diff --git a/lib/faye/websocket/protocol8_parser.js b/lib/faye/websocket/protocol8_parser.js
index cd1dbdb..69c828b 100644
--- a/lib/faye/websocket/protocol8_parser.js
+++ b/lib/faye/websocket/protocol8_parser.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ var Protocol8Parser = function(webSocket, options) {
 };
 
 var instance = {
+  BYTE:   255,
   FIN:    128,
   MASK:   128,
   RSV1:   64,
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ var instance = {
         offset = header + (this._masking ? 4 : 0),
         masked = this._masking ? this.MASK : 0,
         frame  = new Buffer(length + offset),
+        BYTE   = this.BYTE,
         mask, i;
     
     frame[0] = this.FIN | opcode;
@@ -178,22 +180,22 @@ var instance = {
     } else if (length <= 65535) {
       frame[1] = masked | 126;
       frame[2] = Math.floor(length / 256);
-      frame[3] = length & 255;
+      frame[3] = length & BYTE;
     } else {
       frame[1] = masked | 127;
-      frame[2] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,56)) & 255;
-      frame[3] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,48)) & 255;
-      frame[4] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,40)) & 255;
-      frame[5] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,32)) & 255;
-      frame[6] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,24)) & 255;
-      frame[7] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,16)) & 255;
-      frame[8] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,8))  & 255;
-      frame[9] = length & 255;
+      frame[2] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,56)) & BYTE;
+      frame[3] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,48)) & BYTE;
+      frame[4] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,40)) & BYTE;
+      frame[5] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,32)) & BYTE;
+      frame[6] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,24)) & BYTE;
+      frame[7] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,16)) & BYTE;
+      frame[8] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,8))  & BYTE;
+      frame[9] = length & BYTE;
     }
     
     if (code) {
-      frame[offset]   = Math.floor(code / 256);
-      frame[offset+1] = code & 255;
+      frame[offset]   = Math.floor(code / 256) & BYTE;
+      frame[offset+1] = code & BYTE;
     }
     buffer.copy(frame, offset + insert);