diff --git a/components/nif/data.cpp b/components/nif/data.cpp
index 02e78b599a..3fb38bcec2 100644
--- a/components/nif/data.cpp
+++ b/components/nif/data.cpp
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ namespace Nif
 
     void NiStringPalette::read(NIFStream* nif)
     {
-        palette = nif->getString();
+        palette = nif->getStringPalette();
         if (nif->getUInt() != palette.size())
             Log(Debug::Warning) << "NIFFile Warning: Failed size check in NiStringPalette. File: "
                                 << nif->getFile().getFilename();
diff --git a/components/nif/nifstream.hpp b/components/nif/nifstream.hpp
index 39f8ad0a4e..f1e5a980d2 100644
--- a/components/nif/nifstream.hpp
+++ b/components/nif/nifstream.hpp
@@ -169,6 +169,17 @@ namespace Nif
             return result;
         }
 
+        /// Read a sequence of null-terminated strings
+        std::string getStringPalette()
+        {
+            size_t size = readLittleEndianType<uint32_t>(inp);
+            std::string str(size, '\0');
+            inp->read(str.data(), size);
+            if (inp->bad())
+                throw std::runtime_error("Failed to read string palette of " + std::to_string(size) + " chars");
+            return str;
+        }
+
         void getChars(std::vector<char>& vec, size_t size)
         {
             vec.resize(size);