diff --git a/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/ConnectToWorldRequestMessage.scala b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/ConnectToWorldRequestMessage.scala
index 802ec0203..353518c30 100644
--- a/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/ConnectToWorldRequestMessage.scala
+++ b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/ConnectToWorldRequestMessage.scala
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import scodec.codecs._
 // NOTE: this packet has a ton of bytes left over at the end and is usually all zeros
 // except for the server name and a 0x80 near the end
 final case class ConnectToWorldRequestMessage(server : String,
+                                              token : String,
                                               majorVersion : Long,
                                               minorVersion : Long,
                                               revision : Long,
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ final case class ConnectToWorldRequestMessage(server : String,
 object ConnectToWorldRequestMessage extends Marshallable[ConnectToWorldRequestMessage] {
   implicit val codec : Codec[ConnectToWorldRequestMessage] = (
     ("server_name" | PacketHelpers.encodedString) ::
-      ("unknown" | ignore(32*8)) ::
+      ("token" | paddedFixedSizeBytes(32, cstring, ignore(8))) :: // must be an ignore 8 as the memory might not be 0x00
       ("major_version" | uint32L) ::
       ("minor_version" | uint32L) ::
       ("revision" | uint32L) ::
diff --git a/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/LoginMessage.scala b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/LoginMessage.scala
index d1c0a9c00..fe1ca0e13 100644
--- a/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/LoginMessage.scala
+++ b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/LoginMessage.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ final case class LoginMessage(majorVersion : Long,
 object LoginMessage extends Marshallable[LoginMessage] {
   private def username = PacketHelpers.encodedStringAligned(7)
   private def password = PacketHelpers.encodedString
-  private def tokenPath = fixedSizeBytes(32, ascii) :: username
+  private def tokenPath = paddedFixedSizeBytes(32, cstring, ignore(8)) :: username
   private def passwordPath = username :: password
 
   type Struct = String :: Option[String] :: Option[String] :: HNil
diff --git a/common/src/test/scala/GamePacketTest.scala b/common/src/test/scala/GamePacketTest.scala
index c6af18a3a..0a9da083a 100644
--- a/common/src/test/scala/GamePacketTest.scala
+++ b/common/src/test/scala/GamePacketTest.scala
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ class GamePacketTest extends Specification {
 
       "decode" in {
         PacketCoding.DecodePacket(string).require match {
-          case ConnectToWorldRequestMessage(serverName, majorVersion, minorVersion, revision, buildDate, unk) =>
+          case ConnectToWorldRequestMessage(serverName, token, majorVersion, minorVersion, revision, buildDate, unk) =>
             serverName mustEqual "gemini"
+            token mustEqual ""
             majorVersion mustEqual 0
             minorVersion mustEqual 0
             revision mustEqual 0
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ class GamePacketTest extends Specification {
       }
 
       "encode" in {
-        val msg = ConnectToWorldRequestMessage("gemini", 0, 0, 0, "", 0)
+        val msg = ConnectToWorldRequestMessage("gemini", "", 0, 0, 0, "", 0)
         val pkt = PacketCoding.EncodePacket(msg).require.toByteVector
 
         pkt mustEqual string