diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/Types/PlayerCharacter.cs b/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/Types/PlayerCharacter.cs
index 389f62bdf..95ff7628b 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/Types/PlayerCharacter.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/Types/PlayerCharacter.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
 using Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors.Resolvers;
 using Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Structs;
-using SharpDX.Text;
 
 namespace Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors.Types {
     /// <summary>
@@ -15,7 +16,14 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors.Types {
         /// <param name="actorStruct">The memory representation of the base actor.</param>
         /// <param name="dalamud">A dalamud reference needed to access game data in Resolvers.</param>
         /// <param name="address">The address of this actor in memory.</param>
-        public PlayerCharacter(IntPtr address, Structs.Actor actorStruct, Dalamud dalamud) : base(address, actorStruct, dalamud) { }
+        public PlayerCharacter(IntPtr address, Structs.Actor actorStruct, Dalamud dalamud) : base(
+            address, actorStruct, dalamud) {
+            // We need to read the FC tag here, since we can't read it in the struct due to alignment issues
+            var fcTagBytes = new byte[5];
+            Marshal.Copy(this.Address + ActorOffsets.CompanyTag, fcTagBytes, 0, fcTagBytes.Length);
+
+            CompanyTag = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(fcTagBytes.TakeWhile(x => x != 0x00).ToArray());
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     The current <see cref="World">world</see> of the character.
@@ -30,14 +38,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors.Types {
         /// <summary>
         ///     The Free Company tag of this player.
         /// </summary>
-        public string CompanyTag {
-            get {
-                var bytes = new byte[6];
-                Marshal.Copy(this.Address + ActorOffsets.CompanyTag, bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
-
-                return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
-            }
-        }
+        public string CompanyTag { get; private set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Target of the PlayerCharacter