diff --git a/components/dht22/dht22.c b/components/dht22/dht22.c
index 2e3dedd..30a25f4 100644
--- a/components/dht22/dht22.c
+++ b/components/dht22/dht22.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ uint32_t wait_for_signal_to_change_from(int signal_level) {
 }
 
 dht22_error dht22_read() {
-  uint8_t data[5] = {0};
+  uint8_t data[5] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
   uint32_t elapsed_time;
 
   /*
@@ -102,8 +102,12 @@ dht22_error dht22_read() {
    *     - if 70us -> 1 bit
    */
   //portENABLE_INTERRUPTS();
-  for (int byte_i = 0; byte_i <= 4; byte_i++) {
-    for (int bit_i = 7; bit_i >= 0; bit_i--) {
+  uint8_t byte_i = 0;
+  uint8_t bit_i = 7;
+  for (int i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
+
+  //for (int byte_i = 0; byte_i <= 4; byte_i++) {
+  //  for (int bit_i = 7; bit_i >= 0; bit_i--) {
 
       elapsed_time = wait_for_signal_to_change_from(0);
       if (elapsed_time == DHT22_TIMEOUT_ERROR) {
@@ -116,18 +120,46 @@ dht22_error dht22_read() {
       elapsed_time = wait_for_signal_to_change_from(1);
       if (elapsed_time < 60 || elapsed_time > 80) {
         data[byte_i] |= (1 << bit_i);
+        // TODO: check why this doesn't work
+        //data[i / 8] |= (1 << (7 - (i % 8));
       }
       //ESP_LOGE(TAG, "bit: %i, byte: %i, elapsed_time: %lu", bit_i, byte_i, elapsed_time);
-    }
+    //}
+    ///*
+      if (bit_i == 0) {
+        bit_i = 7;
+        byte_i++;
+      } else {
+        bit_i--;
+      }
   }
+  portENABLE_INTERRUPTS();
+
+  ESP_LOGE(TAG, "data[0-4]: %x %x %x %x %x", data[0], data[1], data[2], data[3], data[4]);
 
   // TODO test that data[x] << 8 will be promoted to 16bits otherwise I'm
   // shifting them to just zeros
   _dht22_relative_humidity = (data[0] << 8) | data[1];
   _dht22_temperature = ((data[2] & 0x7f) << 8) | data[3];
+
+  float relative_humidity = data[0];
+  relative_humidity *= 0x100;
+  relative_humidity += data[1];
+  relative_humidity /= 10;
+
+  float temp = data[2] & 0x7f;
+  temp *= 0x100;
+  temp += data[3];
+  temp /= 10;
+  if (data[2] & 0x80) {
+    temp *= -1;
+  }
+
+  ESP_LOGE(TAG, "rh: %f, temp: %f", relative_humidity, temp);
   if (data[2] & 0x80) {
     _dht22_temperature = -1 * _dht22_temperature;
   }
+  ESP_LOGE(TAG, "rh: %i, temp: %i", _dht22_relative_humidity / 10, _dht22_temperature / 10);
   uint8_t checksum_val = (data[0] + data[1] + data[2] + data[3]) & 0xff;
   if (checksum_val != data[4]) {
     _dht22_relative_humidity = UINT16_MAX;