diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/de/darkatra/bfme2/ConversionExtensions.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/de/darkatra/bfme2/ConversionExtensions.kt
index 3d77d15..21fc22b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/de/darkatra/bfme2/ConversionExtensions.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/de/darkatra/bfme2/ConversionExtensions.kt
@@ -30,21 +30,21 @@ fun Boolean.toByte(): Byte = when (this) {
 // Bytes to Data
 fun ByteArray.toBigEndianShort(): Short = ByteBuffer.wrap(this).order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN).short
 fun ByteArray.toLittleEndianShort(): Short = ByteBuffer.wrap(this).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN).short
-fun ByteArray.toBigEndianUShort(): UShort = toBigEndianUInt().toUShort()
-fun ByteArray.toLittleEndianUShort(): UShort = toLittleEndianUInt().toUShort()
+fun ByteArray.toBigEndianUShort(): UShort = toBigEndianShort().toUShort()
+fun ByteArray.toLittleEndianUShort(): UShort = toLittleEndianShort().toUShort()
 
 fun ByteArray.toBigEndianInt(): Int = ByteBuffer.wrap(this).order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN).int
 fun ByteArray.toLittleEndianInt(): Int = ByteBuffer.wrap(this).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN).int
-fun ByteArray.toBigEndianUInt(): UInt = this.map { it.toUInt() and 0xFFu }.reduce { acc, uInt -> acc shl 8 or uInt }
-fun ByteArray.toLittleEndianUInt(): UInt = this.reversedArray().map { it.toUInt() and 0xFFu }.reduce { acc, uInt -> acc shl 8 or uInt }
+fun ByteArray.toBigEndianUInt(): UInt = toBigEndianInt().toUInt()
+fun ByteArray.toLittleEndianUInt(): UInt = toLittleEndianInt().toUInt()
 
 fun ByteArray.toBigEndianLong(): Long = ByteBuffer.wrap(this).order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN).long
 fun ByteArray.toLittleEndianLong(): Long = ByteBuffer.wrap(this).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN).long
-fun ByteArray.toBigEndianULong(): ULong = this.map { it.toULong() and 0xFFu }.reduce { acc, uLong -> acc shl 8 or uLong }
-fun ByteArray.toLittleEndianULong(): ULong = this.reversedArray().map { it.toULong() and 0xFFu }.reduce { acc, uLong -> acc shl 8 or uLong }
+fun ByteArray.toBigEndianULong(): ULong = toBigEndianLong().toULong()
+fun ByteArray.toLittleEndianULong(): ULong = toLittleEndianLong().toULong()
 
-fun ByteArray.toBigEndianFloat(): Float = java.lang.Float.intBitsToFloat(ByteBuffer.wrap(this).order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN).int)
-fun ByteArray.toLittleEndianFloat(): Float = java.lang.Float.intBitsToFloat(ByteBuffer.wrap(this).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN).int)
+fun ByteArray.toBigEndianFloat(): Float = java.lang.Float.intBitsToFloat(this.toBigEndianInt())
+fun ByteArray.toLittleEndianFloat(): Float = java.lang.Float.intBitsToFloat(this.toLittleEndianInt())
 
 fun Byte.toBoolean(): Boolean = when (this) {
 	0.toByte() -> false
diff --git a/core/src/test/kotlin/de/darkatra/bfme2/InputStreamExtensionsTest.kt b/core/src/test/kotlin/de/darkatra/bfme2/InputStreamExtensionsTest.kt
index fe1ac8f..da666ca 100644
--- a/core/src/test/kotlin/de/darkatra/bfme2/InputStreamExtensionsTest.kt
+++ b/core/src/test/kotlin/de/darkatra/bfme2/InputStreamExtensionsTest.kt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ internal class InputStreamExtensionsTest {
 		@Test
 		internal fun shouldReadUShortPrefixedStringWithUS_ASCIIEncoding() {
 
-			// byte representation of "LothlorienGrass05" with the length (17) prefixed as UShort
+			// byte representation of "LothlorienGrass05" in US_ASCII with the length (17) prefixed as UShort
 			// 17, 0 is the UShort 17
 			// 76, 111, 116, 104, 108, 111, 114, 105, 101, 110, 71, 114, 97, 115, 115, 48, 53 is the String "LothlorienGrass05" encoded in US_ASCII
 			val bytes = byteArrayOf(17, 0, 76, 111, 116, 104, 108, 111, 114, 105, 101, 110, 71, 114, 97, 115, 115, 48, 53)
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ internal class InputStreamExtensionsTest {
 		@Test
 		internal fun shouldReadUShortPrefixedStringWithUTF_16Encoding() {
 
-			// byte representation of "Neutral" with the length (7) prefixed as UShort
+			// byte representation of "Neutral" in UTF_16LE with the length (7) prefixed as UShort
 			// 7, 0 is the UShort 7
 			// 78, 0, 101, 0, 117, 0, 116, 0, 114, 0, 97, 0, 108, 0 is the String "Neutral" encoded in UTF_16LE
 			val bytes = byteArrayOf(7, 0, 78, 0, 101, 0, 117, 0, 116, 0, 114, 0, 97, 0, 108, 0)
diff --git a/map/src/main/kotlin/de/darkatra/bfme2/map/reader/PropertyKeyReader.kt b/map/src/main/kotlin/de/darkatra/bfme2/map/reader/PropertyKeyReader.kt
index 6b977ab..41971f2 100644
--- a/map/src/main/kotlin/de/darkatra/bfme2/map/reader/PropertyKeyReader.kt
+++ b/map/src/main/kotlin/de/darkatra/bfme2/map/reader/PropertyKeyReader.kt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class PropertyKeyReader {
 
 		val propertyType = PropertyType.ofByte(reader.readByte())
 
-		val nameIndex = reader.readNBytes(3).toLittleEndianUInt()
+		val nameIndex = byteArrayOf(*reader.readNBytes(3), 0).toLittleEndianUInt()
 		val name = context.getAssetName(nameIndex)
 
 		return PropertyKey(
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1fcbbee..fee995d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,21 +49,23 @@
 
 		<kotlin.version>1.5.10</kotlin.version>
 		<java.version>11</java.version>
+
+		<version.commons-io>2.10.0</version.commons-io>
+		<version.assertj>3.20.1</version.assertj>
+		<version.jmh>1.28</version.jmh>
+		<version.surefire>3.0.0-M5</version.surefire>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencyManagement>
 		<dependencies>
+			<!-- Kotlin -->
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
 				<artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
 				<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-				<artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
 
+			<!-- Project Versions -->
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>de.darkatra.bfme2</groupId>
 				<artifactId>big</artifactId>
@@ -85,12 +87,14 @@
 				<version>${project.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 
+			<!-- IO Utils -->
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-				<version>2.10.0</version>
+				<version>${version.commons-io}</version>
 			</dependency>
 
+			<!-- JUnit5 -->
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
 				<artifactId>kotlin-test</artifactId>
@@ -104,10 +108,11 @@
 				<scope>test</scope>
 			</dependency>
 
+			<!-- Assertions -->
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
 				<artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-				<version>3.20.1</version>
+				<version>${version.assertj}</version>
 				<scope>test</scope>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
@@ -150,7 +155,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.0.0-M5</version>
+					<version>${version.surefire}</version>
 				</plugin>
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>