diff --git a/smart-contracts/assembly/contracts/NFT/NFT-example.ts b/smart-contracts/assembly/contracts/NFT/NFT-example.ts
index d4ea73a..c44d5cf 100644
--- a/smart-contracts/assembly/contracts/NFT/NFT-example.ts
+++ b/smart-contracts/assembly/contracts/NFT/NFT-example.ts
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ export function constructor(binaryArgs: StaticArray<u8>): void {
   setOwner(new Args().add(Context.caller().toString()).serialize());
 }
 
-export function name(): string {
-  return _name();
+export function name(): StaticArray<u8> {
+  return stringToBytes(_name());
 }
 
-export function symbol(): string {
-  return _symbol();
+export function symbol(): StaticArray<u8> {
+  return stringToBytes(_symbol());
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/smart-contracts/assembly/contracts/NFT/__tests__/NFT-example.spec.ts b/smart-contracts/assembly/contracts/NFT/__tests__/NFT-example.spec.ts
index b1ed479..c2e20b3 100644
--- a/smart-contracts/assembly/contracts/NFT/__tests__/NFT-example.spec.ts
+++ b/smart-contracts/assembly/contracts/NFT/__tests__/NFT-example.spec.ts
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 
 describe('Initialization', () => {
   test('get name', () => {
-    expect(name()).toBe(NFTName);
+    expect(bytesToString(name())).toStrictEqual(NFTName);
   });
   test('get symbol', () => {
-    expect(symbol()).toBe(NFTSymbol);
+    expect(bytesToString(symbol())).toStrictEqual(NFTSymbol);
   });
   test('get owner', () => {
     expect(bytesToString(ownerAddress([]))).toBe(contractOwner);