diff --git a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/utils/data/etf/ExTermDecoder.java b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/utils/data/etf/ExTermDecoder.java
index 1fa4b10466..de0a7469ff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/utils/data/etf/ExTermDecoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/utils/data/etf/ExTermDecoder.java
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ private static Object unpackAtom(ByteBuffer buffer, Charset charset, int length)
         case "true": return true;
         case "false": return false;
         case "nil": return null;
-        default: return value;
+        default: return value.intern();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/entities/EntityBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/entities/EntityBuilder.java
index cb5c29f452..61a21bcf33 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/entities/EntityBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/entities/EntityBuilder.java
@@ -270,10 +270,10 @@ public GuildImpl createGuild(long guildId, DataObject guildJson, TLongObjectMap<
             guildView.getMap().put(guildId, guildObj);
         }
 
-        guildObj.setFeatures(featuresArray.map(it ->
-            StreamSupport.stream(it.spliterator(), false)
-                         .map(String::valueOf)
-                         .collect(Collectors.toSet())
+        guildObj.setFeatures(featuresArray.map(array ->
+            array.stream(DataArray::getString)
+                 .map(String::intern) // Prevent allocating the same feature string over and over
+                 .collect(Collectors.toSet())
         ).orElse(Collections.emptySet()));
 
         SnowflakeCacheViewImpl<Role> roleView = guildObj.getRolesView();
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/handle/GuildUpdateHandler.java b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/handle/GuildUpdateHandler.java
index 5d93e0ef86..62b71b27ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/handle/GuildUpdateHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/handle/GuildUpdateHandler.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 
 public class GuildUpdateHandler extends SocketHandler
 {
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ protected Long handleInternally(DataObject content)
         if (!content.isNull("features"))
         {
             DataArray featureArr = content.getArray("features");
-            features = StreamSupport.stream(featureArr.spliterator(), false).map(String::valueOf).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+            features = featureArr.stream(DataArray::getString).map(String::intern).collect(Collectors.toSet());
         }
         else
         {