diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 59ccc03..2c5c048 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ v1.5.1 - YYYY-MM-DD
 - Fixed output of special characters in string values (Issue #107)
 - Fixed output of large integers in dictionaries (Issue #108)
 - Fixed handling of 0-length streams (Issue #111)
+- Fixed detection of UTF-16 Big-Endian strings (Issue #112)
 
 
 v1.5.0 - 2025-03-06
diff --git a/pdfio-dict.c b/pdfio-dict.c
index e9554b9..ee635ae 100644
--- a/pdfio-dict.c
+++ b/pdfio-dict.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ pdfioDictGetString(pdfio_dict_t *dict,	// I - Dictionary
 		*tempptr;		// Pointer into temporary string
     unsigned char *dataptr;		// Pointer into the data string
 
-    if (!(value->value.binary.datalen & 1) && !memcmp(value->value.binary.data, "\377\376", 2))
+    if (!(value->value.binary.datalen & 1) && !memcmp(value->value.binary.data, "\376\377", 2))
     {
       // Copy UTF-16 BE
       int	ch;			// Unicode character