diff --git a/buffer.fos b/buffer.fos
index 2ce2be2..c1a247e 100644
--- a/buffer.fos
+++ b/buffer.fos
@@ -354,15 +354,26 @@ final class CBuffer : Buffer
 
 	Buffer@ opShr( string& value ) // Buffer >> value
 	{
+#ifdef BUFFER_UNICODE
 		value.rawResize(0);
+#endif
+#ifndef BUFFER_UNICODE
+		value.resize(0);
+#endif
 		BUFFER_LENTYPE len = 0;
 		this >> len;
 		for( uint s=0; s<len; s++ )
 		{
 			uint8 char = 0;
 			this >> char;
+#ifdef BUFFER_UNICODE
 			value.rawResize(s+1);
 			value.rawSet(s, char);
+#endif
+#ifndef BUFFER_UNICODE
+			value.resize(s+1);
+			value[s] = char;
+#endif
 		}
 		return( this );
 	}
diff --git a/buffer_h.fos b/buffer_h.fos
index 5502c6b..d005511 100644
--- a/buffer_h.fos
+++ b/buffer_h.fos
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@
 // How length of string/arrays will be stored in buffer
 #define BUFFER_LENTYPE	uint16
 
+// Backward compatibility
+// Undefine if using SDK older than revision 400
+#define BUFFER_UNICODE
+
 shared interface Buffer
 {
 	bool IsRaw( uint len );