diff --git a/client/inc/version.i b/client/inc/version.i
index 1fdb253..b466c9d 100644
--- a/client/inc/version.i
+++ b/client/inc/version.i
@@ -1 +1 @@
-.byte "1.0.28"
+.byte "1.0.29"
diff --git a/client/ip65/telnet.s b/client/ip65/telnet.s
index 537e4f4..25780ec 100644
--- a/client/ip65/telnet.s
+++ b/client/ip65/telnet.s
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ telnet_connect:
   
   cmp #2
   beq :+
-  ldx temp_a
+  lda temp_a
   jmp @no_conversion_required
 :  
 
@@ -163,11 +163,10 @@ telnet_connect:
   sta scratch_buffer,y
   inc tcp_send_data_len
   iny
-  bne :-
-  
+  bne :-  
   jmp @send_char
+  
 @no_conversion_required:
-  txa
   ldy tcp_send_data_len
   sta scratch_buffer,y
   inc tcp_send_data_len
diff --git a/dist/version_number.txt b/dist/version_number.txt
index f8536a4..fa7e3ca 100644
--- a/dist/version_number.txt
+++ b/dist/version_number.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.28
\ No newline at end of file
+1.0.29
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/CHANGES.txt b/doc/CHANGES.txt
index 2462b05..92eb7dc 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/doc/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 v1.0.28
 - CHANGE: after playing a SID, go back to last viewed dir listing, not main menu
+- FIX: PETSCII mode telnet was broken
 
 v1.0.27
 - FIX: more than 3 dots in a dotted quad would crash the hostname resolver