diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Text/SeStringHandling/Payload.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Text/SeStringHandling/Payload.cs
index 7131a88a7..3eb1cf317 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Text/SeStringHandling/Payload.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Text/SeStringHandling/Payload.cs
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public abstract partial class Payload
         }
 
         payload ??= new RawPayload((byte)chunkType);
-        payload.DecodeImpl(reader, reader.BaseStream.Position + chunkLen - 1);
+        payload.DecodeImpl(reader, reader.BaseStream.Position + chunkLen);
 
         // read through the rest of the packet
         var readBytes = (uint)(reader.BaseStream.Position - packetStart);
diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Text/SeStringHandling/Payloads/RawPayload.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Text/SeStringHandling/Payloads/RawPayload.cs
index a7e41cbc6..02a7c113e 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Text/SeStringHandling/Payloads/RawPayload.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Text/SeStringHandling/Payloads/RawPayload.cs
@@ -95,14 +95,12 @@ public class RawPayload : Payload
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     protected override byte[] EncodeImpl()
     {
-        var chunkLen = this.data.Length + 1;
-
         var bytes = new List<byte>()
         {
             START_BYTE,
             this.chunkType,
-            (byte)chunkLen,
         };
+        bytes.AddRange(MakeInteger((uint)this.data.Length)); // chunkLen
         bytes.AddRange(this.data);
 
         bytes.Add(END_BYTE);
@@ -113,6 +111,6 @@ public class RawPayload : Payload
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream)
     {
-        this.data = reader.ReadBytes((int)(endOfStream - reader.BaseStream.Position + 1));
+        this.data = reader.ReadBytes((int)(endOfStream - reader.BaseStream.Position));
     }
 }