diff --git a/Mutagen.Bethesda.Core/Strings/StringsWriter.cs b/Mutagen.Bethesda.Core/Strings/StringsWriter.cs
index ab4a1d3eb..a92ed9fa2 100644
--- a/Mutagen.Bethesda.Core/Strings/StringsWriter.cs
+++ b/Mutagen.Bethesda.Core/Strings/StringsWriter.cs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ private void WriteStrings(List<ValueTuple<Language, string, uint>[]> strs, Strin
                         break;
                     case StringsSource.IL:
                     case StringsSource.DL:
-                        writer.Write(item.String.Length + 1);
+                        writer.Write(encoding.GetByteCount(item.String) + 1);
                         writer.Write(item.String, StringBinaryType.NullTerminate, encoding);
                         break;
                     default: