diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Sessions/BaseSession.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Sessions/BaseSession.cs
index 0e43917b..b25e77e5 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Sessions/BaseSession.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Sessions/BaseSession.cs
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ namespace Tensorflow
                             break;
                         case TF_DataType.TF_STRING:
                             using (var reader = new CodedInputStream(new IntPtr(srcAddress).Stream(8, (long) tensor.bytesize)))
-                                ret = NDArray.FromString(reader.ReadString());
+                            	ret = new NDArray(reader.ReadBytes().ToByteArray());
                             break;
                         case TF_DataType.TF_UINT8:
                             ret = NDArray.Scalar(*(byte*) srcAddress);
@@ -467,4 +467,4 @@ namespace Tensorflow
                 }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}