diff --git a/dist/main.js b/dist/main.js
index b28a19b..8c16743 100644
--- a/dist/main.js
+++ b/dist/main.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class Port extends Duplex {
         const lenBytes = process.stdin.read(4);
         if (lenBytes) {
             const termLen = this.bert.bytesToInt(lenBytes, 4, true);
-            process.stderr.write(`Got incoming term length: ${termLen} (bytes: ${lenBytes})\n`);
+            process.stderr.write(`Got incoming term length: ${termLen} (bytes: ${lenBytes.toString('hex').match(/../g).join(' ')})\n`);
             const termBytes = process.stdin.read(termLen);
             if (termBytes) {
                 const decoded = this.bert.decode(termBytes);
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 29a825e..29c602c 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export class Port extends Duplex {
         const lenBytes = process.stdin.read(4);
         if (lenBytes) {
             const termLen = this.bert.bytesToInt(lenBytes, 4, true);
-            process.stderr.write(`Got incoming term length: ${termLen} (bytes: ${lenBytes})\n`);
+            process.stderr.write(`Got incoming term length: ${termLen} (bytes: ${lenBytes.toString('hex').match(/../g).join(' ')})\n`);
             const termBytes = process.stdin.read(termLen);
 
             if (termBytes) {