diff --git a/domain-server/src/main.cpp b/domain-server/src/main.cpp
index 894f602251..23c2ebdced 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/main.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/main.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
             
             int numBytesSenderHeader = numBytesForPacketHeader(packetData);
             
-            nodeType = packetData[1];
+            nodeType = *(packetData + numBytesSenderHeader);
             int numBytesSocket = unpackSocket(packetData + numBytesSenderHeader + sizeof(NODE_TYPE),
                                               (sockaddr*) &nodeLocalAddress);