diff --git a/crates/ericrfb/src/codec/tight.rs b/crates/ericrfb/src/codec/tight.rs
index 9c857b5..6dbc434 100644
--- a/crates/ericrfb/src/codec/tight.rs
+++ b/crates/ericrfb/src/codec/tight.rs
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ pub fn decode_tight(
                 )));
             }
 
-            let packed_colors = read_u8(r)?;
             palette_2 = Some(if let Some(pal) = palette_for_selector(pal_selector) {
+                let packed_colors = read_u8(r)?;
                 match pal_selector {
                     1 => [
                         pal[(packed_colors >> 1) as usize],
@@ -189,13 +189,10 @@ pub fn decode_tight(
                     _ => [packed_colors >> 4, packed_colors & 0x0F],
                 }
             } else {
-                // Default: read 2 separate color bytes
-                // Actually for selector 0 the Java code reads 2 bytes:
-                // nArray[0] = this.K[aw2.w.read()]; nArray[1] = this.K[aw2.w.read()];
-                // But packed_colors was already read as 1 byte. The protocol
-                // for selector 0 reads colors differently. Since this path is rare
-                // and we've already read the packed byte, treat high/low nibbles.
-                [packed_colors >> 4, packed_colors & 0x0F]
+                // Selector 0: two separate RGB332 color bytes (line 421-422)
+                let c0 = read_u8(r)?;
+                let c1 = read_u8(r)?;
+                [c0, c1]
             });
 
             row_bytes = (rw as usize).div_ceil(8);