diff --git a/src/main/java/net/packet/ByteBufInPacket.java b/src/main/java/net/packet/ByteBufInPacket.java
index 19dfdfffc0..e79326f7c6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/packet/ByteBufInPacket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/packet/ByteBufInPacket.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ public class ByteBufInPacket implements InPacket {
     public byte readByte() {
         return byteBuf.readByte();
     }
+    @Override
+    public short readUnsignedByte() { return byteBuf.readUnsignedByte(); }
 
     @Override
     public short readShort() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/packet/InPacket.java b/src/main/java/net/packet/InPacket.java
index 37e5280899..e21e15a44a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/packet/InPacket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/packet/InPacket.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.awt.*;
 
 public interface InPacket extends Packet {
     byte readByte();
+    short readUnsignedByte();
     short readShort();
     int readInt();
     long readLong();
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/server/channel/handlers/NPCMoreTalkHandler.java b/src/main/java/net/server/channel/handlers/NPCMoreTalkHandler.java
index fa7c0a09e7..e39b1676e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/server/channel/handlers/NPCMoreTalkHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/server/channel/handlers/NPCMoreTalkHandler.java
@@ -59,12 +59,7 @@ public final class NPCMoreTalkHandler extends AbstractPacketHandler {
             if (p.available() >= 4) {
                 selection = p.readInt();
             } else if (p.available() > 0) {
-                selection = p.readByte();
-                // If there are more than 127 choices, don't underflow to -128.
-                // This is useful if you want to have more than 127 hairs/faces at a stylist NPC.
-                if (selection < 0) {
-                    selection += 256;
-                }
+                selection = p.readUnsignedByte();
             }
             if (c.getQM() != null) {
                 if (c.getQM().isStart()) {