diff --git a/components/bm1397/bm1366.c b/components/bm1397/bm1366.c
index daec0212..c04f0fc5 100644
--- a/components/bm1397/bm1366.c
+++ b/components/bm1397/bm1366.c
@@ -633,24 +633,7 @@ void BM1366_send_work(void * pvParameters, bm_job * next_bm_job)
 
 asic_result * BM1366_receive_work(void)
 {
-    // wait for a response, wait time is pretty arbitrary
-    int received = SERIAL_rx(asic_response_buffer, 11, 60000);
-
-    if (received < 0) {
-        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Error in serial RX");
-        return NULL;
-    } else if (received == 0) {
-        // Didn't find a solution, restart and try again
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (received != 11 || asic_response_buffer[0] != 0xAA || asic_response_buffer[1] != 0x55) {
-        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Serial RX invalid %i", received);
-        ESP_LOG_BUFFER_HEX(TAG, asic_response_buffer, received);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return (asic_result *) asic_response_buffer;
+    return SERIAL_rx_aa55(asic_response_buffer,11);
 }
 
 uint16_t reverse_uint16(uint16_t num)
diff --git a/components/bm1397/bm1397.c b/components/bm1397/bm1397.c
index b3dc8921..badba315 100644
--- a/components/bm1397/bm1397.c
+++ b/components/bm1397/bm1397.c
@@ -378,29 +378,7 @@ void BM1397_send_work(void *pvParameters, bm_job *next_bm_job)
 
 asic_result *BM1397_receive_work(void)
 {
-
-    // wait for a response, wait time is pretty arbitrary
-    int received = SERIAL_rx(asic_response_buffer, 9, 60000);
-
-    if (received < 0)
-    {
-        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Error in serial RX");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    else if (received == 0)
-    {
-        // Didn't find a solution, restart and try again
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (received != 9 || asic_response_buffer[0] != 0xAA || asic_response_buffer[1] != 0x55)
-    {
-        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Serial RX invalid %i", received);
-        ESP_LOG_BUFFER_HEX(TAG, asic_response_buffer, received);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return (asic_result *)asic_response_buffer;
+    return SERIAL_rx_aa55(asic_response_buffer,9);
 }
 
 task_result *BM1397_proccess_work(void *pvParameters)
diff --git a/components/bm1397/include/serial.h b/components/bm1397/include/serial.h
index ae165c13..6f833cf7 100644
--- a/components/bm1397/include/serial.h
+++ b/components/bm1397/include/serial.h
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ int16_t SERIAL_rx(uint8_t *, uint16_t, uint16_t);
 void SERIAL_clear_buffer(void);
 void SERIAL_set_baud(int baud);
 
-#endif /* SERIAL_H_ */
\ No newline at end of file
+// recieve packet with 0xaa 0x55 header
+void *SERIAL_rx_aa55(uint8_t *data,const int length);
+
+#endif /* SERIAL_H_ */
diff --git a/components/bm1397/serial.c b/components/bm1397/serial.c
index dcc1b9a6..bcbeb393 100644
--- a/components/bm1397/serial.c
+++ b/components/bm1397/serial.c
@@ -94,3 +94,41 @@ void SERIAL_clear_buffer(void)
 {
     uart_flush(UART_NUM_1);
 }
+
+/**
+ * @brief recieve packet with 0xaa 0x55 header
+ * @param data - buffer for received serial data
+ * @param length - length of expected packet
+ */
+void *SERIAL_rx_aa55(uint8_t *data,const int length) {
+    for(int len=0; len < length;) {
+        // wait for a response, wait time is pretty arbitrary
+        int received = SERIAL_rx(data+len, length-len, 60000);
+        if (received < 0) {
+            ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Error in serial RX");
+            return NULL;
+        } else if (received == 0) {
+            // Didn't find a solution, restart and try again
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        if (len+received > 2) {
+            // valid start
+            if (data[0] == 0xAA && data[1] == 0x55) {
+                len += received;
+            } else {
+                for(int count = 1; count < len + received; ++count) {
+                    if(*(data+count) == 0xAA) {
+                        // move to head and adjust read length
+                        memmove(data, data+count, len+received-count);
+                        len+=received-count;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            len+=received;
+        }
+    }
+    return data;
+}