diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.cpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.cpp
index d3f8fd1..a028fe6 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.cpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 #endif
 	}
 
-	Array<char> Utils::ReadFile(const std::string& filePath, bool emptyOnMissing)
+	Array<char> Utils::ReadFile(const std::string& filePath, bool emptyOnMissing, bool nullTerminateString)
 	{
 		std::ifstream file(filePath, std::ios::ate | std::ios::binary);
 		if (!file.is_open())
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 			if (emptyOnMissing) return {};
 			throw std::runtime_error("Failed to open file '" + filePath + "'!");
 		}
-		const size_t fileSize = static_cast<size_t>(file.tellg());
+		size_t fileSize = static_cast<size_t>(file.tellg());
+		if (nullTerminateString) fileSize++;
+
 		Array<char> data(fileSize);
 		file.seekg(0);
 		file.read(data.Data(), fileSize);
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.hpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.hpp
index a29ea03..391a322 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.hpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.hpp
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 			return subs;
 		}
 
-		static Array<char> ReadFile(const std::string& filePath, bool emptyOnMissing = false);
+		static Array<char> ReadFile(const std::string& filePath, bool emptyOnMissing = false,
+		                            bool nullTerminateString = false);
 
 		template<class T>
 		static int GetUniqueTypeId()