diff --git a/src/main/java/com/tdunning/math/stats/AVLTreeDigest.java b/src/main/java/com/tdunning/math/stats/AVLTreeDigest.java
index aa8c792..dac36bc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/tdunning/math/stats/AVLTreeDigest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/tdunning/math/stats/AVLTreeDigest.java
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ public class AVLTreeDigest extends AbstractTDigest {
         if (encoding == VERBOSE_ENCODING) {
             double min = buf.getDouble();
             double max = buf.getDouble();
-            double compression = buf.getDouble();
+            double compression = buf.getFloat();
             AVLTreeDigest r = new AVLTreeDigest(compression);
             r.setMinMax(min, max);
             int n = buf.getInt();