diff --git a/src/main/java/de/dhbwstuttgart/bytecode/Codegen.java b/src/main/java/de/dhbwstuttgart/bytecode/Codegen.java
index 3d94be1c..8c60ac42 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/dhbwstuttgart/bytecode/Codegen.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/dhbwstuttgart/bytecode/Codegen.java
@@ -999,8 +999,8 @@ public class Codegen {
 
     private void generateConstructor(TargetConstructor constructor) {
         MethodVisitor mv = cw.visitMethod(constructor.access() | ACC_PUBLIC, "<init>", constructor.getDescriptor(), constructor.getSignature(), null);
-        if (!constructor.txGenerics().isEmpty())
-            mv.visitAttribute(new JavaTXSignatureAttribute(constructor.getTXSignature()));
+        if (constructor.txGenerics() != null)
+            mv.visitAttribute(new JavaTXSignatureAttribute(cw.newConst(constructor.getTXSignature())));
 
         mv.visitCode();
         var state = new State(null, mv, 1);
@@ -1026,8 +1026,9 @@ public class Codegen {
     private void generateMethod(TargetMethod method) {
         // TODO The older codegen has set ACC_PUBLIC for all methods, good for testing but bad for everything else
         MethodVisitor mv = cw.visitMethod(method.access() | ACC_PUBLIC, method.name(), method.getDescriptor(), method.getSignature(), null);
-        if (method.txSignature() != null)
-            mv.visitAttribute(new JavaTXSignatureAttribute(method.getTXSignature()));
+        if (method.txSignature() != null) {
+            mv.visitAttribute(new JavaTXSignatureAttribute(cw.newConst(method.getTXSignature())));
+        }
 
         System.out.println(method.getDescriptor());
         System.out.println(method.getSignature());
@@ -1058,8 +1059,8 @@ public class Codegen {
                 generateSignature(clazz, clazz.generics()), clazz.superType() != null ? clazz.superType().getInternalName(): "java/lang/Object",
                 clazz.implementingInterfaces().stream().map(TargetType::toSignature).toArray(String[]::new)
         );
-        if (!clazz.txGenerics().isEmpty())
-            cw.visitAttribute(new JavaTXSignatureAttribute(generateSignature(clazz, clazz.txGenerics())));
+        if (clazz.txGenerics() != null)
+            cw.visitAttribute(new JavaTXSignatureAttribute(cw.newConst(generateSignature(clazz, clazz.txGenerics()))));
 
         clazz.fields().forEach(this::generateField);
         clazz.constructors().forEach(this::generateConstructor);
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/dhbwstuttgart/bytecode/JavaTXSignatureAttribute.java b/src/main/java/de/dhbwstuttgart/bytecode/JavaTXSignatureAttribute.java
index cc9d1487..bd5f6028 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/dhbwstuttgart/bytecode/JavaTXSignatureAttribute.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/dhbwstuttgart/bytecode/JavaTXSignatureAttribute.java
@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@ package de.dhbwstuttgart.bytecode;
 
 import org.objectweb.asm.*;
 
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-
 public class JavaTXSignatureAttribute extends Attribute {
-    final String signature;
+    final int signature;
 
-    protected JavaTXSignatureAttribute(String signature) {
+    protected JavaTXSignatureAttribute(int signature) {
         super("JavaTXSignature");
         this.signature = signature;
     }
@@ -17,13 +14,13 @@ public class JavaTXSignatureAttribute extends Attribute {
     protected Attribute read(ClassReader classReader, int offset, int length, char[] charBuffer, int codeAttributeOffset, Label[] labels) {
         var data = new byte[length];
         System.arraycopy(classReader.b, offset, data, 0, length);
-        return new JavaTXSignatureAttribute(new String(data, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        return new JavaTXSignatureAttribute(data[0] << 8 | data[1]);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected ByteVector write(ClassWriter classWriter, byte[] code, int codeLength, int maxStack, int maxLocals) {
         var data = new ByteVector();
-        data.putUTF8(this.signature);
+        data.putShort(this.signature);
         return data;
     }
 }