diff --git a/base/WriterBase.ts b/base/WriterBase.ts
index 43e1cd4..ffad28f 100644
--- a/base/WriterBase.ts
+++ b/base/WriterBase.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export class WriterBase {
 
 	public writeBuffer(buffer:Buffer) {
 		this.buffer = getBufferClass().concat([this.buffer, buffer], this.buffer.length + buffer.length);
+		this.offset += buffer.length;
 
 		return this;
 	}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 011aa85..79764b1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "bufferstuff",
-	"version": "1.7.0",
+	"version": "1.7.1",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "bufferstuff",
-			"version": "1.7.0",
+			"version": "1.7.1",
 			"license": "MIT",
 			"devDependencies": {
 				"check-outdated": "^2.12.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 131dfd2..587eb81 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "bufferstuff",
-	"version": "1.7.0",
+	"version": "1.7.1",
 	"description": "A set of utility classes for reading and writing binary data in NodeJS and the browser",
 	"main": "./lib/index.js",
 	"types": "./lib/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/writers/WriterBE.ts b/writers/WriterBE.ts
index ee8f760..b039241 100644
--- a/writers/WriterBE.ts
+++ b/writers/WriterBE.ts
@@ -174,18 +174,21 @@ export class WriterBE extends WriterBase implements IWriter {
 	}
 
 	public writeJavaUTF(text: string) {
-		this.writeUShort(text.length);
+		const dataWriter = new WriterBE();
 
 		for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
 			const val = text.charCodeAt(i);
 			if (val === 0) {
-				this.writeByte(0xC0);
-				this.writeByte(0X80);
+				dataWriter.writeByte(0xC0);
+				dataWriter.writeByte(0X80);
 			} else {
-				this.writeByte(val);
+				dataWriter.writeByte(val);
 			}
 		}
 
+		this.writeUShort(text.length);
+		this.writeBuffer(dataWriter.toBuffer());
+
 		return this;
 	}
 }
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