diff --git a/BurnOutSharp.Builders/WAD.cs b/BurnOutSharp.Builders/WAD.cs
index 7ee2fb5b..805ab130 100644
--- a/BurnOutSharp.Builders/WAD.cs
+++ b/BurnOutSharp.Builders/WAD.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
 using BurnOutSharp.Models.WAD;
 using BurnOutSharp.Utilities;
+using static BurnOutSharp.Models.WAD.Constants;
 
 namespace BurnOutSharp.Builders
 {
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ namespace BurnOutSharp.Builders
 
             byte[] signature = data.ReadBytes(4);
             header.Signature = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(signature);
-            if (header.Signature != "WAD3")
+            if (header.Signature != SignatureString)
                 return null;
 
             header.LumpCount = data.ReadUInt32();
diff --git a/BurnOutSharp.Models/WAD/Constants.cs b/BurnOutSharp.Models/WAD/Constants.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bbe24d94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BurnOutSharp.Models/WAD/Constants.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+namespace BurnOutSharp.Models.WAD
+{
+    public static class Constants
+    {
+        public static readonly byte[] SignatureBytes = new byte[] { 0x57, 0x41, 0x44, 0x33 };
+
+        public const string SignatureString = "WAD3";
+
+        public const uint SignatureUInt32 = 0x33444157;
+    }
+}
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