diff --git a/mlx/io.h b/mlx/io.h
index 640f62f68..e30c0de34 100644
--- a/mlx/io.h
+++ b/mlx/io.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void save_safetensors(
 
 /** Load array map and metadata from .gguf file format */
 
-GGUFLoad load_gguf(std::string_view file, StreamOrDevice s = {});
+GGUFLoad load_gguf(const std::string& file, StreamOrDevice s = {});
 
 void save_gguf(
     std::string file,
diff --git a/mlx/io/gguf.cpp b/mlx/io/gguf.cpp
index c81b39cd0..0193d2d09 100644
--- a/mlx/io/gguf.cpp
+++ b/mlx/io/gguf.cpp
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ std::unordered_map<std::string, array> load_arrays(gguf_ctx* ctx) {
   return array_map;
 }
 
-GGUFLoad load_gguf(std::string_view file, StreamOrDevice s) {
+GGUFLoad load_gguf(const std::string& file, StreamOrDevice s) {
   gguf_ctx* ctx = gguf_open(file.data());
   if (!ctx) {
     throw std::runtime_error("[load_gguf] gguf_init failed");
diff --git a/mlx/linalg.cpp b/mlx/linalg.cpp
index 332f7088b..d772c0e14 100644
--- a/mlx/linalg.cpp
+++ b/mlx/linalg.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ inline array matrix_norm(
 
 inline array matrix_norm(
     const array& a,
-    std::string_view ord,
+    const std::string& ord,
     const std::vector<int>& axis,
     bool keepdims,
     StreamOrDevice s) {
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ array norm(
 
 array norm(
     const array& a,
-    std::string_view ord,
+    const std::string& ord,
     const std::optional<std::vector<int>>& axis /* = std::nullopt */,
     bool keepdims /* = false */,
     StreamOrDevice s /* = {} */) {
diff --git a/mlx/linalg.h b/mlx/linalg.h
index ca01aa730..aa46a7959 100644
--- a/mlx/linalg.h
+++ b/mlx/linalg.h
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ inline array norm(
 }
 array norm(
     const array& a,
-    std::string_view ord,
+    const std::string& ord,
     const std::optional<std::vector<int>>& axis = std::nullopt,
     bool keepdims = false,
     StreamOrDevice s = {});
 inline array norm(
     const array& a,
-    std::string_view ord,
+    const std::string& ord,
     int axis,
     bool keepdims = false,
     StreamOrDevice s = {}) {