diff --git a/lib/jpickle.js b/lib/jpickle.js
index cae9f04..84b9169 100644
--- a/lib/jpickle.js
+++ b/lib/jpickle.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 var emulated = {
     'datetime.datetime': function(args) {
         var tmp = new Buffer(args[0], 'binary')
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ Parser.prototype.load = function(pickle) {
         var opindex = i
           , opcode = pickle[i++];
         //console.log('opcode ' + opindex + ' ' + opcode);
-        switch (opcode) {
+        switch (String.fromCharCode(opcode)) {
         // protocol 2
         case PROTO:
             var proto = buffer.readUInt8(i++);
@@ -124,9 +125,12 @@ Parser.prototype.load = function(pickle) {
             break;
         case LONG1:
             var length = buffer.readUInt8(i++);
-            // FIXME: actually decode LONG1
+            var val = 0n;
+            for (var x = 0; x < length; x++) {
+                val |= BigInt(buffer[x+i]) << (BigInt(x) * 8n);
+            }
             i += length;
-            this.stack.push(0);
+            this.stack.push(length == 2 ? ((val & 0x8000n) ? val | 0xFFFF0000n : val) : val);
             break;
         case LONG4:
             var length = buffer.readUInt32LE(i);
@@ -338,7 +342,7 @@ Parser.prototype.load = function(pickle) {
             this.stack.push(null);
             break;
         default:
-            throw "Unhandled opcode '" + opcode + "'";
+            throw "Unhandled opcode '" + opcode + "' (" + String.fromCharCode(opcode) + ")" + " at " + i;
         }
     }
 };