diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a3bad69..52c6407 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ clean:
 
 dist: clean
 	python setup.py sdist
+	python setup.py bdist_wheel --universal
 
 upload: dist
 	python setup.py register -r pypi
diff --git a/aprslib/__init__.py b/aprslib/__init__.py
index 477a038..d7120b2 100644
--- a/aprslib/__init__.py
+++ b/aprslib/__init__.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ from datetime import date as _date
 __date__ = str(_date.today())
 del _date
 
-__version__ = "0.6.38"
+__version__ = "0.6.39"
 __author__ = "Rossen Georgiev"
 __all__ = ['IS', 'parse', 'passcode']
 
diff --git a/aprslib/parsing.py b/aprslib/parsing.py
index 37223b4..beacc1b 100644
--- a/aprslib/parsing.py
+++ b/aprslib/parsing.py
@@ -65,6 +65,25 @@ MTYPE_TABLE_CUSTOM = {
     }
 
 
+def _unicode_packet(packet):
+    # attempt utf-8
+    try:
+        return packet.decode('utf-8')
+    except UnicodeDecodeError:
+        pass
+
+    # attempt to detect encoding
+    res = chardet.detect(packet.split(b':', 1)[-1])
+    if res['confidence'] > 0.7:
+        try:
+            return packet.decode(res['encoding'])
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            pass
+
+    # if everything fails
+    return packet.decode('latin-1')
+
+
 def parse(packet):
     """
     Parses an APRS packet and returns a dict with decoded data
@@ -83,15 +102,7 @@ def parse(packet):
 
     # attempt to detect encoding
     if isinstance(packet, bytes):
-        try:
-            packet = packet.decode('utf-8')
-        except UnicodeDecodeError:
-            res = chardet.detect(packet.split(b':', 1)[-1])
-
-            if res['confidence'] > 0.7:
-                packet = packet.decode(res['encoding'])
-            else:
-                packet = packet.decode('latin-1')
+        packet = _unicode_packet(packet)
 
     packet = packet.rstrip("\r\n")
     logger.debug("Parsing: %s", packet)
@@ -618,7 +629,7 @@ def _parse_mice(dstcall, body):
         body = body[8:]
 
         # check for optional 2 or 5 channel telemetry
-        match = re.findall(r"^('[0-9a-f]{10}|`[0-9-af]{4})(.*)$", body)
+        match = re.findall(r"^('[0-9a-f]{10}|`[0-9a-f]{4})(.*)$", body)
         if match:
             hexdata, body = match[0]