diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 69ea523..a9a6263 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project(dwt53 CXX)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -fsanitize=address")
+#set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -fsanitize=address")
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Debug)
     add_definitions(-D_ITERATOR_DEBUG_LEVEL=0)
     set(CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
diff --git a/bitstream.hpp b/bitstream.hpp
index 20506bc..9a7e4a9 100644
--- a/bitstream.hpp
+++ b/bitstream.hpp
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-//https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vovach777/BitStream/main/bitstream.hpp
 #pragma once
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <ostream>
 #include <vector>
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <limits>
 
 class BitWriter {
 
@@ -42,17 +42,17 @@ class BitWriter {
     inline void writeBit(bool value) { put_bits(1,value);}
     inline void writeBit0() { writeBit(true);}
     inline void writeBit1() { writeBit(false);}
-    auto data() const { 
-        return  reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>( vec.data()); 
+    auto data() const {
+        return  reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>( vec.data());
     }
-    auto data() { 
-        return  reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>( vec.data()); 
+    auto data() {
+        return  reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>( vec.data());
     }
     auto size_in_bits() const { return size_*32 + (32-bit_left_); }
-    auto size() const {  
+    auto size() const {
        return (size_in_bits() + 7) >> 3;
         }
-  
+
     void flush() {
         if (bit_left_ == 32)
             return;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class BitWriter {
             vec.resize(size_+1);
         }
         vec[size_] = 0;
-        auto byte_by_byte = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>( &vec[size_] );     
+        auto byte_by_byte = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>( &vec[size_] );
         auto bit_left = bit_left_;
         auto bit_buf = bit_buf_;
         if (bit_left < 32)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class BitWriter {
 };
 
 class BitReader {
- 
+
 
     inline unsigned int get_bits1() {
         size_t _index = index;
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class BitReader {
         if (n == 0) return 0;
         if (index+n > size_in_bits) {
             throw std::out_of_range("(index+n > size_in_bits)!!!");
-        }       
+        }
         union unaligned_32 {
             uint32_t l;
         } __attribute__((packed)) __attribute__((may_alias));
diff --git a/bitstream_helper.hpp b/bitstream_helper.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbc20e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitstream_helper.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#pragma once
+
+class ValueWriter {
+
+inline int ilog2_32(uint32_t v)
+{
+   if (v == 0)
+      return 1;
+   return 32-__builtin_clz(v);
+}
+
+    public:
+    ValueWriter() = delete;
+    ValueWriter(BitWriter &ref) : ref(ref) {};
+    void encode( int n, int value)
+    {
+        auto base = (1 << n)-1;
+        if (value >= base)
+        {
+            value -= base;
+            auto n_ = std::max(n, ilog2_32(value));
+            base = (1 << n_)-1;
+            n = n_+1+n_;
+            if (n > 32) {
+                ref.writeBits(n_,base);
+                ref.writeBits(1, 0);
+                ref.writeBits(n_, value);
+                return;
+            }
+            value = (base << (n_+1)) | value;
+        }
+        ref.writeBits(n,value);
+    }
+    private:
+    BitWriter&ref;
+};
+
+class ValueReader {
+    public:
+    ValueReader() = delete;
+    ValueReader(BitReader& ref) : ref(ref) {}
+    int decode( int n )
+    {
+
+        auto v = ref.readBits(n);
+        if (v == ((1 << n)-1)) {
+
+            while (ref.readBit()) ++n;
+            v += ref.readBits(n);
+        }
+
+        return v;
+    }
+    private:
+    BitReader& ref;
+};
diff --git a/huffman.hpp b/huffman.hpp
index d4e4777..ef47369 100644
--- a/huffman.hpp
+++ b/huffman.hpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include "bitstream.hpp"
 #include "utils.hpp"
+#include "bitstream_helper.hpp"
 
 namespace pack {
     namespace impl {
@@ -72,11 +73,12 @@ namespace pack {
         void encodeHuffmanTree(BitWriter& dest) {
             if (DHT.size() == 0) throw std::domain_error("No DHT found!");
 
-            
+            ValueWriter vv(dest);
 
-            dest.writeBits(8,DHT.size());
+            vv.encode(4,DHT.size());
             for (int i = 0; i < DHT.size(); i++) {
-                dest.writeBits(8, DHT[i].size());
+                ///dest.writeBits(8, DHT[i].size());
+                vv.encode(8, DHT[i].size());
                 for (auto symbol : DHT[i]) {
                     auto catindex = symbol_to_catindex(symbol);
                     dest.writeBits(4, catindex & 0xf);
@@ -88,11 +90,13 @@ namespace pack {
 
         void decodeHuffmanTree(BitReader& src) {
             // decode huffman table
+            ValueReader vr(src);
             DHT.clear();
-            DHT.resize(src.readBits(8));
-
+            //DHT.resize(src.readBits(8));
+            DHT.resize(vr.decode(4));
             for (int i = 0; i < DHT.size(); i++) {
-                DHT[i].resize(src.readBits(8));
+                //DHT[i].resize(src.readBits(8));
+                DHT[i].resize(vr.decode(8));
                 if (DHT[i].size() == 0) continue;
                 cout << i << " (" << DHT[i].size() << ") :";
                 // cout << "DHT_" << i << ":" << DHT[i].size() << endl;