diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 13922f0f..23b11fb2 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Red Panda C++ Version 2.23
   - fix: Can't correctly uncomment multiple "//" comment lines that doesn't have spaces at linestarts.
   - fix: Autoindent for "{" is not correct.  
   - change: Don't print repeated values in gdb individually
+  - enhancement: Don't show "\000" of string values in the debug local variables panel.
 
 Red Panda C++ Version 2.22
 
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp
index ee730f2e..39267a51 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -2425,6 +2425,7 @@ void MainWindow::debug()
     mDebugger->sendCommand("-gdb-set", "width 0"); // don't wrap output, very annoying
     mDebugger->sendCommand("-gdb-set", "confirm off");
     mDebugger->sendCommand("-gdb-set", "print repeats 10");
+    mDebugger->sendCommand("-gdb-set", "print null-stop");
     mDebugger->sendCommand("-gdb-set", QString("print elements %1").arg(pSettings->debugger().arrayElements())); // limit array elements to 500
     //mDebugger->sendCommand("-environment-cd", QString("\"%1\"").arg(extractFileDir(filePath))); // restore working directory
     if (pSettings->debugger().useGDBServer()) {