Index: trunk/src/com/drew/metadata/jpeg/JpegCommentReader.java
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--- trunk/src/com/drew/metadata/jpeg/JpegCommentReader.java	(revision 10862)
+++ trunk/src/com/drew/metadata/jpeg/JpegCommentReader.java	(revision 13061)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 Drew Noakes
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 Drew Noakes
  *
  *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@
 import com.drew.lang.annotations.NotNull;
 import com.drew.metadata.Metadata;
+import com.drew.metadata.StringValue;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -49,5 +50,5 @@
 
             // The entire contents of the directory are the comment
-            directory.setString(JpegCommentDirectory.TAG_COMMENT, new String(segmentBytes));
+            directory.setStringValue(JpegCommentDirectory.TAG_COMMENT, new StringValue(segmentBytes, null));
         }
     }