diff --git a/demo-app/src/main.rs b/demo-app/src/main.rs
index 12e1cae..32b8c40 100644
--- a/demo-app/src/main.rs
+++ b/demo-app/src/main.rs
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ const DEMO_STACK_SIZE: usize = 1024;
 
 #[no_mangle]
 extern "C" fn tx_application_define(_first_unused_memory: *mut core::ffi::c_void) {
-    static mut THREAD_0: MaybeUninit<threadx_sys::TX_THREAD> = MaybeUninit::uninit();
-    static mut THREAD_1: MaybeUninit<threadx_sys::TX_THREAD> = MaybeUninit::uninit();
+    static mut THREAD0: MaybeUninit<threadx_sys::TX_THREAD> = MaybeUninit::uninit();
+    const THREAD0_NAME: &CStr = unsafe { CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(b"thread0\0") };
+    static mut THREAD1: MaybeUninit<threadx_sys::TX_THREAD> = MaybeUninit::uninit();
+    const THREAD1_NAME: &CStr = unsafe { CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(b"thread1\0") };
     static mut BYTE_POOL: MaybeUninit<threadx_sys::TX_BYTE_POOL> = MaybeUninit::uninit();
+    const BYTE_POOL_NAME: &CStr = unsafe { CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(b"byte-pool0\0") };
     static mut BYTE_POOL_STORAGE: MaybeUninit<[u8; 32768]> = MaybeUninit::uninit();
 
     defmt::println!("In tx_application_define()...");
@@ -29,10 +32,9 @@ extern "C" fn tx_application_define(_first_unused_memory: *mut core::ffi::c_void
     // wil hold on to in the object, so it must have static lifetime. So we
     // cast-away-const on a static string slice to appease the API.
     unsafe {
-        let pool_name = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"byte-pool0\0").unwrap();
         threadx_sys::_tx_byte_pool_create(
             BYTE_POOL.as_mut_ptr(),
-            pool_name.as_ptr() as *mut threadx_sys::CHAR,
+            BYTE_POOL_NAME.as_ptr() as *mut threadx_sys::CHAR,
             BYTE_POOL_STORAGE.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _,
             core::mem::size_of_val(&BYTE_POOL_STORAGE) as u32,
         );
@@ -44,10 +46,9 @@ extern "C" fn tx_application_define(_first_unused_memory: *mut core::ffi::c_void
             threadx_sys::TX_NO_WAIT,
         );
         defmt::println!("Stack allocated @ {:08x}", pointer);
-        let thread_name = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"thread0\0").unwrap();
         threadx_sys::_tx_thread_create(
-            THREAD_0.as_mut_ptr(),
-            thread_name.as_ptr() as *mut threadx_sys::CHAR,
+            THREAD0.as_mut_ptr(),
+            THREAD0_NAME.as_ptr() as *mut threadx_sys::CHAR,
             Some(my_thread),
             0x12345678,
             pointer,
@@ -67,10 +68,9 @@ extern "C" fn tx_application_define(_first_unused_memory: *mut core::ffi::c_void
             threadx_sys::TX_NO_WAIT,
         );
         defmt::println!("Stack allocated @ {:08x}", pointer);
-        let thread_name = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"thread1\0").unwrap();
         threadx_sys::_tx_thread_create(
-            THREAD_1.as_mut_ptr(),
-            thread_name.as_ptr() as *mut threadx_sys::CHAR,
+            THREAD1.as_mut_ptr(),
+            THREAD1_NAME.as_ptr() as *mut threadx_sys::CHAR,
             Some(my_thread),
             0xAABBCCDD,
             pointer,