diff --git a/src/str.cpp b/src/str.cpp
index 470258da..8000063a 100644
--- a/src/str.cpp
+++ b/src/str.cpp
@@ -357,6 +357,8 @@ str::remove_prefix(const std::string      &str_,
       std::string s{str_};
 
       s.erase(0,prefix_.size());
+
+      return s;
     }
 
   return str_;