diff --git a/source/Ox/js/Encoding.js b/source/Ox/js/Encoding.js
index b4d7fd95..3a2faeb0 100644
--- a/source/Ox/js/Encoding.js
+++ b/source/Ox/js/Encoding.js
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
             str = Ox.char(num & 127) + str;
             num >>= 7;
         }
-        return str || '0';
+        return str;
     };
 
     /*@
@@ -139,11 +139,9 @@
         1685487
     @*/
     Ox.decodeBase128 = function(str) {
-        var num = 0, len = str.length;
-        Ox.forEach(str, function(char, i) {
-            num += char.charCodeAt(0) << (len - i - 1) * 7;
-        });
-        return num;
+        return str.split('').reverse().reduce(function(p, v, i) {
+            return p + (v.charCodeAt(0) << i * 7);
+        }, 0);
     };
 
     /*@
@@ -166,11 +164,9 @@
         6713199
     @*/
     Ox.decodeBase256 = function(str) {
-        var num = 0, len = str.length;
-        Ox.forEach(str, function(char, i) {
-            num += char.charCodeAt(0) << (len - i - 1) * 8;
-        });
-        return num;
+        return str.split('').reverse().reduce(function(p, v, i) {
+            return p + (v.charCodeAt(0) << i * 8);
+        }, 0);
     };
 
     /*@