diff --git a/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/ArtemisBinaryConverter.cs b/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/ArtemisBinaryConverter.cs
index 7b68623..470a37b 100644
--- a/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/ArtemisBinaryConverter.cs
+++ b/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/ArtemisBinaryConverter.cs
@@ -232,7 +232,10 @@ public static int WriteString(ref byte destination, string value)
         var offset = WriteInt32(ref destination, length);
         if (value.Length < 9)
         {
-            offset += WriteAsShorts(ref destination.GetOffset(offset), value);
+            foreach (var c in value)
+            {
+                offset += WriteInt16(ref destination.GetOffset(offset), (short) c);
+            }
         }
         else if (value.Length < 0xFFF)
         {
@@ -265,17 +268,6 @@ public static int WriteString(ref byte destination, string value)
 
         return offset;
     }
-    
-    private static int WriteAsShorts(ref byte destination, string value)
-    {
-        var offset = 0;
-        foreach (var c in value)
-        {
-            offset += WriteInt16(ref destination.GetOffset(offset), (short) c);
-        }
-
-        return offset;
-    }
 
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
     public static int GetNullableStringByteCount(string? value)