diff --git a/Doc/changelog.docu b/Doc/changelog.docu
index f3c542e1..f336bf26 100644
--- a/Doc/changelog.docu
+++ b/Doc/changelog.docu
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
 <b>IO</b>
 <ul>
 <li>OMWriter: fix crash in OMWriter when writing an empty mesh with colors</li>
+<li>Binary writers: Fixed double swap in string specialization. Added Unittest.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <b>VectorT</b>
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/SR_binary_spec.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/SR_binary_spec.hh
index 25e2a1e6..956b6e8f 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/SR_binary_spec.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/SR_binary_spec.hh
@@ -238,8 +238,6 @@ template <> struct binary< std::string > {
     {
       length_t len = length_t(_v.size());
 
-      if (_swap) reverse_byte_order(len);
-
       size_t bytes = binary<length_t>::store( _os, len, _swap );
       _os.write( _v.data(), len );
       return _os.good() ? len+bytes : 0;
@@ -252,8 +250,6 @@ template <> struct binary< std::string > {
   {
     length_t len;
     size_t   bytes = binary<length_t>::restore( _is, len, _swap );
-    if (_swap)
-      reverse_byte_order(len);
     _val.resize(len);
     _is.read( const_cast<char*>(_val.data()), len );
 
diff --git a/src/Unittests/unittests_sr_binary.cc b/src/Unittests/unittests_sr_binary.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36115d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Unittests/unittests_sr_binary.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <Unittests/unittests_common.hh>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <list>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+
+namespace {
+
+class OpenMeshSRBinary : public testing::Test {
+
+    protected:
+
+        // This function is called before each test is run
+        virtual void SetUp() {
+            
+            // Do some initial stuff with the member data here...
+        }
+
+        // This function is called after all tests are through
+        virtual void TearDown() {
+
+            // Do some final stuff with the member data here...
+        }
+
+};
+
+
+
+/*
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Define tests below
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+/* Check if len is swapped correctly
+ * when storing strings using the binary serializer.
+ *
+ */
+TEST_F(OpenMeshSRBinary, CheckStringSwap) {
+  std::string testString = "OpenMesh String";
+  std::stringstream stream("");
+  OpenMesh::IO::binary<std::string>::store(stream,testString,true);
+  std::stringstream stream2("");
+  OpenMesh::IO::binary<std::string>::store(stream2,testString,false);
+  std::string res2 = stream2.str();
+  std::string res = stream.str();
+  uint16_t len, len2;
+  stream.read((char*)&len,2);
+
+  stream2.read( (char*)&len2,2);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(len2,testString.length());
+  EXPECT_EQ(len,(testString.length()>>8)|(testString.length()<<8));
+  EXPECT_NE(len,len2);
+}
+
+/* Check if storing and restoring a string gives proper result
+ * Do that with and without swapping the byte order
+ */
+TEST_F(OpenMeshSRBinary, StringStoreRestore) {
+
+
+  std::string testString = "OpenMesh String";
+  std::stringstream stream("");
+  OpenMesh::IO::binary<std::string>::store(stream,testString,true);
+  std::stringstream stream2("");
+  OpenMesh::IO::binary<std::string>::store(stream2,testString,false);
+
+
+  std::string restored1, restored2;
+  OpenMesh::IO::binary<std::string>::restore(stream, restored1 , true);
+  OpenMesh::IO::binary<std::string>::restore(stream2, restored2 , false);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(restored1.length(), restored2.length());
+  EXPECT_EQ(restored1.length(), testString.length());
+  for(size_t i = 0 ; i < testString.length() ; ++i)
+  {
+    EXPECT_EQ(restored1[i] , testString[i]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(restored2[i] , testString[i]);
+  }
+
+
+}
+
+
+
+}