diff --git a/outdb b/outdb
index 4b484ca..ebc049e 100644
Binary files a/outdb and b/outdb differ
diff --git a/src/deserializer.rs b/src/deserializer.rs
index 6a94aed..ca8f8d3 100644
--- a/src/deserializer.rs
+++ b/src/deserializer.rs
@@ -89,15 +89,13 @@ pub fn parse_bytes(data: &[u8]) -> XDatabase {
                                 let entry: StringEntry = bincode::deserialize(&data[i..i+28]).unwrap();
                                 info!("val: {:?}", &entry);
                                 let mut bytes = Vec::new();
-    
+                                
                                 let mut h = i+header_offset;
                                 while h < i+str_end {
-                                    if data[h] != 0 {
-                                        bytes.push(data[h]);
-                                    }
-                                    h+=1;
+                                    bytes.push(u16::from_le_bytes(data[h..h+2].try_into().unwrap()));
+                                    h+=2;
                                 }
-                                let g = String::from_utf8(bytes).unwrap();
+                                let g = String::from_utf16(&bytes).unwrap();
                                 info!("str: {}", g);
                                 match &mut xdb.find_dataset(last_type).child {
                                     XSomeList::AlbumList(albums) => {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7dc4894..402c957 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fn main() {
         .init();
 
     // /Users/michael/Documents/ipod/iTunes/iTunesDB
-    let mut f = File::open("/Users/michael/Documents/ipod/iTunes/iTunesDB").unwrap(); // D:\\Documents\\iTunes\\iTunesDB
+    let mut f = File::open("D:\\Documents\\iTunes\\iTunesDB").unwrap(); // D:\\Documents\\iTunes\\iTunesDB
     let mut buf = Vec::new();
     match f.read_to_end(&mut buf) {
         Ok(n) => {
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ fn main() {
             let mut xdb = deserializer::parse_bytes(data);
             //info!("XDB: {:#?}", xdb);
 
-            let unique_id = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(10..99);
+
+            let json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&xdb).unwrap();
+            let mut f1 = File::create("output.json").unwrap();
+            f1.write(json.as_bytes());
+
+           /* let unique_id = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(10..99);
 
             if let XSomeList::TrackList(tracks) = &mut xdb.find_dataset(1).child {
                 /*let mut item = (*tracks.last().unwrap()).clone();
@@ -46,7 +51,7 @@ fn main() {
                 tracks.push(item);*/
                 let mut item = tracks.last_mut().unwrap();
                 item.args.first_mut().unwrap().val = String::from("Goy next door");
-            }
+            } */ 
             
             /*if let XSomeList::Playlists(playlists) = &mut xdb.find_dataset(3).child {
                 let playlist = playlists.last_mut().unwrap();
diff --git a/src/serializer.rs b/src/serializer.rs
index 74a4f29..0da8f06 100644
--- a/src/serializer.rs
+++ b/src/serializer.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ use log::info;
 use crate::{objects::{ChunkHeader, ChunkType, PlaylistItem, StringEntry}, xobjects::{XArgument, XDatabase, XLetterJump, XPlArgument, XPlaylistIndexEntry, XSomeList}};
 
 
-fn string_to_ipod16(str: &String) -> Vec<u8> {
-    str.as_bytes().iter().map(|b| [*b, 0x0]).flatten().collect()
+fn string_to_ipod16(str: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+    str.encode_utf16().map(|f| [f as u8, (f >> 8) as u8]).flatten().collect()
 }
 
 fn x_args_to_bytes(args: &Vec<XArgument>) -> Vec<u8> {