diff --git a/packages/world/gas-report.json b/packages/world/gas-report.json
index 007eafe3d9..6a678ca004 100644
--- a/packages/world/gas-report.json
+++ b/packages/world/gas-report.json
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     "file": "test/World.t.sol",
     "test": "testRegisterRootFunctionSelector",
     "name": "Register a root function selector",
-    "gasUsed": 80433
+    "gasUsed": 80428
   },
   {
     "file": "test/World.t.sol",
@@ -172,5 +172,11 @@
     "test": "testGetType",
     "name": "get type from a resource ID",
     "gasUsed": 4
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "test/WorldResourceId.t.sol",
+    "test": "testToString",
+    "name": "convert resource ID to string",
+    "gasUsed": 3287
   }
 ]
diff --git a/packages/world/src/WorldResourceId.sol b/packages/world/src/WorldResourceId.sol
index 1a784b7161..fe2d2c9776 100644
--- a/packages/world/src/WorldResourceId.sol
+++ b/packages/world/src/WorldResourceId.sol
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ library WorldResourceIdInstance {
         abi.encodePacked(
           resourceType,
           ":",
-          resourceNamespace == bytes14("") ? bytes14("<root>") : resourceNamespace,
+          resourceNamespace == bytes14("") ? "<root>" : WorldResourceIdLib.toTrimmedString(resourceNamespace),
           ":",
-          resourceName == bytes16("") ? bytes16("<root>") : resourceName
+          resourceName == bytes16("") ? "<root>" : WorldResourceIdLib.toTrimmedString(resourceName)
         )
       );
   }
diff --git a/packages/world/test/WorldResourceId.t.sol b/packages/world/test/WorldResourceId.t.sol
index 1ed06df233..e8e4d8dcea 100644
--- a/packages/world/test/WorldResourceId.t.sol
+++ b/packages/world/test/WorldResourceId.t.sol
@@ -53,6 +53,20 @@ contract WorldResourceIdTest is Test, GasReporter {
     assertEq(ResourceId.unwrap(namespaceId), ResourceId.unwrap(WorldResourceIdLib.encodeNamespace("namespace")));
   }
 
+  function testToString() public {
+    ResourceId resourceId = WorldResourceIdLib.encode({
+      typeId: RESOURCE_SYSTEM,
+      namespace: "namespace",
+      name: "name"
+    });
+
+    startGasReport("convert resource ID to string");
+    string memory resourceIdString = resourceId.toString();
+    endGasReport();
+
+    assertEq(resourceIdString, "sy:namespace:name");
+  }
+
   function testGetType() public {
     ResourceId resourceId = WorldResourceIdLib.encode({
       typeId: RESOURCE_SYSTEM,