diff --git a/lib/bloomfilter.js b/lib/bloomfilter.js
index ef1bd83..befde2e 100644
--- a/lib/bloomfilter.js
+++ b/lib/bloomfilter.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ var BufferWriter = bitcore.encoding.BufferWriter;
 BloomFilter.fromBuffer = function fromBuffer(payload) {
   var obj = {};
   var parser = new BufferReader(payload);
-  var length = parser.readUInt8();
+  var length = parser.readVarintNum();
   obj.vData = [];
   for(var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
     obj.vData.push(parser.readUInt8());