diff --git a/android_app/app/src/main/java/com/health/openscale/core/utils/Converters.java b/android_app/app/src/main/java/com/health/openscale/core/utils/Converters.java
index 1d2daf43..1b2a4ce8 100644
--- a/android_app/app/src/main/java/com/health/openscale/core/utils/Converters.java
+++ b/android_app/app/src/main/java/com/health/openscale/core/utils/Converters.java
@@ -123,4 +123,10 @@ public class Converters {
         }
         return kg;
     }
+
+    public static int parseUnsignedInt16Be(byte[] data, int offset) {
+        int value = (data[offset] & 0xFF) << 8;
+        value += data[offset + 1] & 0xFF;
+        return value;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/android_app/app/src/test/java/com/health/openscale/ConvertersTest.java b/android_app/app/src/test/java/com/health/openscale/ConvertersTest.java
index 715081e1..37b13f00 100644
--- a/android_app/app/src/test/java/com/health/openscale/ConvertersTest.java
+++ b/android_app/app/src/test/java/com/health/openscale/ConvertersTest.java
@@ -79,4 +79,13 @@ public class ConvertersTest {
                     Converters.toKilogram(Converters.fromKilogram(10.0f, unit), unit));
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void unsignedIntConverters() throws Exception {
+        byte[] data = new byte[]{(byte) 0xfd, (byte) 0xfe, (byte) 0xfc, (byte) 0x10, (byte) 0x7f};
+        assertEquals(0xfdfe, Converters.parseUnsignedInt16Be(data, 0));
+        assertEquals(0xfefc, Converters.parseUnsignedInt16Be(data, 1));
+        assertEquals(0xfc10, Converters.parseUnsignedInt16Be(data, 2));
+        assertEquals(0x107f, Converters.parseUnsignedInt16Be(data, 3));
+    }
 }