diff --git a/TwinpackShared/LibraryPropertyReader.cs b/TwinpackShared/LibraryPropertyReader.cs
index b7d1b88..26ee3ee 100644
--- a/TwinpackShared/LibraryPropertyReader.cs
+++ b/TwinpackShared/LibraryPropertyReader.cs
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@
 using NLog;
 using NLog.LayoutRenderers;
 using System;
+using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Twinpack.Models;
@@ -59,36 +61,36 @@ public static LibraryInfo Read(byte[] libraryBinary)
         {
             var values = new List<string>();
 
+            int ReadLength(BinaryReader reader)
+            {
+                byte lengthByte = reader.ReadByte();
+                int length = lengthByte;
+                if (length > 128) // check if last bit is set
+                {
+                    lengthByte = reader.ReadByte();
+                    length = (length - 128) + lengthByte * 128;
+                }
+
+                return length;
+            }
+
             using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(libraryBinary))
             using(var zipArchive = new ZipArchive(memoryStream, ZipArchiveMode.Read))
             {
                 var stream = zipArchive.Entries.Where(x => x.Name == "__shared_data_storage_string_table__.auxiliary")?.FirstOrDefault().Open();
-                byte index = 0;
 
                 try
                 {
                     using (var reader = new BinaryReader(stream))
                     {
-                        var buffer = new List<byte>();
-
-                        // read until we find index=0, which indicates we found the first string
-                        while (true)
-                        {
-                            var b = reader.ReadByte();
-                            if (b == 0)
-                                break;
-
-                            buffer.Add(b);
-                        }
-
-                        // now we know the number of strings and can iterate over them, storing them in a list of strings
-                        // todo: buffer[0] is sufficent to get the data we need,
-                        var objects = buffer[0] - 1;
-                        while (true)
+                        int objects = ReadLength(reader);
+                        var index = reader.ReadByte();
+                        while (index < objects && index < 128)
                         {
-                            byte length = reader.ReadByte();
-                            string val = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(reader.ReadBytes(length));
-                            values.Add(val);
+                            var length = ReadLength(reader);
+                            byte[] data = reader.ReadBytes(length);
+                            string str = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data);
+                            values.Add(str);
                             
                             var nextIndex = reader.ReadByte();
 
diff --git a/TwinpackTests/LibraryPropertyReaderTest.cs b/TwinpackTests/LibraryPropertyReaderTest.cs
index c4be28c..25b5009 100644
--- a/TwinpackTests/LibraryPropertyReaderTest.cs
+++ b/TwinpackTests/LibraryPropertyReaderTest.cs
@@ -40,5 +40,24 @@ public void TestWithPlaceholder()
             Assert.AreEqual("*", libraryInfo.Dependencies[3].Version);
             Assert.AreEqual("Tc3_Module", libraryInfo.Dependencies[3].Name);
         }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void TestWithLongDescription()
+        {
+            var library = File.ReadAllBytes(@"assets\Untitled1.library");
+            var libraryInfo = Twinpack.LibraryPropertyReader.Read(library);
+
+            Assert.IsNotNull(library);
+            Assert.AreEqual("XY", libraryInfo.Company);
+            Assert.AreEqual("XY", libraryInfo.Title);
+            Assert.AreEqual("1.0.0.0", libraryInfo.Version);
+            Assert.AreEqual(@"123456790abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 123456790abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 123456790abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 123456790abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 123456790abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 123456790abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 123456790abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 123456790abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 123456790abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 123456790abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 123456790abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 123456790abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 123456790abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ", libraryInfo.Description);
+            Assert.AreEqual("", libraryInfo.Author);
+            Assert.AreEqual("XY", libraryInfo.DefaultNamespace);
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, libraryInfo.Dependencies.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual("Beckhoff Automation GmbH", libraryInfo.Dependencies[3].DistributorName);
+            Assert.AreEqual("*", libraryInfo.Dependencies[3].Version);
+            Assert.AreEqual("Tc3_Module", libraryInfo.Dependencies[3].Name);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/TwinpackTests/TwinpackTests.csproj b/TwinpackTests/TwinpackTests.csproj
index 2792bf9..5b234c6 100644
--- a/TwinpackTests/TwinpackTests.csproj
+++ b/TwinpackTests/TwinpackTests.csproj
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="assets\Untitled1.library">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="..\TwinpackShared\TwinpackShared.projitems" Label="Shared" />
   <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\TeamTest\Microsoft.TestTools.targets" Condition="Exists('$(VSToolsPath)\TeamTest\Microsoft.TestTools.targets')" />
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
diff --git a/TwinpackTests/assets/Untitled1.library b/TwinpackTests/assets/Untitled1.library
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b462f8
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