diff --git a/libscan/text/text.c b/libscan/text/text.c
index 62ae442..e674c0c 100644
--- a/libscan/text/text.c
+++ b/libscan/text/text.c
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ scan_code_t parse_text(scan_text_ctx_t *ctx, vfile_t *f, document_t *doc) {
 
     int to_read = MIN(ctx->content_size, f->info.st_size);
 
+    if (to_read <= 2) {
+        return SCAN_OK;
+    }
+
     char *buf = malloc(to_read);
     int ret = f->read(f, buf, to_read);
     if (ret < 0) {
@@ -13,7 +17,14 @@ scan_code_t parse_text(scan_text_ctx_t *ctx, vfile_t *f, document_t *doc) {
     }
 
     text_buffer_t tex = text_buffer_create(ctx->content_size);
-    text_buffer_append_string(&tex, buf, to_read);
+
+    if ((*(int16_t*)buf) == (int16_t)0xFFFE) {
+        text_buffer_append_string16_le(&tex, buf + 2, to_read - 2);
+    } else if((*(int16_t*)buf) == (int16_t)0xFEFF) {
+        text_buffer_append_string16_be(&tex, buf + 2, to_read - 2);
+    } else {
+        text_buffer_append_string(&tex, buf, to_read);
+    }
     text_buffer_terminate_string(&tex);
 
     APPEND_STR_META(doc, MetaContent, tex.dyn_buffer.buf);
diff --git a/libscan/util.h b/libscan/util.h
index 87e46c1..4e3fe28 100644
--- a/libscan/util.h
+++ b/libscan/util.h
@@ -213,6 +213,19 @@ static void text_buffer_terminate_string(text_buffer_t *buf) {
     }
 }
 
+// Naive UTF16 -> ascii conversion
+static int text_buffer_append_string16_le(text_buffer_t *buf, const char *str, size_t len) {
+    for (int i = 1; i < len; i += 2) {
+        text_buffer_append_char(buf, str[i]);
+    }
+}
+
+static int text_buffer_append_string16_be(text_buffer_t *buf, const char *str, size_t len) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < len; i += 2) {
+        text_buffer_append_char(buf, str[i]);
+    }
+}
+
 #define UTF8_END_OF_STRING \
     (ptr - str >= len || *ptr == 0 || \
     (0xc0 == (0xe0 & *ptr) && ptr - str > len - 2) || \
diff --git a/test/main.cpp b/test/main.cpp
index 8eac0ed..f0182c8 100644
--- a/test/main.cpp
+++ b/test/main.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ TEST(Text, MemUtf8_1) {
 
     parse_text(&text_500_ctx, &f, &doc);
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(strlen(get_meta(&doc, MetaContent)->str_val), 1);
+    ASSERT_EQ(get_meta(&doc, MetaContent), nullptr);
     cleanup(&doc, &f);
 }
 
@@ -114,6 +114,18 @@ TEST(Text, MemWhitespace) {
     cleanup(&doc, &f);
 }
 
+TEST(Text, Utf16LE) {
+
+    vfile_t f;
+    document_t doc;
+    load_doc_file("libscan-test-files/test_files/text/pain_is_beauty.log", &f, &doc);
+    parse_text(&text_500_ctx, &f, &doc);
+
+    ASSERT_GE(strlen(get_meta(&doc, MetaContent)->str_val), 200);
+
+    cleanup(&doc, &f);
+}
+
 TEST(Text, MemNoise) {
     char content[600];