diff --git a/Sources/TextStory/NSTextStorage+TextStoring.swift b/Sources/TextStory/NSTextStorage+TextStoring.swift
index c72a9cf..1401a83 100644
--- a/Sources/TextStory/NSTextStorage+TextStoring.swift
+++ b/Sources/TextStory/NSTextStorage+TextStoring.swift
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ extension NSTextStorage: TextStoring {
             return nil
         }
 
-        return attributedSubstring(from: range).string
+        return (string as NSString).substring(with: range)
     }
 }