diff --git a/MinecraftUSkinEditor/Classes/IO/PCK/PCKFileReader.cs b/MinecraftUSkinEditor/Classes/IO/PCK/PCKFileReader.cs
index f1cb4a9b..036a69ac 100644
--- a/MinecraftUSkinEditor/Classes/IO/PCK/PCKFileReader.cs
+++ b/MinecraftUSkinEditor/Classes/IO/PCK/PCKFileReader.cs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace PckStudio.Classes.IO
         internal string ReadString(Stream stream)
         {
             int len = ReadInt(stream);
-            string s = ReadString(stream, len * 2, Encoding.BigEndianUnicode);
+            string s = ReadString(stream, len, Encoding.BigEndianUnicode);
             ReadInt(stream); // padding
             return s;
         }
diff --git a/MinecraftUSkinEditor/Classes/Utils/StreamDataReader.cs b/MinecraftUSkinEditor/Classes/Utils/StreamDataReader.cs
index 41209787..c798a2bd 100644
--- a/MinecraftUSkinEditor/Classes/Utils/StreamDataReader.cs
+++ b/MinecraftUSkinEditor/Classes/Utils/StreamDataReader.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace PckStudio.Classes.Utils
 
         protected static string ReadString(Stream stream, int length, Encoding encoding)
         {
-            byte[] buffer = ReadBytes(stream, length);
+            byte[] buffer = ReadBytes(stream, length << Convert.ToInt32(encoding is UnicodeEncoding));
             return encoding.GetString(buffer);
         }