diff --git a/src/byte_buffer.rs b/src/byte_buffer.rs
index 5a9a368..eb2501b 100644
--- a/src/byte_buffer.rs
+++ b/src/byte_buffer.rs
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ impl<R: AsRef<[u8]>> ByteBufferRead<R> {
 }
 
 impl ByteBufferWrite {
-  pub fn new(buffer: Cursor<Vec<u8>>) -> Self {
+  pub fn new(buffer: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
     Self {
-      buffer,
+      buffer: Cursor::new(buffer),
       offset_1: 0,
       offset_2: 0,
     }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1af589b..138e126 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ impl KbinXml {
     header.write_u8(encoding).context(KbinErrorKind::HeaderWrite("encoding"))?;
     header.write_u8(0xFF ^ encoding).context(KbinErrorKind::HeaderWrite("encoding negation"))?;
 
-    let mut node_buf = ByteBufferWrite::new(Cursor::new(Vec::new()));
-    let mut data_buf = ByteBufferWrite::new(Cursor::new(Vec::new()));
+    let mut node_buf = ByteBufferWrite::new(Vec::new());
+    let mut data_buf = ByteBufferWrite::new(Vec::new());
 
     self.write_node(&mut node_buf, &mut data_buf, input)?;