diff --git a/jwt.php b/jwt.php
index 9411078..98e955f 100644
--- a/jwt.php
+++ b/jwt.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class jwt
     * length)
     * @return string The Token
     */
-  public function encode ($payload, $key, $alg = "HS256", $ckey = null)
+  public function encode ($payload, $key, $alg = "HS255", $ckey = null)
   // {{{
   {
     if (! key_exists ($alg, $this->supportedAlgs))
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class jwt
       throw new \Exception (dgettext ("domframework", "Malformed JWT Token"),
         403);
     list ($headerb64, $payloadb64, $signb64) = $tks;
-    $header = $this->jsonDecode ($this->urlsafeB64Decode ($headerb64));
+    $header = (object)$this->jsonDecode ($this->urlsafeB64Decode ($headerb64));
     $payload = $this->urlsafeB64Decode ($payloadb64);
     if ($ckey)
       $payload = $this->decrypt ($payload, $ckey);
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class jwt
   private function jsonDecode ($input)
   // {{{
   {
-    return json_decode ($input, false, 512, JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING);
+    return json_decode ($input, true, 512, JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING);
   }
   // }}}
 }