diff --git a/src/pocketmine/item/Item.php b/src/pocketmine/item/Item.php
index 70a7d6735..0fb1e3b9f 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/item/Item.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/item/Item.php
@@ -920,7 +920,10 @@ class Item{
 		
 		return $this;
 	}
-	
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
 	public function getCompoundTag(){
 		return $this->nbt;
 	}
@@ -1045,7 +1048,7 @@ class Item{
 	}
 
 	final public function __toString(){
-		return "Item " . $this->name . " (" . $this->id . ":" . ($this->meta === null ? "?" : $this->meta) . ")x" . $this->count;
+		return "Item " . $this->name . " (" . $this->id . ":" . ($this->meta === null ? "?" : $this->meta) . ")x" . $this->count . ($this->hasCompoundTag() ? " userData:0x".bin2hex($this->getCompoundTag()) : "");
 	}
 
 	public function getDestroySpeed(Block $block, Player $player){
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/nbt/NBT.php b/src/pocketmine/nbt/NBT.php
index 2c24d9a02..2e0708d42 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/nbt/NBT.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/nbt/NBT.php
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class NBT{
 		}
 	}
 
-	private function fromArray(Tag $tag, array $data){
+	private function fromArray(Tag $tag, array $data, $byteArray = false){
 		foreach($data as $key => $value){
 			if(is_array($value)){
 				$isNumeric = true;
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class NBT{
 			}elseif(is_float($value)){
 				$tag{$key} = new Float($key, $value);
 			}elseif(is_string($value)){
-				if(Utils::printable($value) !== $value){
+				if($byteArray and Utils::printable($value) !== $value){
 					$tag{$key} = new ByteArray($key, $value);
 				}else{
 					$tag{$key} = new String($key, $value);
@@ -309,9 +309,9 @@ class NBT{
 		}
 	}
 
-	public function setArray(array $data){
+	public function setArray(array $data, $byteArray = false){
 		$this->data = new Compound("", []);
-		$this->fromArray($this->data, $data);
+		$this->fromArray($this->data, $data, $byteArray);
 	}
 
 	/**