diff --git a/src/ndefpclib/message/Text/TextMessages.cs b/src/ndefpclib/message/Text/TextMessages.cs
index b457bf0..f664ade 100644
--- a/src/ndefpclib/message/Text/TextMessages.cs
+++ b/src/ndefpclib/message/Text/TextMessages.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace ndefpclib.message.Text
         /// <param name="content">  The content. </param>
         /// <param name="encoding"> The encoding. </param>
         /// <param name="lang">     The language. </param>
-        public TextMessage(string content, char encoding, string lang)
+        public TextMessage(string content,byte encoding, string lang)
             : base(content, new TextType(encoding,lang))
         {
         }
diff --git a/src/ndefpclib/type/Const/TextEncoding.cs b/src/ndefpclib/type/Const/TextEncoding.cs
index 8c6fff6..6022c54 100644
--- a/src/ndefpclib/type/Const/TextEncoding.cs
+++ b/src/ndefpclib/type/Const/TextEncoding.cs
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ namespace ndefpclib.type.Const
     public class TextEncoding
     {
         /// <summary> The UTF 8. </summary>
-        public const char UTF8 = '\x02';
+        public const byte UTF8 = 0x02;
 
         /// <summary> The UTF 16. </summary>
-        public const char UTF16 = '\x82';
+        public const byte UTF16 = 0x82;
 
         /// <summary> Gets an encoding. </summary>
         /// <remarks> Stubbfel, 23.10.2013. </remarks>
         /// <param name="input"> The input. </param>
         /// <returns> The encoding. </returns>
-        public static Encoding GetEncoding(char input)
+        public static Encoding GetEncoding(byte input)
         {
             switch (input)
             {
diff --git a/src/ndefpclib/type/TextType.cs b/src/ndefpclib/type/TextType.cs
index 705e3d0..2f30c6d 100644
--- a/src/ndefpclib/type/TextType.cs
+++ b/src/ndefpclib/type/TextType.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace ndefpclib.type
         /// <remarks> Stubbfel, 23.10.2013. </remarks>
         /// <param name="encoding"> (Optional) the encoding. </param>
         /// <param name="lang">     (Optional) the language. </param>
-        public TextType(char encoding = TextEncoding.UTF8, string lang = Language.DE)
+        public TextType(byte encoding = TextEncoding.UTF8, string lang = Language.DE)
         {
             this.TNFValue = TNFVAL.WKT;
             this.TypeValue = TYPEVAL.TEXT;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace ndefpclib.type
                 return null;
             }
 
-            char encoding = (char)array[index + 4];
+            byte encoding = array[index + 4];
             Encoding encoder = TextEncoding.GetEncoding(encoding);
 
             if (encoder == null)