diff --git a/canvas.py b/canvas.py
index 9ade050..ab95cfd 100644
--- a/canvas.py
+++ b/canvas.py
@@ -85,13 +85,14 @@ class EditorCanvas(tkinter.Canvas):
         bit_counter=0
         current_value=0
         for pixel in self.current_char_pixels:
-            current_value|=pixel
             if bit_counter==8:
                 packed_data.append(current_value)
                 bit_counter=0
                 current_value=0
-            current_value<<=1
+            current_value|=(pixel<<(7-bit_counter))
             bit_counter+=1
+        if bit_counter>1:
+            packed_data.append(current_value)
 
         self.project.chars[chr(self.current_char)]=base64.b64encode(bytes(packed_data)).decode("ascii")