diff --git a/src/ssn/getSolidpkg.ts b/src/ssn/getSolidpkg.ts
index b25f317..3b4cea8 100644
--- a/src/ssn/getSolidpkg.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/getSolidpkg.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export default async function getSolidpkg(product: Product, from: number, to: nu
   await readLocalFileHeader(stream, true);
   const solidFileStream = await extractFileStream(firstFile, stream);
   const solidFileArrayBuffer = await streamToArrayBuffer(solidFileStream);
-  const solidContents = parseBencode(new DataView(solidFileArrayBuffer.buffer)) as ISolid;
+  const solidContents = parseBencode(solidFileArrayBuffer) as ISolid;
 
   //Verify metafile.solid for correctness
   verifySolidpkg(solidContents, { product, from, to });
diff --git a/src/ssn/reader/bencodeParser.ts b/src/ssn/reader/bencodeParser.ts
index b16acf4..17541a9 100644
--- a/src/ssn/reader/bencodeParser.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/reader/bencodeParser.ts
@@ -2,30 +2,26 @@
  * A parser for .torrent files encoded with Bencode <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bencode>.
  */
 
-import { TextDecoder } from 'util';
-
-const decoder = new TextDecoder('utf-8');
-
 /** Takes a Bencoded-encoded file, parses it at the given starting position and returns a JSON object, or rejects on error. */
-function bpParse(dv: DataView, posIn: number = 0): { obj: any, pos: number } {
+function bpParse(buffer: Buffer, posIn: number = 0): { obj: any, pos: number } {
   let pos = posIn;
   let obj: any;
-  const header = dv.getUint8(pos); pos += 1;
+  const header = buffer.readUInt8(pos); pos += 1;
   switch (header) {
     case 0x64: { //'d' - dictionary (key-value object)
       obj = {};
       do {
         //read key
-        const outKey = bpParse(dv, pos);
+        const outKey = bpParse(buffer, pos);
         pos = outKey.pos;
         if (typeof outKey.obj !== 'string') {
           throw new Error(`Expected dictionary key to be string but it is "${typeof outKey.obj}".`);
         }
         //read value
-        const outValue = bpParse(dv, pos);
+        const outValue = bpParse(buffer, pos);
         pos = outValue.pos;
         obj[outKey.obj] = outValue.obj;
-      } while (dv.getUint8(pos) !== 0x65); //'e' - end
+      } while (buffer.readUInt8(pos) !== 0x65); //'e' - end
       pos += 1;
       break;
     }
@@ -33,15 +29,15 @@ function bpParse(dv: DataView, posIn: number = 0): { obj: any, pos: number } {
       obj = [];
       do {
         //read entry
-        const out = bpParse(dv, pos);
+        const out = bpParse(buffer, pos);
         pos = out.pos;
         obj.push(out.obj);
-      } while (dv.getUint8(pos) !== 0x65); //'e' - end
+      } while (buffer.readUInt8(pos) !== 0x65); //'e' - end
       pos += 1;
       break;
     }
     case 0x69: { //'i' - integer
-      let curChar = dv.getUint8(pos); pos += 1;
+      let curChar = buffer.readUInt8(pos); pos += 1;
       let curNumber = 0;
       while (curChar !== 0x65) { //'e' - end
         if (curChar < 0x30 || curChar > 0x39) {
@@ -49,7 +45,7 @@ function bpParse(dv: DataView, posIn: number = 0): { obj: any, pos: number } {
         }
         curNumber *= 10;
         curNumber += curChar - 0x30;
-        curChar = dv.getUint8(pos); pos += 1;
+        curChar = buffer.readUInt8(pos); pos += 1;
       }
       obj = curNumber;
       break;
@@ -65,19 +61,19 @@ function bpParse(dv: DataView, posIn: number = 0): { obj: any, pos: number } {
         }
         strLen *= 10;
         strLen += curChar - 0x30;
-        curChar = dv.getUint8(pos); pos += 1;
+        curChar = buffer.readUInt8(pos); pos += 1;
       }
       //read string
-      obj = decoder.decode(new DataView(dv.buffer, pos, strLen));
+      obj = buffer.toString('utf-8', pos, pos + strLen);
       pos += strLen;
       break;
     }
     default:
-      throw new Error(`Unexpected leading char 0x${header.toString(16)} during Bencode parsing at position ${pos - 1}. Full text:\n${decoder.decode(dv)}`);
+      throw new Error(`Unexpected leading char 0x${header.toString(16)} during Bencode parsing at position ${pos - 1}. Full text:\n${buffer.toString('utf-8')}`);
   }
   return { obj, pos };
 }
 
-export default function parseBencode(dv: DataView): any {
-  return bpParse(dv).obj;
+export default function parseBencode(buffer: Buffer): any {
+  return bpParse(buffer).obj;
 }