diff --git a/lib/imc_channel.hpp b/lib/imc_channel.hpp
index 656a6a5..3c72363 100644
--- a/lib/imc_channel.hpp
+++ b/lib/imc_channel.hpp
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ namespace imc
           }
         }
 
-        std::string outstring(out_buffer.begin(),out_buffer.end());
+        std::string outstring(out_buffer.begin(),out_buffer.end()-outbytes);
         astring = outstring;
       }
   };
diff --git a/python/VERSION b/python/VERSION
index 815e68d..09843e3 100644
--- a/python/VERSION
+++ b/python/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.8
+2.0.9