diff --git a/MCServer/Plugins/APIDump/APIDesc.lua b/MCServer/Plugins/APIDump/APIDesc.lua
index 5f1b11a4c..1e572492b 100644
--- a/MCServer/Plugins/APIDump/APIDesc.lua
+++ b/MCServer/Plugins/APIDump/APIDesc.lua
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ g_APIDesc =
 				RotateCW = { Params = "", Return = "", Notes = "Rotates the block area around the Y axis, clockwise (north -> east). Modifies blocks' metas (if present) to match." },
 				RotateCWNoMeta = { Params = "", Return = "", Notes = "Rotates the block area around the Y axis, clockwise (north -> east). Doesn't modify blocks' metas." },
 				SaveToSchematicFile = { Params = "FileName", Return = "", Notes = "Saves the current contents to a schematic file. Returns true if successful." },
-				SaveToSchematicString = { Params = "", Return = "string", Notes = "Saves the current contents to a string (in a .schematic file format). Returns the data if successful, empty string if failed." },
+				SaveToSchematicString = { Params = "", Return = "string", Notes = "Saves the current contents to a string (in a .schematic file format). Returns the data if successful, nil if failed." },
 				SetBlockLight = { Params = "BlockX, BlockY, BlockZ, BlockLight", Return = "", Notes = "Sets the blocklight at the specified absolute coords" },
 				SetBlockMeta = { Params = "BlockX, BlockY, BlockZ, BlockMeta", Return = "", Notes = "Sets the block meta at the specified absolute coords" },
 				SetBlockSkyLight = { Params = "BlockX, BlockY, BlockZ, SkyLight", Return = "", Notes = "Sets the skylight at the specified absolute coords" },
diff --git a/src/Bindings/ManualBindings.cpp b/src/Bindings/ManualBindings.cpp
index 05dc9717e..a5247bbe6 100644
--- a/src/Bindings/ManualBindings.cpp
+++ b/src/Bindings/ManualBindings.cpp
@@ -2563,9 +2563,13 @@ static int tolua_cBlockArea_SaveToSchematicString(lua_State * tolua_S)
 		return 0;
 	}
 	
-	AString Data = cSchematicFileSerializer::SaveToSchematicString(*self);
-	L.Push(Data);
-	return 1;
+	AString Data;
+	if (cSchematicFileSerializer::SaveToSchematicString(*self, Data))
+	{
+		L.Push(Data);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/WorldStorage/SchematicFileSerializer.cpp b/src/WorldStorage/SchematicFileSerializer.cpp
index a6ae8d8e0..b021aeb0c 100644
--- a/src/WorldStorage/SchematicFileSerializer.cpp
+++ b/src/WorldStorage/SchematicFileSerializer.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ bool cSchematicFileSerializer::SaveToSchematicFile(const cBlockArea & a_BlockAre
 
 
 
-AString cSchematicFileSerializer::SaveToSchematicString(const cBlockArea & a_BlockArea)
+bool cSchematicFileSerializer::SaveToSchematicString(const cBlockArea & a_BlockArea, AString & a_Out)
 {
 	// Serialize into NBT data:
 	AString NBT = SaveToSchematicNBT(a_BlockArea);
@@ -114,14 +114,13 @@ AString cSchematicFileSerializer::SaveToSchematicString(const cBlockArea & a_Blo
 	}
 	
 	// Gzip the data:
-	AString Compressed;
-	int res = CompressStringGZIP(NBT.data(), NBT.size(), Compressed);
+	int res = CompressStringGZIP(NBT.data(), NBT.size(), a_Out);
 	if (res != Z_OK)
 	{
 		LOG("%s: Cannot Gzip the area data NBT representation: %d", __FUNCTION__, res);
 		return false;
 	}
-	return Compressed;
+	return true;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/WorldStorage/SchematicFileSerializer.h b/src/WorldStorage/SchematicFileSerializer.h
index f6ce1c16c..05b6c74f4 100644
--- a/src/WorldStorage/SchematicFileSerializer.h
+++ b/src/WorldStorage/SchematicFileSerializer.h
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ public:
 	static bool SaveToSchematicFile(const cBlockArea & a_BlockArea, const AString & a_FileName);
 	
 	/** Saves the area into a string containing the .schematic file data.
-	Returns the data, or empty string if failed. */
-	static AString SaveToSchematicString(const cBlockArea & a_BlockArea);
+	Returns true if successful, false on failure. The data is stored into a_Out. */
+	static bool SaveToSchematicString(const cBlockArea & a_BlockArea, AString & a_Out);
 	
 private:
 	/** Loads the area from a schematic file uncompressed and parsed into a NBT tree.