diff --git a/DStarRX.cpp b/DStarRX.cpp
index dac1841..c4fb5cc 100644
--- a/DStarRX.cpp
+++ b/DStarRX.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ const uint32_t DATA_SYNC_MASK = 0x00FFFFFFU;
 const uint8_t  DATA_SYNC_ERRS = 3U;
 
 // D-Star bit order version of 0x55 0x55 0xC8 0x7A
-const uint32_t END_SYNC_DATA = 0xAAAA135EU;
-const uint32_t END_SYNC_MASK = 0xFFFFFFFFU;
+const uint64_t END_SYNC_DATA = 0x0000AAAAAAAA135EU;
+const uint64_t END_SYNC_MASK = 0x0000FFFFFFFFFFFFU;
 const uint8_t  END_SYNC_ERRS = 1U;
 
 const uint8_t BIT_MASK_TABLE0[] = {0x7FU, 0xBFU, 0xDFU, 0xEFU, 0xF7U, 0xFBU, 0xFDU, 0xFEU};
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ const uint16_t CCITT_TABLE[] = {
 CDStarRX::CDStarRX() :
 m_rxState(DSRXS_NONE),
 m_patternBuffer(0x00U),
+m_patternBuffer64(0x00U),
 m_rxBuffer(),
 m_rxBufferBits(0U),
 m_dataBits(0U),
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ void CDStarRX::reset()
 {
   m_rxState       = DSRXS_NONE;
   m_patternBuffer = 0x00U;
+  m_patternBuffer64 = 0x00U;
   m_rxBufferBits  = 0U;
   m_dataBits      = 0U;
 }
@@ -283,6 +285,10 @@ void CDStarRX::processNone(bool bit)
   if (bit)
     m_patternBuffer |= 0x01U;
 
+  m_patternBuffer64 <<= 1;
+  if (bit)
+    m_patternBuffer64 |= 0x01U;
+
   // Fuzzy matching of the preamble sync sequence
   if (countBits32((m_patternBuffer & PREAMBLE_MASK) ^ PREAMBLE_DATA) <= PREAMBLE_ERRS) {
 
@@ -329,6 +335,10 @@ void CDStarRX::processHeader(bool bit)
   if (bit)
     m_patternBuffer |= 0x01U;
 
+  m_patternBuffer64 <<= 1;
+  if (bit)
+    m_patternBuffer64 |= 0x01U;
+
   WRITE_BIT2(m_rxBuffer, m_rxBufferBits, bit);
 
   m_rxBufferBits++;
@@ -363,6 +373,10 @@ void CDStarRX::processData(bool bit)
   if (bit)
     m_patternBuffer |= 0x01U;
 
+  m_patternBuffer64 <<= 1;
+  if (bit)
+    m_patternBuffer64 |= 0x01U;
+
   WRITE_BIT2(m_rxBuffer, m_rxBufferBits, bit);
 
   m_rxBufferBits++;
@@ -370,7 +384,7 @@ void CDStarRX::processData(bool bit)
     reset();
 
   // Fuzzy matching of the end frame sequences
-  if (countBits32((m_patternBuffer & END_SYNC_MASK) ^ END_SYNC_DATA) <= END_SYNC_ERRS) {
+  if (countBits64((m_patternBuffer64 & END_SYNC_MASK) ^ END_SYNC_DATA) <= END_SYNC_ERRS) {
     DEBUG1("DStarRX: Found end sync in Data");
     io.setDecode(false);
 
diff --git a/DStarRX.h b/DStarRX.h
index e8a4b68..33df092 100644
--- a/DStarRX.h
+++ b/DStarRX.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public:
 private:
   DSRX_STATE   m_rxState;
   uint32_t     m_patternBuffer;
+  uint64_t     m_patternBuffer64;
   uint8_t      m_rxBuffer[DSTAR_BUFFER_LENGTH_BITS / 8U];
   unsigned int m_rxBufferBits;
   unsigned int m_dataBits;