diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs
index 3afebe237a..a757da1d52 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs
@@ -1825,13 +1825,23 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
             // Create new asset
             AssetBase asset = new AssetBase(UUID.Random(), name, (sbyte)AssetType.Notecard, m_host.OwnerID.ToString());
             asset.Description = description;
+            byte[] a;
+            byte[] b;
+            byte[] c;
 
-            int textLength = data.Length;
-            data
-                = "Linden text version 2\n{\nLLEmbeddedItems version 1\n{\ncount 0\n}\nText length "
-                    + textLength.ToString() + "\n" + data + "}\n";
+            b = Util.UTF8.GetBytes(data);
 
-            asset.Data = Util.UTF8.GetBytes(data);
+            a = Util.UTF8.GetBytes(
+                "Linden text version 2\n{\nLLEmbeddedItems version 1\n{\ncount 0\n}\nText length " + b.Length.ToString() + "\n");
+
+            c = Util.UTF8.GetBytes("}");
+
+            byte[] d = new byte[a.Length + b.Length + c.Length];
+            Buffer.BlockCopy(a, 0, d, 0, a.Length);
+            Buffer.BlockCopy(b, 0, d, a.Length, b.Length);
+            Buffer.BlockCopy(c, 0, d, a.Length + b.Length, c.Length);
+
+            asset.Data = d;
             World.AssetService.Store(asset);
 
             // Create Task Entry