diff --git a/src/capnp/InputStreamMessageReader.java b/src/capnp/InputStreamMessageReader.java
index 44b1592..4f7019b 100644
--- a/src/capnp/InputStreamMessageReader.java
+++ b/src/capnp/InputStreamMessageReader.java
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ public class InputStreamMessageReader {
 
     static ByteBuffer makeByteBuffer(byte[] bytes) {
         ByteBuffer result = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes);
-
-        // something odd is happening here.
-        //        result.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
+        result.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
         return result;
     }
 
@@ -37,15 +35,11 @@ public class InputStreamMessageReader {
 
         int segmentCount = 1 + firstWord.getInt(0);
 
-        System.out.println("segmentCount = " + segmentCount);
-
         int segment0Size = 0;
         if (segmentCount > 0) {
-            segment0Size = firstWord.getInt(1);
+            segment0Size = firstWord.getInt(4);
         }
 
-        System.out.println("segment0Size = " + segment0Size);
-
         int totalWords = segment0Size;
 
         if (segmentCount > 512) {
@@ -57,7 +51,7 @@ public class InputStreamMessageReader {
         if (segmentCount > 1) {
             ByteBuffer moreSizesRaw = makeByteBuffer(readExact(is, 4 * (segmentCount & ~1)));
             for(int ii = 0; ii < segmentCount - 1; ++ii) {
-                int size = moreSizesRaw.getInt(ii);
+                int size = moreSizesRaw.getInt(ii * 4);
                 moreSizes.add(size);
                 totalWords += size;
             }
diff --git a/src/capnp/ListPointer.java b/src/capnp/ListPointer.java
index 60cbf37..272981b 100644
--- a/src/capnp/ListPointer.java
+++ b/src/capnp/ListPointer.java
@@ -2,18 +2,19 @@ package capnp;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
-class ListPointer extends WirePointer {
+class ListPointer {
+    public WirePointer ptr;
 
-    public ListPointer(ByteBuffer buffer, int buffer_offset) {
-        super(buffer, buffer_offset);
+    public ListPointer(WirePointer ptr) {
+        this.ptr = ptr;
     }
 
     public byte elementSize() {
-        return (byte)(this.buffer.getInt(buffer_offset * 2 + 1) & 7);
+        return (byte)(this.ptr.buffer.getInt(this.ptr.buffer_offset * 8 + 4) & 7);
     }
 
     public int elementCount() {
-        return this.buffer.getInt(buffer_offset * 2 + 1) >> 3;
+        return this.ptr.buffer.getInt(this.ptr.buffer_offset * 8 + 4) >> 3;
     }
 
     public int inlineCompositeWordCount() {
diff --git a/src/capnp/StructPointer.java b/src/capnp/StructPointer.java
index e22795f..9cdf5b0 100644
--- a/src/capnp/StructPointer.java
+++ b/src/capnp/StructPointer.java
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ class StructPointer{
     }
 
     public short dataSize() {
-        return this.ptr.buffer.getShort(this.ptr.buffer_offset * 4 + 2);
+        return this.ptr.buffer.getShort(this.ptr.buffer_offset * 8 + 4);
     }
 
     public short ptrCount() {
-        return this.ptr.buffer.getShort(this.ptr.buffer_offset * 4 + 3);
+        return this.ptr.buffer.getShort(this.ptr.buffer_offset * 8 + 6);
     }
 
     public int wordSize() {
diff --git a/src/capnp/StructReader.java b/src/capnp/StructReader.java
index ffee244..b9c541c 100644
--- a/src/capnp/StructReader.java
+++ b/src/capnp/StructReader.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class StructReader {
 
     public byte getShortField(int offset) {
         if ((offset + 1) * 16 <= this.dataSize) {
-            return this.segment.ptr.get(this.data / 2 + offset);
+            return this.segment.ptr.get(this.data + offset * 2);
         } else {
             return 0;
         }
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class StructReader {
 
     public int getIntField(int offset) {
         if ((offset + 1) * 32 <= this.dataSize) {
-            return this.segment.ptr.getInt((this.data / 4) + offset);
+            return this.segment.ptr.getInt(this.data + offset * 4);
         } else {
             return 0;
         }
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public class StructReader {
                                      this.pointers + ptrIndex,
                                      this.nestingLimit);
         } else {
+            System.out.println("pointer count: " + this.pointerCount);
             return new PointerReader();
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/capnp/Text.java b/src/capnp/Text.java
index f07a384..273dce2 100644
--- a/src/capnp/Text.java
+++ b/src/capnp/Text.java
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ public class Text {
         public final int size; // in bytes
 
         public Reader(ListPointer ptr) {
-            this.buffer = ptr.buffer;
-            this.offset = ptr.buffer_offset * 8;
+            this.buffer = ptr.ptr.buffer;
+            this.offset = ptr.ptr.buffer_offset * 8;
             this.size = ptr.elementCount();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/capnp/WireHelpers.java b/src/capnp/WireHelpers.java
index 6673c83..e035dd8 100644
--- a/src/capnp/WireHelpers.java
+++ b/src/capnp/WireHelpers.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class WireHelpers {
 
         // TODO check for null, follow fars, nestingLimit
 
-        ListPointer listPtr = (ListPointer)ref;
+        ListPointer listPtr = new ListPointer(ref);
 
         WordPointer ptr = ref.target();
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class WireHelpers {
     public static Text.Reader readTextPointer(SegmentReader segment,
                                               WirePointer ref) {
         ref.target();
-        ListPointer listPtr = (ListPointer)ref;
+        ListPointer listPtr = new ListPointer(ref);
         return new Text.Reader(listPtr);
     }
 }