diff --git a/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/callbacks.cpp b/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/callbacks.cpp
index f584dfe6e..7e0360ce8 100644
--- a/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/callbacks.cpp
+++ b/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/callbacks.cpp
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ void ble_evt_attclient_find_information_found (
 
 void ble_evt_attclient_attribute_value (const struct ble_msg_attclient_attribute_value_evt_t *msg)
 {
-    if ((int)msg->value.len >= 18)
+    if (((int)msg->value.len >= 18) && ((int)msg->value.len <= 20))
     {
         unsigned char values[20] = {0};
         memcpy (values, msg->value.data, msg->value.len * sizeof (unsigned char));
diff --git a/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/helpers.cpp b/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/helpers.cpp
index 9473d8593..569d8dfde 100644
--- a/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/helpers.cpp
+++ b/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/helpers.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #define FIRST_HANDLE 0x0001
 #define LAST_HANDLE 0xffff
 
+
 namespace GanglionLib
 {
     extern volatile int exit_code;
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ namespace GanglionLib
     extern volatile uint16 client_char_handle;
     extern char uart_port[1024];
     extern volatile State state;
-    extern std::mutex m;
     extern std::condition_variable cv;
+    std::mutex mutex;
 
     void output (uint8 len1, uint8 *data1, uint16 len2, uint8 *data2)
     {
@@ -41,7 +42,9 @@ namespace GanglionLib
     // reads messages and calls required callbacks (copypaste from sample)
     int read_message (int timeout_ms)
     {
-        unsigned char data[256]; // enough for BLE
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock (mutex);
+
+        unsigned char *data = NULL;
         struct ble_header hdr;
         int r;
 
@@ -57,10 +60,12 @@ namespace GanglionLib
         }
         if (hdr.lolen)
         {
+            data = new unsigned char[hdr.lolen];
             r = uart_rx (hdr.lolen, data, UART_TIMEOUT);
             if (r <= 0)
             {
                 exit_code = (int)GanglionLib::PORT_OPEN_ERROR;
+                delete[] data;
                 return 1; // fails to read
             }
         }
@@ -70,11 +75,12 @@ namespace GanglionLib
         if (!msg)
         {
             exit_code = (int)GanglionLib::GENERAL_ERROR;
+            delete[] data;
             return 1;
         }
 
         msg->handler (data);
-
+        delete[] data;
         return 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/main.cpp b/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/main.cpp
index f413cbb5e..981d1a636 100644
--- a/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/main.cpp
+++ b/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/main.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include <chrono>
 #include <ctype.h>
-#include <mutex>
 #include <queue>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -28,11 +27,10 @@ namespace GanglionLib
     volatile uint16 client_char_handle = 0;
     volatile State state =
         State::NONE; // same callbacks are triggered by different methods we need to differ them
+    volatile bool should_stop_stream = true;
 
     bool initialized = false;
-    std::mutex mutex;
     std::thread read_characteristic_thread;
-    bool should_stop_stream = true;
 
     void read_characteristic_worker ()
     {
diff --git a/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/uart.cpp b/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/uart.cpp
index e94423a78..9cf03b1db 100644
--- a/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/uart.cpp
+++ b/src/board_controller/openbci/ganglion_bglib/uart.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Bluegiga’s Bluetooth Smart Demo Application
+// Bluegiga�s Bluetooth Smart Demo Application
 // Contact: support@bluegiga.com.
 //
 // This is free software distributed under the terms of the MIT license reproduced below.
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ int uart_tx (int len, unsigned char *data)
             return -1;
         }
         len -= written;
-        data += len;
+        data += written;
     }
 
     return 0;
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ int uart_rx (int len, unsigned char *data, int timeout_ms)
                 return 0;
         }
         len -= rread;
-        data += len;
+        data += rread;
     }
 
     return l;
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ int uart_tx (int len, unsigned char *data)
             return -1;
         }
         len -= written;
-        data += len;
+        data += written;
     }
 
     return 0;
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ int uart_rx (int len, unsigned char *data, int timeout_ms)
             return -1;
         }
         len -= rread;
-        data += len;
+        data += rread;
     }
 
     return l;