diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Migration/Framework/SqliteSyntaxReader.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Migration/Framework/SqliteSyntaxReader.cs
index c41425ab7..8ca85ba88 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Migration/Framework/SqliteSyntaxReader.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Migration/Framework/SqliteSyntaxReader.cs
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ protected string ReadEscapedString(char escape)
                 }
 
                 Index = end + 1;
-                identifier.Append(Buffer.Substring(start, end - start));
+                identifier.Append(Buffer.AsSpan(start, end - start));
 
                 if (Buffer[Index] != escape)
                 {