diff --git a/src/bufferer.rs b/src/bufferer.rs
index 4a6ddc8..5597084 100644
--- a/src/bufferer.rs
+++ b/src/bufferer.rs
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ impl Bufferer {
         }
 
         let paired_buf: Vec<u16> = sub_buf.chunks_exact(2)
-            .into_iter().map(|a| match self.endianess {
-            Endianess::Little => u16::from_le_bytes([a[0], a[1]]),
-            Endianess::Big => u16::from_be_bytes([a[0], a[1]])
+            .into_iter().map(|pair| match self.endianess {
+            Endianess::Little => LittleEndian::read_u16(pair),
+            Endianess::Big => BigEndian::read_u16(pair)
         }).collect();
 
         let value = String::from_utf16(&paired_buf).map_err(|_| PacketBad)?;