diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a8d04ed..abc9099 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ function utf8ToBinaryString(str) {
   // replaces any uri escape sequence, such as %0A,
   // with binary escape, such as 0x0A
   var binstr = escstr.replace(/%([0-9A-F]{2})/g, function(match, p1) {
-    return String.fromCharCode('0x' + p1);
+    return String.fromCharCode(parseInt(p1,16));
   });
 
   return binstr;