diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifConstants.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifConstants.cs
index dba26bd80..ffab45a56 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifConstants.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifConstants.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
         /// <summary>
         /// The ASCII encoded bytes used to identify the GIF file.
         /// </summary>
-        internal static readonly byte[] MagicNumber = { 71, 73, 70, 56, 57, 97 }; // GIF89a
+        internal static readonly byte[] MagicNumber = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(FileType + FileVersion);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The extension block introducer <value>!</value>.
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifEncoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifEncoderCore.cs
index 7550d0669..436db636d 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifEncoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifEncoderCore.cs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
         /// <param name="writer">The writer to write to the stream with.</param>
         private void WriteHeader(EndianBinaryWriter writer)
         {
-            writer.Write(GifConstants.MagicNumber, 0, GifConstants.MagicNumber.Length);
+            writer.Write(GifConstants.MagicNumber);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
 
                 writer.Write(this.buffer, 0, 3);
 
-                writer.Write(GifConstants.ApplicationIdentificationBytes, 0, GifConstants.ApplicationIdentificationBytes.Length); // NETSCAPE2.0
+                writer.Write(GifConstants.ApplicationIdentificationBytes); // NETSCAPE2.0
                 writer.Write((byte)3); // Application block length
                 writer.Write((byte)1); // Data sub-block index (always 1)