diff --git a/src/C++/Driver/src/CKobuki.cpp b/src/C++/Driver/src/CKobuki.cpp
index cb138c4..8c4ada5 100755
--- a/src/C++/Driver/src/CKobuki.cpp
+++ b/src/C++/Driver/src/CKobuki.cpp
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ void CKobuki::forward(int speedvalue, long double distance) {
 unsigned char message[11] = {
     0xaa,                // Start byte 1
     0x55,                // Start byte 2
-    0x0a,                // Payload length
+    0x08,                // Payload length
     0x01,                // amount of payloads
     0x04,                // Control byte or additional identifier
     actual_speed % 256,  // Lower byte of speed value