diff --git a/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/binaryprotocol/IncomingDataBuffer.java b/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/binaryprotocol/IncomingDataBuffer.java
index cddc75bf06..bb5f82dfa4 100644
--- a/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/binaryprotocol/IncomingDataBuffer.java
+++ b/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/binaryprotocol/IncomingDataBuffer.java
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ public class IncomingDataBuffer {
         }
     }
 
+    public int getByte() throws EOFException {
+        synchronized (cbb) {
+            return cbb.getByte();
+        }
+    }
+
     public int getShort() throws EOFException {
         synchronized (cbb) {
             return cbb.getShort();
diff --git a/java_console/io/src/main/java/etch/util/ByteBuffer.java b/java_console/io/src/main/java/etch/util/ByteBuffer.java
index 2101341de2..3a94daf400 100644
--- a/java_console/io/src/main/java/etch/util/ByteBuffer.java
+++ b/java_console/io/src/main/java/etch/util/ByteBuffer.java
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ abstract public class ByteBuffer {
         return (b0 | (b1 << 8));
     }
 
+    public int getByte() throws EOFException {
+        int b0 = get() & 255;
+        return b0;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Puts a little-endian 32-bit integer into the buffer.
      *