diff --git a/bin/init.lua b/bin/init.lua
index b6ebf52..aadea41 100644
--- a/bin/init.lua
+++ b/bin/init.lua
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ function bin.newDataBuffer(size,fill) -- fills with \0 or nul or with what you e
 			if type(v)=="string" then
 				data=v
 			elseif type(v)=="number" then
-				data=string.char(v)
+				data=bits.numToBytes(v)
 			else
 				-- try to normalize the data of type v
 				data=bin.normalizeData(v)
diff --git a/test.lua b/test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54e2ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+local bin = require("bin")
+local bits = bin.bits
+test = bin.newDataBuffer(16)
+print()
+