diff --git a/components/esm3/loaddial.cpp b/components/esm3/loaddial.cpp
index 788e140573..0ac0e2f197 100644
--- a/components/esm3/loaddial.cpp
+++ b/components/esm3/loaddial.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ namespace ESM
             if (mId != mStringId)
                 throw std::runtime_error("Trying to save Dialogue record with name \"" + mStringId
                     + "\" not maching id " + mId.toDebugString());
-            esm.writeHNString("NAME", mStringId);
+            esm.writeHNCString("NAME", mStringId);
         }
         else if (esm.getFormatVersion() <= MaxNameIsRefIdOnlyFormatVersion)
             esm.writeHNRefId("NAME", mId);