diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/NodeData.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/NodeData.java
index 515ac16..6825e47 100644
--- a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/NodeData.java
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/NodeData.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class NodeData extends MapCreatorBase
     ilon = (int)dis.readDiffed( 1 );
     ilat = (int)dis.readDiffed( 2 );
     int mode = dis.readByte();
-    if ( ( mode & 1 ) != 0 ) { int dlen = dis.readByte(); description = new byte[dlen]; dis.readFully( description ); }
+    if ( ( mode & 1 ) != 0 ) { int dlen = dis.read(); description = new byte[dlen]; dis.readFully( description ); }
     if ( ( mode & 2 ) != 0 ) selev = dis.readShort();
   }
 
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ public class NodeData extends MapCreatorBase
     dos.writeDiffed( nid,  0 );
     dos.writeDiffed( ilon, 1 );
     dos.writeDiffed( ilat, 2 );
-    int mode = ( description == null ? 0 : 1 ) | ( selev == Short.MIN_VALUE ? 0 : 2 );
-    dos.writeByte( (byte)mode );
-    if ( ( mode & 1 ) != 0 ) { dos.writeByte( description.length ); dos.write( description ); }
-    if ( ( mode & 2 ) != 0 ) dos.writeShort( selev );
+    int mode = (description == null ? 0 : 1) | (selev == Short.MIN_VALUE ? 0 : 2);
+    dos.writeByte((byte) mode);
+    if ((mode & 1) != 0) { dos.write(description.length); dos.write(description); }
+    if ((mode & 2) != 0) dos.writeShort(selev);
   }
 }