diff --git a/regamedll/dlls/weapons.cpp b/regamedll/dlls/weapons.cpp
index 30641f5c..8478e83d 100644
--- a/regamedll/dlls/weapons.cpp
+++ b/regamedll/dlls/weapons.cpp
@@ -1310,8 +1310,13 @@ BOOL EXT_FUNC CBasePlayerWeapon::__API_HOOK(DefaultDeploy)(char *szViewModel, ch
 		return FALSE;
 
 	m_pPlayer->TabulateAmmo();
+#ifdef REGAMEDLL_API
+	m_pPlayer->pev->viewmodel = ALLOC_STRING(szViewModel);
+	m_pPlayer->pev->weaponmodel = ALLOC_STRING(szWeaponModel);
+#else
 	m_pPlayer->pev->viewmodel = MAKE_STRING(szViewModel);
 	m_pPlayer->pev->weaponmodel = MAKE_STRING(szWeaponModel);
+#endif
 	model_name = m_pPlayer->pev->viewmodel;
 	Q_strcpy(m_pPlayer->m_szAnimExtention, szAnimExt);
 	SendWeaponAnim(iAnim, skiplocal);