diff --git a/BurnOutSharp.Builders/NewExecutable.cs b/BurnOutSharp.Builders/NewExecutable.cs
index 0af78bf3..6f3a1fc0 100644
--- a/BurnOutSharp.Builders/NewExecutable.cs
+++ b/BurnOutSharp.Builders/NewExecutable.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
 using BurnOutSharp.Models.NewExecutable;
 using BurnOutSharp.Utilities;
+using static BurnOutSharp.Models.NewExecutable.Constants;
 
 namespace BurnOutSharp.Builders
 {
@@ -246,12 +248,9 @@ namespace BurnOutSharp.Builders
             // TODO: Use marshalling here instead of building
             var header = new ExecutableHeader();
 
-            header.Magic = new byte[2];
-            for (int i = 0; i < header.Magic.Length; i++)
-            {
-                header.Magic[i] = data.ReadByteValue();
-            }
-            if (header.Magic[0] != 'N' || header.Magic[1] != 'E')
+            byte[] magic = data.ReadBytes(2);
+            header.Magic = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(magic);
+            if (header.Magic != SignatureString)
                 return null;
 
             header.LinkerVersion = data.ReadByteValue();
diff --git a/BurnOutSharp.Models/NewExecutable/Constants.cs b/BurnOutSharp.Models/NewExecutable/Constants.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f33fd0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BurnOutSharp.Models/NewExecutable/Constants.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+namespace BurnOutSharp.Models.NewExecutable
+{
+    public static class Constants
+    {
+        public static readonly byte[] SignatureBytes = new byte[] { 0x4e, 0x45 };
+
+        public const string SignatureString = "NE";
+
+        public const ushort SignatureUInt16 = 0x454e;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/BurnOutSharp.Models/NewExecutable/ExecutableHeader.cs b/BurnOutSharp.Models/NewExecutable/ExecutableHeader.cs
index a1d13b18..4f2436d8 100644
--- a/BurnOutSharp.Models/NewExecutable/ExecutableHeader.cs
+++ b/BurnOutSharp.Models/NewExecutable/ExecutableHeader.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace BurnOutSharp.Models.NewExecutable
         /// "E" is high-order byte.
         /// </summary>
         [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 2)]
-        public byte[] Magic;
+        public string Magic;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Version number of the linker.
diff --git a/BurnOutSharp.Wrappers/NewExecutable.cs b/BurnOutSharp.Wrappers/NewExecutable.cs
index eee98626..a8ff5790 100644
--- a/BurnOutSharp.Wrappers/NewExecutable.cs
+++ b/BurnOutSharp.Wrappers/NewExecutable.cs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ namespace BurnOutSharp.Wrappers
         #region Header
 
         /// <inheritdoc cref="Models.NewExecutable.ExecutableHeader.Magic"/>
-        public byte[] Magic => _executable.Header.Magic;
+        public string Magic => _executable.Header.Magic;
 
         /// <inheritdoc cref="Models.NewExecutable.ExecutableHeader.LinkerVersion"/>
         public byte LinkerVersion => _executable.Header.LinkerVersion;
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ namespace BurnOutSharp.Wrappers
         {
             Console.WriteLine("  Header Information:");
             Console.WriteLine("  -------------------------");
-            Console.WriteLine($"  Magic number: {BitConverter.ToString(Magic).Replace("-", string.Empty)}");
+            Console.WriteLine($"  Magic number: {Magic}");
             Console.WriteLine($"  Linker version: {LinkerVersion}");
             Console.WriteLine($"  Linker revision: {LinkerRevision}");
             Console.WriteLine($"  Entry table offset: {EntryTableOffset}");