diff --git a/wasmer-it/src/interpreter/instructions/byte_arrays.rs b/wasmer-it/src/interpreter/instructions/byte_arrays.rs
index 5ca3dff..18a6d7d 100644
--- a/wasmer-it/src/interpreter/instructions/byte_arrays.rs
+++ b/wasmer-it/src/interpreter/instructions/byte_arrays.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ executable_instruction!(
                     InstructionErrorKind::StackIsTooSmall { needed: 2 },
                 )
             })?;
+            println!("byte_array lift memory: {:?}", inputs);
 
             let memory_index = 0;
             let memory = runtime
@@ -38,10 +39,13 @@ executable_instruction!(
                 .try_into()
                 .map_err(|e| (e, "length").into())
                 .map_err(|k| InstructionError::from_error_kind(instruction.clone(), k))?;
+
+            println!("byte_array lift memory: pointer {} length {}", pointer, length);
+
             let memory_view = memory.view();
 
             if length == 0 {
-                runtime.stack.push(IValue::String("".into()));
+                runtime.stack.push(IValue::ByteArray(vec![]));
 
                 return Ok(())
             }