diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/object/clipboard/DiskOptimizedClipboard.java b/core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/object/clipboard/DiskOptimizedClipboard.java
index 47a6a995..e4fbdfb8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/object/clipboard/DiskOptimizedClipboard.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/object/clipboard/DiskOptimizedClipboard.java
@@ -521,9 +521,8 @@ public class DiskOptimizedClipboard extends FaweClipboard implements Closeable {
         int index = (HEADER_SIZE) + (i << 1);
         // 00000000 00000000
         // [    id     ]data
-        byte id2 = mbb.get(index + 1);
-        mbb.put(index, (byte) (id >> 4));
-        mbb.put(index + 1, (byte) (((id & 0xFF) << 4) + (id2 & 0xFF)));
+        char combined = mbb.getChar(index);
+        mbb.putChar(index, (char) ((combined & 0xF00F) + (id << 4)));
     }
 
     public void setCombined(int i, int combined) {
@@ -536,7 +535,7 @@ public class DiskOptimizedClipboard extends FaweClipboard implements Closeable {
         // 00000000 00000000
         // [    id     ]data
         char combined = mbb.getChar(index);
-        mbb.putChar(index, (char) ((combined & 0xFFFF) + (add << 12)));
+        mbb.putChar(index, (char) ((combined & 0x0FFF) + (add << 12)));
     }
 
     @Override