diff --git a/BurnOutSharp.Models/MoPaQ/Constants.cs b/BurnOutSharp.Models/MoPaQ/Constants.cs
index 0e42ec06..cd5492fa 100644
--- a/BurnOutSharp.Models/MoPaQ/Constants.cs
+++ b/BurnOutSharp.Models/MoPaQ/Constants.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace BurnOutSharp.Models.MoPaQ
 
         public static readonly byte[] ArchiveHeaderSignatureBytes = new byte[] { 0x4d, 0x50, 0x51, 0x1a };
 
-        public const string ArchiveHeaderSignatureString = "MPQ\x1a";
+        public static readonly string ArchiveHeaderSignatureString = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(ArchiveHeaderSignatureBytes);
 
         public const uint ArchiveHeaderSignatureUInt32 = 0x1a51504d;
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace BurnOutSharp.Models.MoPaQ
 
         public static readonly byte[] UserDataSignatureBytes = new byte[] { 0x4d, 0x50, 0x51, 0x1b };
 
-        public const string UserDataSignatureString = "MPQ\x1b";
+        public static readonly string UserDataSignatureString = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(UserDataSignatureBytes);
 
         public const uint UserDataSignatureUInt32 = 0x1b51504d;
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace BurnOutSharp.Models.MoPaQ
 
         public static readonly byte[] HetTableSignatureBytes = new byte[] { 0x48, 0x45, 0x54, 0x1a };
 
-        public const string HetTableSignatureString = "HET\x1a";
+        public static readonly string HetTableSignatureString = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(HetTableSignatureBytes);
 
         public const uint HetTableSignatureUInt32 = 0x1a544548;
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace BurnOutSharp.Models.MoPaQ
 
         public static readonly byte[] BetTableSignatureBytes = new byte[] { 0x42, 0x45, 0x54, 0x1a };
 
-        public const string BetTableSignatureString = "BET\x1a";
+        public static readonly string BetTableSignatureString = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(BetTableSignatureBytes);
 
         public const uint BetTableSignatureUInt32 = 0x1a544542;
 
diff --git a/BurnOutSharp.Models/VPK/Constants.cs b/BurnOutSharp.Models/VPK/Constants.cs
index 1fec9e2c..a3b2b60d 100644
--- a/BurnOutSharp.Models/VPK/Constants.cs
+++ b/BurnOutSharp.Models/VPK/Constants.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace BurnOutSharp.Models.VPK
     {
         public static readonly byte[] SignatureBytes = new byte[] { 0x34, 0x12, 0xaa, 0x55 };
 
-        public const string SignatureString = "4\x12\xaaU";
+        public static readonly string SignatureString = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(SignatureBytes);
 
         public const uint SignatureUInt32 = 0x55aa1234;