diff --git a/app/helpers/InSyncState.rb b/app/helpers/InSyncState.rb
index 3e9e236..1efe2ab 100644
--- a/app/helpers/InSyncState.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/InSyncState.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 class InSyncState < StatePattern::State
   
- # END_OF_FRAME = "!\n"
+  END_OF_FRAME = "!\n"
 
   def handle_byte_stream(bytes)
     idx = 0
-    sync_pattern_length = Synchronizer::SYNC_PATTERN.length
+    #sync_pattern_length = Synchronizer::SYNC_PATTERN.length
+    sync_pattern_length = END_OF_FRAME.length
     #p "Sync length: #{sync_length}"
       
     frame = ""
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ class InSyncState < StatePattern::State
   
   private
      def new_frame_starts(bytes,idx,sync_pattern_length)
-       return bytes[idx..idx+sync_pattern_length-1].eql?(Synchronizer::SYNC_PATTERN)
+       #return bytes[idx..idx+sync_pattern_length-1].eql?(Synchronizer::SYNC_PATTERN)
+       return bytes[idx..idx+sync_pattern_length-1].eql?(END_OF_FRAME)
      end
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/smartmeter.rb b/smartmeter.rb
index df12350..954bfcb 100644
--- a/smartmeter.rb
+++ b/smartmeter.rb
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(connection_details)
 # # Open connection to serial port
 ser = SerialPort.new("/dev/ttyUSB1", 9600, 7, 1, SerialPort::EVEN)
 lines = ""
-for i in 0..22
- lines = lines+ser.readline("\n").gsub(/\r/, '')
+for i in 0..21
+  lines = lines+ser.readline("\n").gsub(/\r/, '')
 end
 
 # # read until newline