diff --git a/SoulstormReplayReader.Core/Extensions/ExBinaryReader.cs b/SoulstormReplayReader.Core/Extensions/ExBinaryReader.cs
index 9fada4f..fe039a9 100644
--- a/SoulstormReplayReader.Core/Extensions/ExBinaryReader.cs
+++ b/SoulstormReplayReader.Core/Extensions/ExBinaryReader.cs
@@ -27,18 +27,6 @@ public class ExBinaryReader : BinaryReader
         return this;
     }
 
-    public ExBinaryReader Seek(uint offset, SeekOrigin seekOrigin = SeekOrigin.Begin)
-    {
-        BaseStream.Seek(offset, seekOrigin);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    public ExBinaryReader Seek(long offset, SeekOrigin seekOrigin = SeekOrigin.Begin)
-    {
-        BaseStream.Seek(offset, seekOrigin);
-        return this;
-    }
-
     public string ReadNextUnicodeString() => ReadUnicodeString(ReadInt32());
 
     public string ReadUnicodeString(int length)
@@ -50,7 +38,7 @@ public class ExBinaryReader : BinaryReader
             _ => ReadBytes(doubleLength)
         };
 
-        return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
+        return Encoding.Unicode.GetString(bytes);
     }
 
     public string ReadNextAsciiString() => ReadAsciiString(ReadInt32());
diff --git a/SoulstormReplayReader.Core/Extensions/Extensions.cs b/SoulstormReplayReader.Core/Extensions/Extensions.cs
index 2e1a50a..ed674b5 100644
--- a/SoulstormReplayReader.Core/Extensions/Extensions.cs
+++ b/SoulstormReplayReader.Core/Extensions/Extensions.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public static class Extensions
     {
         var i = span.Length - 1;
         while (i > 0 && span[i--] == val) ;
-        return span;
+        return span[..i];
     }
 
     public static ExBinaryReader NextAsciiStringMustEqual(this ExBinaryReader binReader, string text)