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());
diff --git a/test/bloomfilter.js b/test/bloomfilter.js
index aa9c410..ab79556 100644
--- a/test/bloomfilter.js
+++ b/test/bloomfilter.js
@@ -79,4 +79,10 @@ describe('BloomFilter', function() {
    assert(filter.contains(ParseHex('b9300670b4c5366e95b2699e8b18bc75e5f729c5')));
  });
 
+ it('#toBuffer and #fromBuffer round trip, with a large filter', function() {
+   var filter = BloomFilter.create(10000, 0.001);
+   var buffer = filter.toBuffer();
+   new BloomFilter.fromBuffer(buffer).should.deep.equal(filter);
+ });
+
 });