diff --git a/vbancmd/dataclass.py b/vbancmd/dataclass.py
index 7a2aed0..6f64233 100644
--- a/vbancmd/dataclass.py
+++ b/vbancmd/dataclass.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class VBAN_VMRT_Packet_Data:
     def striplabels(self) -> tuple:
         """returns tuple of strip labels"""
         return tuple(
-            self._stripLabelUTF8c60[i : i + 60].decode("ascii")
+            self._stripLabelUTF8c60[i : i + 60].decode("ascii").split("\x00")[0]
             for i in range(0, 480, 60)
         )
 
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ class VBAN_VMRT_Packet_Data:
     def buslabels(self) -> tuple:
         """returns tuple of bus labels"""
         return tuple(
-            self._busLabelUTF8c60[i : i + 60].decode("ascii") for i in range(0, 480, 60)
+            self._busLabelUTF8c60[i : i + 60].decode("ascii").split("\x00")[0]
+            for i in range(0, 480, 60)
         )