diff --git a/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/FriendsResponse.scala b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/FriendsResponse.scala
index 402f194db..611c2541a 100644
--- a/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/FriendsResponse.scala
+++ b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/FriendsResponse.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import scodec.codecs._
   */
 final case class FriendsResponse(player_guid : PlanetSideGUID,
                                  friend : String,
-                                 unk : Int)
+                                 unk : Boolean)
   extends PlanetSideGamePacket {
   type Packet = FriendsResponse
   def opcode = GamePacketOpcode.FriendsResponse
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ object FriendsReponse extends Marshallable[FriendsResponse] {
   implicit val codec : Codec[FriendsResponse] = (
     ("player_guid" | PlanetSideGUID.codec) ::
       ("friend" | PacketHelpers.specSizeWideStringAligned(uint(5), 3)) ::
-      ("unk" | uint8L)
+      ("unk" | bool)
     ).as[FriendsResponse]
 }
diff --git a/common/src/test/scala/GamePacketTest.scala b/common/src/test/scala/GamePacketTest.scala
index a90801fd7..671983b43 100644
--- a/common/src/test/scala/GamePacketTest.scala
+++ b/common/src/test/scala/GamePacketTest.scala
@@ -839,14 +839,14 @@ class GamePacketTest extends Specification {
             player_guid mustEqual PlanetSideGUID(35937)
             friend.length mustEqual 12
             friend mustEqual "KurtHectic-G"
-            unk mustEqual 0
+            unk mustEqual false
           case default =>
             ko
         }
       }
 
       "encode" in {
-        val msg = FriendsResponse(PlanetSideGUID(35937), "KurtHectic-G", 0)
+        val msg = FriendsResponse(PlanetSideGUID(35937), "KurtHectic-G", false)
         val pkt = PacketCoding.EncodePacket(msg).require.toByteVector
 
         pkt mustEqual string