diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 4f0a0303..01346eff 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ impl AsLasStr for &'_ [u8] {
     fn as_las_string_lossy(&self) -> String {
         match self.as_las_str() {
             Ok(s) => s.to_string(),
-            Err(_) => String::from_utf8_lossy(self).to_string(),
+            Err(_) => {
+                let len = self.iter().position(|c| *c == 0).unwrap_or(self.len());
+                String::from_utf8_lossy(&self[..len]).to_string()
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -101,4 +104,10 @@ mod tests {
         let mut bytes = [0; 5];
         assert!(bytes.as_mut().from_las_str("Beer!!").is_err());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn lossy_from_not_null_filled() {
+        let bytes = [65, 66, 67, 0, 68];
+        assert_eq!("ABC", bytes.as_ref().as_las_string_lossy());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/vlr.rs b/src/vlr.rs
index 6efee6c5..298a8db9 100644
--- a/src/vlr.rs
+++ b/src/vlr.rs
@@ -191,29 +191,23 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn allow_non_ascii_user_id() {
         let raw_vlr = raw::Vlr {
-            user_id: [0, 42, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+            user_id: [194, 174, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 42, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
             ..Default::default()
         };
         let vlr = Vlr::new(raw_vlr);
-        assert_eq!(
-            "\u{0}*\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}",
-            vlr.user_id
-        );
+        assert_eq!("®", vlr.user_id);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn allow_non_ascii_description() {
         let raw_vlr = raw::Vlr {
             description: [
-                0, 42, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 42, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-                0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                194, 174, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 42, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
             ],
             ..Default::default()
         };
         let vlr = Vlr::new(raw_vlr);
-        assert_eq!(
-            "\u{0}*\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}*\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}\u{0}",
-            vlr.description
-        );
+        assert_eq!("®", vlr.description);
     }
 }