diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/overloads/String.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/overloads/String.kt
index 3391c7de..df382fba 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/overloads/String.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/overloads/String.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package com.simplemobiletools.contacts.overloads
 
 operator fun String.times(x: Int): String {
-    val stringBuffer = StringBuffer()
+    val sb = StringBuilder()
     for (i in 1..x) {
-        stringBuffer.append(this)
+        sb.append(this)
     }
-    return stringBuffer.toString()
+    return sb.toString()
 }