diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index b688ab6..86c345b 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@
                         <div class="font-semibold">{{ contact.advName }}</div>
                         <div class="text-sm text-gray-500"><{{ bytesToHex(contact.publicKey) }}></div>
                         <div class="text-sm text-gray-500">Type: {{ contactTypeToString(contact.type) }} • Last Advert: {{ contact.lastAdvert }}</div>
+                        <div class="text-sm text-gray-500">
+                            <span v-if="contact.outPathLen === -1">Path: ???</span>
+                            <span v-else-if="contact.outPathLen === 0">Path: Direct</span>
+                            <span v-else>Path: {{ contact.outPathLen }} hops</span>
+                        </div>
                     </div>
                     <div class="flex my-auto ml-2 space-x-2">
                         <div @click="sendMessage(contact)" class="hover:underline cursor-pointer">Message</div>
diff --git a/src/buffer_reader.js b/src/buffer_reader.js
index 8ed5dd3..871d154 100644
--- a/src/buffer_reader.js
+++ b/src/buffer_reader.js
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ class BufferReader {
         }
     }
 
+    readInt8() {
+        const bytes = this.readBytes(1);
+        const view = new DataView(bytes.buffer);
+        return view.getInt8(0);
+    }
+
     readUInt16LE() {
         const bytes = this.readBytes(2);
         const view = new DataView(bytes.buffer);
diff --git a/src/connection/connection.js b/src/connection/connection.js
index 344864c..16a1b3c 100644
--- a/src/connection/connection.js
+++ b/src/connection/connection.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class Connection extends EventEmitter {
         data.writeBytes(publicKey);
         data.writeByte(type);
         data.writeByte(flags);
-        data.writeByte(outPathLen);
+        data.writeByte(outPathLen); // todo writeInt8
         data.writeBytes(outPath); // 64 bytes
         data.writeCString(advName, 32); // 32 bytes
         data.writeUInt32LE(lastAdvert);
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class Connection extends EventEmitter {
             publicKey: bufferReader.readBytes(32),
             type: bufferReader.readByte(),
             flags: bufferReader.readByte(),
-            outPathLen: bufferReader.readByte(),
+            outPathLen: bufferReader.readInt8(),
             outPath: bufferReader.readBytes(64),
             advName: bufferReader.readCString(32),
             lastAdvert: bufferReader.readUInt32LE(),