diff --git a/src/gaemstone.ECS/World+Bare.cs b/src/gaemstone.ECS/World+Bare.cs
index bbda414..c1eb0ca 100644
--- a/src/gaemstone.ECS/World+Bare.cs
+++ b/src/gaemstone.ECS/World+Bare.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,14 @@ public unsafe struct World
 		api.abort_ = new FnPtr_Void { Pointer = &Abort };
 		ecs_os_set_api(&api);
 
-		Handle = ecs_init_w_args(args.Length, null);
+		if (args?.Length > 0) {
+			var ptr = Runtime.CStrings.CStringArray(args);
+			Handle = ecs_init_w_args(args.Length, ptr);
+			for (var i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
+				Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptr[i]);
+		} else {
+			Handle = ecs_init();
+		}
 	}
 
 	public bool Progress(TimeSpan delta)