diff --git a/d2common/d2fileformats/d2tbl/text_dictionary.go b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2tbl/text_dictionary.go
index 3d53b478..257be33e 100644
--- a/d2common/d2fileformats/d2tbl/text_dictionary.go
+++ b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2tbl/text_dictionary.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func (td *TextDictionary) Marshal() []byte {
 		sw.PushUint32(uint32(dataPos))
 		dataPos += len(value) + 1
 
-		sw.PushUint16(uint16(len(value) + 0))
+		sw.PushUint16(uint16(len(value) + 1))
 	}
 
 	// data stream: put all data in appropiate order
diff --git a/d2common/d2fileformats/d2tbl/text_dictionary_test.go b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2tbl/text_dictionary_test.go
index 5f04bcf4..df5012cf 100644
--- a/d2common/d2fileformats/d2tbl/text_dictionary_test.go
+++ b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2tbl/text_dictionary_test.go
@@ -19,13 +19,20 @@ func exampleData() *TextDictionary {
 func TestTBL_Marshal(t *testing.T) {
 	tbl := exampleData()
 	data := tbl.Marshal()
+
 	newTbl, err := LoadTextDictionary(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	_, ok := newTbl["lolstring"]
-	if !ok {
-		t.Fatal("no string found")
+	for key, value := range *tbl {
+		newValue, ok := newTbl[key]
+		fmt.Println(newValue, value)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatal("string wasn't encoded to table")
+		}
+		if newValue != value {
+			t.Fatal("unexpected value set")
+		}
 	}
 }