diff --git a/profiling/examples/simple.rs b/profiling/examples/simple.rs
index 75715af..a88b7e7 100644
--- a/profiling/examples/simple.rs
+++ b/profiling/examples/simple.rs
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@ fn some_other_function(iterations: usize) {
     burn_time(5);
 
     {
-        // Make this a non-literal to touch more of the API. It still has to be 'static scope though
-        // for multiple of the backends
-        let scope_name = "do_iterations";
-        profiling::scope!(scope_name);
+        profiling::scope!("do_iterations");
         for i in 0..iterations {
             profiling::scope!(
                 "some_inner_function_that_sleeps",
diff --git a/profiling/src/type_check_impl.rs b/profiling/src/type_check_impl.rs
index fb3368e..7c01259 100644
--- a/profiling/src/type_check_impl.rs
+++ b/profiling/src/type_check_impl.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! scope {
-    ($name:expr) => {
+    ($name:literal) => {
         let _: &str = $name;
     };
-    ($name:expr, $data:expr) => {
+    ($name:literal, $data:expr) => {
         let _: &str = $name;
         let _: &str = $data;
     };