1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/cs-dotnet/src/gatsstring.cs b/cs-dotnet/src/gatsstring.cs
index 30b0afb..47b63ed 100644
--- a/cs-dotnet/src/gatsstring.cs
+++ b/cs-dotnet/src/gatsstring.cs
@@ -15,9 +15,14 @@ namespace Com.Xagasoft.Gats
             Value = val;
         }
 
+        public GatsString( string val )
+        {
+            Value = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes( val );
+        }
+
         public override string ToString()
         {
-            return Value.ToString();
+            return System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString( Value );
         }
 
         public override void Read( Stream s, char cType )