diff --git a/src/main/java/net/packet/ByteBufInPacket.java b/src/main/java/net/packet/ByteBufInPacket.java
index d1b9f4f87e..0977172354 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/packet/ByteBufInPacket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/packet/ByteBufInPacket.java
@@ -47,12 +47,9 @@ public class ByteBufInPacket implements InPacket {
     @Override
     public String readString() {
         short length = readShort();
-        char[] characters = new char[length];
-        for(int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-            characters[i] = (char) readByte();
-        }
-
-        return String.valueOf(characters);
+        byte[] stringBytes = new byte[length];
+        byteBuf.readBytes(stringBytes);
+        return new String(stringBytes, STRING_CHARSET);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/packet/OutPacket.java b/src/main/java/net/packet/OutPacket.java
index 615f932db0..57e953a6f7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/packet/OutPacket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/packet/OutPacket.java
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 package net.packet;
 
 import java.awt.*;
-import java.nio.charset.Charset;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 public interface OutPacket extends Packet {
-    Charset STRING_CHARSET = StandardCharsets.US_ASCII;
-
     void writeByte(byte value);
     void writeByte(int value);
     void writeBytes(byte[] value);
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/packet/Packet.java b/src/main/java/net/packet/Packet.java
index 8e1b7cfb99..79f257cd38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/packet/Packet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/packet/Packet.java
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 package net.packet;
 
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
 public interface Packet {
+    Charset STRING_CHARSET = StandardCharsets.US_ASCII;
+
     byte[] getBytes();
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/packet/ByteBufInPacketTest.java b/src/test/java/net/packet/ByteBufInPacketTest.java
index 1ed28e1d56..80a611abd8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/packet/ByteBufInPacketTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/packet/ByteBufInPacketTest.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import java.awt.*;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ class ByteBufInPacketTest {
     void readString() {
         final String writtenString = "You have gained experience (+3200)";
         byteBuf.writeShortLE(writtenString.length());
-        byte[] writtenStringBytes = writtenString.getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
+        byte[] writtenStringBytes = writtenString.getBytes(Packet.STRING_CHARSET);
         byteBuf.writeBytes(writtenStringBytes);
 
         String readString = inPacket.readString();