diff --git a/src/capnp/InputStreamMessageReader.java b/src/capnp/InputStreamMessageReader.java
index 4f7019b..56efbe9 100644
--- a/src/capnp/InputStreamMessageReader.java
+++ b/src/capnp/InputStreamMessageReader.java
@@ -64,10 +64,13 @@ public class InputStreamMessageReader {
         ByteBuffer[] segmentSlices = new ByteBuffer[segmentCount];
 
         segmentSlices[0] = ByteBuffer.wrap(allSegments, 0, segment0Size);
+        segmentSlices[0].order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
+
         int offset = segment0Size;
 
         for (int ii = 1; ii < segmentCount; ++ii) {
             segmentSlices[ii] = ByteBuffer.wrap(allSegments, offset, moreSizes.get(ii - 1));
+            segmentSlices[ii].order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
             offset += moreSizes.get(ii - 1);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/capnp/StructReader.java b/src/capnp/StructReader.java
index b9c541c..1c685e1 100644
--- a/src/capnp/StructReader.java
+++ b/src/capnp/StructReader.java
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ public class StructReader {
                                      this.pointers + ptrIndex,
                                      this.nestingLimit);
         } else {
-            System.out.println("pointer count: " + this.pointerCount);
             return new PointerReader();
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/capnp/WireHelpers.java b/src/capnp/WireHelpers.java
index e035dd8..4cbf909 100644
--- a/src/capnp/WireHelpers.java
+++ b/src/capnp/WireHelpers.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class WireHelpers {
 
         return new StructReader(segment,
                                 ptr.offset * 8,
-                                (ptr.offset + dataSizeWords) * 8,
+                                (ptr.offset + dataSizeWords),
                                 dataSizeWords * 64,
                                 structPtr.ptrCount(),
                                 (byte)0,
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ class WireHelpers {
             // TODO bounds check
 
             int size = tag.inlineCompositeListElementCount();
+
+            System.out.println("size = " + size);
+
             StructPointer structPtr = new StructPointer(tag);
             int wordsPerElement = structPtr.wordSize();