diff --git a/src/aopacket.cpp b/src/aopacket.cpp
index a989a3a..bb6ac73 100644
--- a/src/aopacket.cpp
+++ b/src/aopacket.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ AOPacket::AOPacket(QString p_packet_string)
   QStringList packet_contents = p_packet_string.split("#");
 
   m_header = packet_contents.first();
-  m_contents = QStringList(packet_contents.begin()+1, packet_contents.end()-1); // trims %
+  m_contents = packet_contents.mid(1, packet_contents.size()-2); // trims %
 }
 
 QString AOPacket::to_string()