diff --git a/Dalamud.Test/Game/Text/SeStringHandling/SeStringManagerTests.cs b/Dalamud.Test/Game/Text/SeStringHandling/SeStringManagerTests.cs
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+using System.Linq;
+using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Dalamud.Test.Game.Text.SeStringHandling
+{
+    public class SeStringManagerTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void TestNewLinePayload()
+        {
+            var manager = new SeStringManager(null);
+            var newLinePayloadBytes = new byte[] {0x02, 0x10, 0x01, 0x03};
+            
+            var seString = manager.Parse(newLinePayloadBytes);
+            
+            Assert.True(newLinePayloadBytes.SequenceEqual(seString.Encode()));
+        }
+    }
+}