diff --git a/Projects/Server/Buffers/SpanReader.cs b/Projects/Server/Buffers/SpanReader.cs
index d6ccffb25..31dc8e46f 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Buffers/SpanReader.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Buffers/SpanReader.cs
@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ public ref struct SpanReader
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
     public string ReadString(Encoding encoding, bool safeString = false, int fixedLength = -1)
     {
+        if (fixedLength == 0)
+        {
+            return "";
+        }
+
         int byteLength = encoding.GetByteLengthForEncoding();
 
         bool isFixedLength = fixedLength > -1;
@@ -191,8 +196,10 @@ public ref struct SpanReader
         var span = _buffer.Slice(Position, size);
         var index = span.IndexOfTerminator(byteLength);
 
-        Position += isFixedLength || index < 0 ? size : index;
-        return TextEncoding.GetString(span[..index], encoding, safeString);
+        Position += isFixedLength || index < 0  ? size : index;
+
+        // The string is either as long as the first terminator character, remaining buffer size, or fixed length.
+        return TextEncoding.GetString(span[..(index < 0 ? size : index)], encoding, safeString);
     }
 
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Text/StringHelpers.cs b/Projects/Server/Text/StringHelpers.cs
index 6879d61ef..c908b20f5 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Text/StringHelpers.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Text/StringHelpers.cs
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ public static class StringHelpers
             _ => buffer.IndexOf((byte)0)
         };
 
+    // TODO: If returns -1, do not multiply by the byte length
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
     public static int IndexOfTerminator(this ReadOnlySpan<byte> buffer, int sizeT) =>
         sizeT switch
diff --git a/Projects/UOContent/Engines/Quests/Core/Items/DynamicTeleporter.cs b/Projects/UOContent/Engines/Quests/Core/Items/DynamicTeleporter.cs
index 3f3baf456..0c588b7e1 100644
--- a/Projects/UOContent/Engines/Quests/Core/Items/DynamicTeleporter.cs
+++ b/Projects/UOContent/Engines/Quests/Core/Items/DynamicTeleporter.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ using Server.Mobiles;
 
 namespace Server.Engines.Quests;
 
-[SerializationGenerator(0)]
+[SerializationGenerator(0, false)]
 public abstract partial class DynamicTeleporter : Item
 {
     public DynamicTeleporter(int itemID = 0x1822, int hue = 0x482) : base(itemID)
diff --git a/Projects/UOContent/Engines/Quests/Emino's Undertaking/Items/EminosKatanaChest.cs b/Projects/UOContent/Engines/Quests/Emino's Undertaking/Items/EminosKatanaChest.cs
index e897307bc..71a7eb21f 100644
--- a/Projects/UOContent/Engines/Quests/Emino's Undertaking/Items/EminosKatanaChest.cs	
+++ b/Projects/UOContent/Engines/Quests/Emino's Undertaking/Items/EminosKatanaChest.cs	
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ using Server.Network;
 
 namespace Server.Engines.Quests.Ninja;
 
-[SerializationGenerator(0, false)]
+[SerializationGenerator(0)]
 public partial class EminosKatanaChest : WoodenChest
 {
     [Constructible]