diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Util/ProtoUtils.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Util/ProtoUtils.cs
index e7de8e30..c1557da4 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Util/ProtoUtils.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Util/ProtoUtils.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Tensorflow.Util
         {
             return valueCase switch
             {
-                AttrValue.ValueOneofCase.S => value.S,
+                AttrValue.ValueOneofCase.S => value.S.ToStringUtf8(),
                 AttrValue.ValueOneofCase.I => value.I,
                 AttrValue.ValueOneofCase.F => value.F,
                 AttrValue.ValueOneofCase.B => value.B,
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Variables/ResourceVariable.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Variables/ResourceVariable.cs
index dbd934af..bc23df3e 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Variables/ResourceVariable.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Variables/ResourceVariable.cs
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ namespace Tensorflow
 
                     base.__init__(trainable: trainable,
                         shape: shape,
-                        dtype: dtype,
+                        dtype: _dtype,
                         handle: handle,
                         name: name,
                         unique_id: unique_id,