diff --git a/SubstrateCS/Source/Nbt/NbtTree.cs b/SubstrateCS/Source/Nbt/NbtTree.cs
index 081fbc0..1b412d6 100644
--- a/SubstrateCS/Source/Nbt/NbtTree.cs
+++ b/SubstrateCS/Source/Nbt/NbtTree.cs
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ namespace Substrate.Nbt
             }
 
             if (val.ValueType == TagType.TAG_END)
-                return val;
+                return new TagNodeList(TagType.TAG_BYTE);
 
             for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
                 val.Add(ReadValue(val.ValueType));