("ue4ss.dependency")
+
+    add_includedirs("include", { public = true })
+    add_headerfiles("include/**.hpp")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deps/first/xmake.lua b/deps/first/xmake.lua
index 875d9ce34..98d615293 100644
--- a/deps/first/xmake.lua
+++ b/deps/first/xmake.lua
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ includes("Profiler")
 includes("ScopedTimer")
 includes("SinglePassSigScanner")
 includes("Unreal")
+includes("String")
 
 if is_config("patternsleuth", "local") then 
     -- The patternsleuth target is managed by the cargo.build rule.