diff --git a/plugins/channel/lora/lorabits.h b/plugins/channel/lora/lorabits.h
index 5af5429d4..3ce7d9697 100644
--- a/plugins/channel/lora/lorabits.h
+++ b/plugins/channel/lora/lorabits.h
@@ -41,22 +41,22 @@ void LoRaDemod::hamming(char* c, int size)
 		i++;
 		c[i] = ((c[i] & 1)<<2) | ((c[i] & 2)<<2) | ((c[i] & 4)>>1) | ((c[i] & 8)>>3);
 		i++;
-		c[i] = ((c[i] & 1)<<3) | ((c[i] & 2)<<1) | ((c[i] & 4)>>1) | ((c[i] & 8)>>3);
+		c[i] = ((c[i] & 32)>>2) | ((c[i] & 2)<<1) | ((c[i] & 4)>>1) | ((c[i] & 8)>>3);
 		i++;
 		c[i] = ((c[i] & 1)<<3) | ((c[i] & 2)<<1) | ((c[i] & 4)>>1) | ((c[i] & 8)>>3);
 		i++;
-		c[i] = ((c[i] & 1)<<3) | ((c[i] & 2)<<1) | ((c[i] & 4)>>1) | ((c[i] & 8)>>3);
+		c[i] = ((c[i] & 1)<<3) | ((c[i] & 2)<<1) | ((c[i] & 4)>>1) | ((c[i] & 16)>>4);
 		i++;
 		c[i] = ((c[i] & 1)<<3) | ((c[i] & 2)<<1) | ((c[i] & 4)>>2) | ((c[i] & 8)>>2);
 	}
 	c[i] = 0;
 }
 
-// example data whitening (4 bit only - needs 6 bit for FEC)
+// data whitening (6 bit)
 void LoRaDemod::prng(char* inout, int size)
 {
 	const char otp[] = {
-	"LBMGEJJENKKKJBN@KB@KAEDDMMDONIN@N@KFBGBCMCMCMIBJHBDHNJDJALDHE@A@DFGOBOMIM@M@BBBCBAMBMKDENDLEDKNKNBNHKJ@JADD@EAAADBOCGAGBLCDANFLGDCNGLOMOBIHHMLBHB@BHMJGJBLMLED@B"
+	"5^ZSm0=cOGMgUB=bNcb<@a^T;_f=6DEB]2ImPIKg:j]RlYT4YZ<`9hZ\\PPb;@8X8i]Zmc_6B52\\8oUPHIcBOc>dY?d9[n5Lg]b]R8hR<0`T008h9c9QJm[c?a:lQEGa;nU=b_UbTW3=W5Aa<9i;F;ondS[LBA;[4S9]kkh]Vc2j>kX"
 	};
 	int i, maxchars;
 
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ void LoRaDemod::prng(char* inout, int size)
 	if (size < maxchars)
 		maxchars = size;
 	for (i = 0; i < maxchars; i++)
-		inout[i] ^= 0xf & otp[i];
+		inout[i] ^= (otp[i] - 48);
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/channel/lora/lorademod.cpp b/plugins/channel/lora/lorademod.cpp
index eb18ae42f..8db1b9201 100644
--- a/plugins/channel/lora/lorademod.cpp
+++ b/plugins/channel/lora/lorademod.cpp
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ void LoRaDemod::dumpRaw()
 		bin = (history[j * 4 + 12] + m_tune ) & (LORA_SFFT_LEN - 1);
 		text[j] = toGray(bin >> 1);
 	}
-	interleave(text, max);
+
 	prng(text, max);
+	interleave(text, max);
 	hamming(text, max);
 
 	for ( j=0; j < max / 2; j++) {
@@ -93,7 +94,6 @@ void LoRaDemod::dumpRaw()
 		if ((text[j] < 32 )||( text[j] > 126))
 			text[j] = 0x5f;
 	}
-
 	text[j] = 0;
 	printf("%s\n", text);
 }