diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cd784547..5888cd7a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
- <a href="https://www.nuget.org/packages/AvroConvert"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Nuget-v3.4.3-blue?logo=nuget"></a>
- <a href="https://adrianstrugala.github.io/AvroConvert/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Downloads-555k-blue?logo=github"></a>
+ <a href="https://www.nuget.org/packages/AvroConvert"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Nuget-v3.4.4-blue?logo=nuget"></a>
+ <a href="https://adrianstrugala.github.io/AvroConvert/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Downloads-582k-blue?logo=github"></a>
  <a href="https://github.com/AdrianStrugala/AvroConvert/actions/workflows/build&test.yml"><img src="https://github.com/AdrianStrugala/AvroConvert/actions/workflows/build&test.yml/badge.svg"></a>
 
 </p>
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 09b131f9..12456657 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+**v. 3.4.4 (16.01.24)**
+- Add support for EnumMember attribute 
+
+\
 **v. 3.4.3 (09.12.23)**
 - Fix for caching of skippers during deserialization
 - Fix for deserialization of enums marked with flags 
diff --git a/src/AvroConvert/AvroConvert.csproj b/src/AvroConvert/AvroConvert.csproj
index 2899ff92..09a4b818 100644
--- a/src/AvroConvert/AvroConvert.csproj
+++ b/src/AvroConvert/AvroConvert.csproj
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 		<TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
 		<LangVersion>10.0</LangVersion>
 		<Authors>Adrian Strugala</Authors>
-		<AssemblyVersion>3.4.3.0</AssemblyVersion>
-		<Version>3.4.3</Version>
+		<Version>3.4.4</Version>
 		<Description>Rapid Apache Avro serializer for .NET.</Description>
 		<PackageLicenseUrl>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/</PackageLicenseUrl>
 		<PackageProjectUrl>https://xabe.net/product/avroconvert/</PackageProjectUrl>
diff --git a/src/AvroConvert/AvroObjectServices/Read/Reader.cs b/src/AvroConvert/AvroObjectServices/Read/Reader.cs
index da1e4591..285ed8df 100644
--- a/src/AvroConvert/AvroObjectServices/Read/Reader.cs
+++ b/src/AvroConvert/AvroObjectServices/Read/Reader.cs
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ public string ReadString()
             else
             {
                 byte[] bufferArray = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(length);
-                Span<byte> buffer = bufferArray;
-                ReadFixed(buffer.Slice(0, length));
+                Span<byte> buffer = bufferArray.AsSpan()[..length];
+                ReadFixed(buffer);
                 string result = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer);
                 ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(bufferArray);
                 return result;
diff --git a/tests/AvroConvertTests/Avro2Json/HeadlessAvro2JsonTests.cs b/tests/AvroConvertTests/Avro2Json/HeadlessAvro2JsonTests.cs
index 35191565..641165e4 100644
--- a/tests/AvroConvertTests/Avro2Json/HeadlessAvro2JsonTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AvroConvertTests/Avro2Json/HeadlessAvro2JsonTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using SolTechnology.Avro;
+using System.Buffers;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace AvroConvertComponentTests.Avro2Json
@@ -125,6 +128,38 @@ public void Avro2Json_ConvertArray_ProducedDesiredJson()
             var resultJson = AvroConvert.Avro2Json(avroSerialized, schema);
 
 
+            //Assert
+            Assert.Equal(expectedJson, resultJson);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Avro2Json_ConvertLongString_ProducedDesiredJson()
+        {
+            //Arrange
+
+            // We first use an ArrayPool for something completely unrelated
+            byte[] bufferArray = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(2048);
+            var s = "I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. secret string";
+            using (var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(s)))
+            {
+                stream.Read(bufferArray, 0, s.Length);
+            }
+            ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(bufferArray);
+
+
+            // We then use it in AvroConvert. We must have a string of >512 bytes. 
+            var @string = "I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. I am long the serialization string. ";
+
+            var expectedJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(@string);
+
+            var schema = AvroConvert.GenerateSchema(@string.GetType());
+            var avroSerialized = AvroConvert.SerializeHeadless(@string, schema);
+
+
+            //Act
+            var resultJson = AvroConvert.Avro2Json(avroSerialized, schema);
+
+
             //Assert
             Assert.Equal(expectedJson, resultJson);
         }