diff --git a/src/Shared/Resp.cs b/src/Shared/Resp.cs
index 0a58a52..a26b602 100644
--- a/src/Shared/Resp.cs
+++ b/src/Shared/Resp.cs
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ public class BulkString : Item
 
     public override string Encode()
     {
-        int len = Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(Data);
-        return $"${len}\r\n{Data}\r\n";
+        return $"${Data.Length}\r\n{Data}\r\n";
     }
 
     public override string ToString() => Data;