diff --git a/apps/components_tests/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/components_tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f260be189..22bb542538 100644
--- a/apps/components_tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/components_tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ file(GLOB UNITTEST_SRC_FILES
     esm3/testsaveload.cpp
     esm3/testesmwriter.cpp
     esm3/testinfoorder.cpp
+    esm3/testcstringids.cpp
 
     nifosg/testnifloader.cpp
 
diff --git a/apps/components_tests/esm3/testcstringids.cpp b/apps/components_tests/esm3/testcstringids.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..239b205965
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/components_tests/esm3/testcstringids.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include <components/esm3/esmreader.hpp>
+#include <components/esm3/esmwriter.hpp>
+#include <components/esm3/loaddial.hpp>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+namespace ESM
+{
+    namespace
+    {
+        TEST(Esm3CStringIdTest, dialNameShouldBeNullTerminated)
+        {
+            std::unique_ptr<std::istream> stream;
+
+            {
+                auto ostream = std::make_unique<std::stringstream>();
+
+                ESMWriter writer;
+                writer.setFormatVersion(DefaultFormatVersion);
+                writer.save(*ostream);
+
+                Dialogue record;
+                record.blank();
+                record.mStringId = "topic name";
+                record.mId = RefId::stringRefId(record.mStringId);
+                record.mType = Dialogue::Topic;
+                writer.startRecord(Dialogue::sRecordId);
+                record.save(writer);
+                writer.endRecord(Dialogue::sRecordId);
+
+                stream = std::move(ostream);
+            }
+
+            ESMReader reader;
+            reader.open(std::move(stream), "stream");
+            ASSERT_TRUE(reader.hasMoreRecs());
+            ASSERT_EQ(reader.getRecName(), Dialogue::sRecordId);
+            reader.getRecHeader();
+            while (reader.hasMoreSubs())
+            {
+                reader.getSubName();
+                if (reader.retSubName().toInt() == SREC_NAME)
+                {
+                    reader.getSubHeader();
+                    auto size = reader.getSubSize();
+                    std::string buffer(size, '1');
+                    reader.getExact(buffer.data(), size);
+                    ASSERT_EQ(buffer[size - 1], '\0');
+                    return;
+                }
+                else
+                    reader.skipHSub();
+            }
+            ASSERT_FALSE(true);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/components_tests/esm3/testesmwriter.cpp b/apps/components_tests/esm3/testesmwriter.cpp
index 9e9ae9947e..c481684c8d 100644
--- a/apps/components_tests/esm3/testesmwriter.cpp
+++ b/apps/components_tests/esm3/testesmwriter.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace ESM
 
         // If this test failed probably there is a change in RefId format and CurrentSaveGameFormatVersion should be
         // incremented, current version should be handled.
-        TEST_P(Esm3EsmWriterRefIdSizeTest, writeHRefIdShouldProduceCertainNubmerOfBytes)
+        TEST_P(Esm3EsmWriterRefIdSizeTest, writeHRefIdShouldProduceCertainNumberOfBytes)
         {
             const auto [refId, size] = GetParam();
 
diff --git a/components/esm3/loaddial.cpp b/components/esm3/loaddial.cpp
index 0ac0e2f197..4b546f0d9c 100644
--- a/components/esm3/loaddial.cpp
+++ b/components/esm3/loaddial.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace ESM
             esm.writeHNCString("NAME", mStringId);
         }
         else if (esm.getFormatVersion() <= MaxNameIsRefIdOnlyFormatVersion)
-            esm.writeHNRefId("NAME", mId);
+            esm.writeHNCRefId("NAME", mId);
         else
             esm.writeHNRefId("ID__", mId);