diff --git a/shared/src/VoxelTree.cpp b/shared/src/VoxelTree.cpp
index ea88420da9..f7fff61f31 100644
--- a/shared/src/VoxelTree.cpp
+++ b/shared/src/VoxelTree.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,10 @@ void VoxelTree::deleteVoxelCodeFromTree(unsigned char *codeBuffer) {
     printOctalCode(nodeToDelete->octalCode);
     
     // If the node exists...
-    if (*nodeToDelete->octalCode == *codeBuffer) {
+	int lengthInBytes = bytesRequiredForCodeLength(*codeBuffer); // includes octet count, not color!
+	printf("compare octal codes of length %d\n",lengthInBytes);
+
+    if (0==memcmp(nodeToDelete->octalCode,codeBuffer,lengthInBytes)) {
     	printf("found node to delete...\n");
 
 		float* vertices = firstVertexForCode(nodeToDelete->octalCode);
diff --git a/tools/sendvoxels.php b/tools/sendvoxels.php
index 80c91d4e08..10b82fdde1 100644
--- a/tools/sendvoxels.php
+++ b/tools/sendvoxels.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function send_voxels($inputFileName,$server,$port,$command) {
 		$netData = pack("cv",ord($command),$voxNum);
 
 		$packetSize = 3; // to start
-		while ($packetSize < 800) {
+		while ($packetSize < 1450) {
 			$octets = fread($inputFile,1);
 			$octets = (int)ord($octets);
 			echo "read octets=$octets\n";