diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/riiablo/io/BitInput.java b/core/src/main/java/com/riiablo/io/BitInput.java
index f087219b..a06886eb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/riiablo/io/BitInput.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/riiablo/io/BitInput.java
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ public class BitInput {
    *
    * @param maxLen maximum number of characters to read
    * @param bits size of each character ({@code 7} or {@code 8})
-   * @param nullTerminated {@code true} to stop reading at {@code '\0}'
+   * @param nullTerminated {@code true} to stop reading at {@code '\0'}
    */
   public String readString(int maxLen, int bits, boolean nullTerminated) {
     if (maxLen < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("maxLen(" + maxLen + ") < " + 0);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/riiablo/io/ByteInput.java b/core/src/main/java/com/riiablo/io/ByteInput.java
index 297f5176..aee42e03 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/riiablo/io/ByteInput.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/riiablo/io/ByteInput.java
@@ -536,4 +536,20 @@ public class ByteInput {
       throw new EndOfInput(t);
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Reads bytes until {@code '\0'} is encountered and constructs a string.
+   */
+  public String readString() {
+    assert aligned() : "not aligned";
+    int length = buffer.bytesBefore((byte) '\0');
+    if (length == -1) {
+      throw new EndOfInput(new IndexOutOfBoundsException(
+          "Failed to find null-termination for string!"));
+    }
+    incrementBitsRead((long) length * Byte.SIZE);
+    CharSequence charSequence = buffer.readCharSequence(length, CharsetUtil.US_ASCII);
+    skipBytes(1);
+    return charSequence.toString();
+  }
 }