diff --git a/src/client.zig b/src/client.zig
index f6c9268..c2e0fde 100644
--- a/src/client.zig
+++ b/src/client.zig
@@ -50,19 +50,25 @@ pub const Client = struct {
         try map.put("ClientVersion", .{ .string = "0.1 (quasselclient)" });
         try map.put("ClientDate", .{ .string = "0" });
 
-        try write.add_qvariantmap(list.writer(), s.allocator, map);        
+        try write.add_message(list.writer(), s.allocator, map);        
         try dumpDebug("ClientInit.bin", list);
 
         try s.stream.writer().writeAll(list.items);
     }
     pub fn quassel_login(s: *Client, username: []const u8, password: []const u8) !void {
+        var list = std.ArrayList(u8).init(s.allocator);
+
         var map = std.StringHashMap(qvar.QVariant).init(s.allocator);
 
         try map.put("MsgType", .{ .string = "ClientLogin" });
         try map.put("User", .{ .string = username });
         try map.put("Password", .{ .string = password });
 
-        try write.add_qvariantmap(s.stream.writer(), s.allocator, map);
+
+        try write.add_message(list.writer(), s.allocator, map);        
+        try dumpDebug("ClientLogin.bin", list);
+
+        try s.stream.writer().writeAll(list.items);
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index ebb4d54..a7ee4ee 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -13,5 +13,4 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     try client.handshake();
     try client.quassel_init_packet();
     try client.quassel_login("z", "password");
-
 }
diff --git a/src/qtshit/write.zig b/src/qtshit/write.zig
index a9f8f5c..78f1925 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/write.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/write.zig
@@ -18,15 +18,22 @@ pub fn add_bytearray(writer: anytype, array: std.ArrayList(u8)) !void {
     try writer.writeAll(array.items);
 }
 
-pub fn add_string(writer: anytype, str: []const u8) !void {
-    try writer.writeAll(str);
+pub fn add_string(writer: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, str: []const u8) !void {
+    var ut16Str = try allocator.alloc(u16, str.len);
+    defer allocator.free(ut16Str);
+    for (str) |character, index| {
+        ut16Str[index] = std.mem.nativeToBig(u16, @as(u16, character));
+    }
+
+    try writer.writeAll(std.mem.sliceAsBytes(ut16Str));
     try writer.writeByte('\x00');
+    
 }
 
-pub fn add_stringlist(writer: anytype, strList: std.ArrayList([]const u8)) !void {
+pub fn add_stringlist(writer: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, strList: std.ArrayList([]const u8)) !void {
     try add_int(writer, @intCast(u32, strList.items.len));
     for (strList.items) |string| {
-        try add_string(writer, string);
+        try add_string(writer, allocator, string);
     }
 }
 
@@ -48,10 +55,10 @@ pub fn add_qvariant(writer: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, variant: qva
             try add_qvariantmap(writer, allocator, out);
         },
         .string => |out| {
-            try add_string(writer, out);
+            try add_string(writer, allocator, out);
         },
         .stringlist => |out| {
-            try add_stringlist(writer, out);
+            try add_stringlist(writer, allocator, out);
         },
         .bytearray => |out| {
             try add_bytearray(writer, out);
@@ -69,12 +76,10 @@ pub fn add_qvariantmap(writer: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, map: std.
     var data = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
     var writeIterator = map.iterator();
     while (writeIterator.next()) |entry| {
-        try add_string(data.writer(), entry.key);
+        try add_string(data.writer(), allocator, entry.key);
         try add_qvariant(data.writer(), allocator, entry.value);
     }
 
-    // lengths o the mesage
-    try add_int(writer, @intCast(u32, data.items.len) + 4 + 1 + 4);
     // qvariantmap type
     try add_int(writer, 8); // 4
     // validity?
@@ -85,3 +90,13 @@ pub fn add_qvariantmap(writer: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, map: std.
     try writer.writeAll(data.items);
     return;
 }
+
+pub fn add_message(writer: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, map: std.StringHashMap(qvar.QVariant)) (@TypeOf(writer).Error || std.os.WriteError || error{OutOfMemory})!void {
+    var data = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
+    try add_qvariantmap(data.writer(), allocator, map);
+
+    try add_int(writer, @intCast(u32, data.items.len) * 8);
+
+    try writer.writeAll(data.items);
+    return;
+}