diff --git a/protocols.go b/protocols.go
index 985a9cd..0e74b5a 100644
--- a/protocols.go
+++ b/protocols.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const (
 	P_PLAINTEXTV2       = 7367777
 	P_WEBRTC_DIRECT     = 280
 	P_WEBRTC            = 281
-	P_MEMORY            = 0x0309 // 777 decimal
+	P_MEMORY            = 777
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/transcoders.go b/transcoders.go
index a6bde0d..03b39ae 100644
--- a/transcoders.go
+++ b/transcoders.go
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ func validateHTTPPath(b []byte) error {
 	return nil // We can represent any byte slice when we escape it.
 }
 
-var TranscoderMemory = NewTranscoderFromFunctions(memoryStB, memoryBtS, nil)
+var TranscoderMemory = NewTranscoderFromFunctions(memoryStB, memoryBtS, memoryValidate)
 
 func memoryStB(s string) ([]byte, error) {
 	z, err := strconv.ParseUint(s, 10, 64)
@@ -509,3 +509,12 @@ func memoryBtS(b []byte) (string, error) {
 	z := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(b)
 	return strconv.FormatUint(z, 10), nil
 }
+
+func memoryValidate(b []byte) error {
+	// Ensure the byte array is exactly 8 bytes long for a uint64 in big-endian format
+	if len(b) != 8 {
+		return errors.New("invalid length: must be exactly 8 bytes")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}