From 398904dffe824ba857e1d1f9c0c64941391a364f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Hart <andrew@pogoseat.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:02:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure positive integer input to LEB128 encode function

---
 lib/protocol/LEB128.js | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/protocol/LEB128.js b/lib/protocol/LEB128.js
index 7d74b71..c26492e 100644
--- a/lib/protocol/LEB128.js
+++ b/lib/protocol/LEB128.js
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ var LEB128 = {
   **/
   encode: function (value) {
 
-    if (value < 0) {
-      throw new Error('Negative values are not supported');
+    if (parseInt(value) === value && value >= 0) {
+      return leb.encodeUInt64(value);
+    } else {
+      throw new Error('Value to encode must be a positive integer');
     }
 
-    return leb.encodeUInt64(value);
-
   },
 
   /**