diff --git a/example/js/app.js b/example/js/app.js
index 0ddd16ade..f7def6a02 100644
--- a/example/js/app.js
+++ b/example/js/app.js
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ CounterAppContext.prototype.set_option = function(key, value){
 
 CounterAppContext.prototype.append_tx = function(txBytes){
 	if (this.serial) {
-		txByteArray = txBytes
-		if (txByte.length >= 2 && txBytes.slice(0, 2) == "0x") {
+		txByteArray = new Buffer(txBytes)
+		if (txBytes.length >= 2 && txBytes.slice(0, 2) == "0x") {
 			txByteArray = wire.hex2bytes(txBytes.slice(2));
 		}	
-		r = new wire.BytesReader(txByteArray)
-		txValue = decode_big_endian(r, txBytes.length)
-		if (txValue != this.txcount){
+		r = new msg.buffer(txByteArray)
+		txValue = wire.decode_big_endian(r, txBytes.length)
+		if (txValue != this.txCount){
 			return {"ret_code":1}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/example/js/server.js b/example/js/server.js
index 57af143e6..4ca870d9d 100644
--- a/example/js/server.js
+++ b/example/js/server.js
@@ -88,13 +88,11 @@ AppServer.prototype.createServer = function(){
 			// done decoding
 			conn.msgLength = 0
 
-			// NOTE: this throws of the "this"'s in app.js
-			//reqFunc = appCtx[reqType]; 
 			var res = function(){
 				if (args == null){
 					return appCtx[reqType]();
 				} else if (Array.isArray(args)){
-					return appCtx[reqType].apply(this, args);
+					return appCtx[reqType].apply(appCtx, args);
 				} else {
 					return appCtx[reqType](args)
 				}
diff --git a/example/js/wire.js b/example/js/wire.js
index 87cc9234e..13ee55292 100644
--- a/example/js/wire.js
+++ b/example/js/wire.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ math = require("math")
 module.exports = {
 	decode_string: decode_string,
 	decode_varint: decode_varint,
+	decode_big_endian: decode_big_endian,
 	encode_big_endian: encode_big_endian,
 	encode: encode,
 	reverse: reverse,