diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 2dff6f3..dd11c27 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-Oct 29, 2013 - Palette box now a 2D numpy array instead of a list of
+Nov 11, 2013 - Palette box now a 2D numpy array instead of a list of
     1D arrays.  Super box constructors now take optional box list  argument.
-    Removed ssiz attribute from SIZsegment class.
 
 Oct 29, 2013 - v0.5.9  Fixed bad library load on linux as a result of 0.5.8
 
diff --git a/glymur/codestream.py b/glymur/codestream.py
index d01795f..4274b61 100644
--- a/glymur/codestream.py
+++ b/glymur/codestream.py
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ class Codestream(object):
                              component_buffer)
 
         bitdepth = tuple(((x & 0x7f) + 1) for x in data[0::3])
-        signed = tuple(((x & 0xb0) > 0) for x in data[0::3])
+        signed = tuple(((x & 0x80) > 0) for x in data[0::3])
         
         xrsiz = data[1::3]
         yrsiz = data[2::3]
@@ -1506,6 +1506,15 @@ class SIZsegment(Segment):
         self.signed = signed
         self.xrsiz, self.yrsiz = xyrsiz
 
+        # ssiz attribute to be removed in 1.0.0
+        lst = []
+        for bitdepth, signed in zip(self.bitdepth, self.signed):
+            if signed:
+                lst.append((bitdepth - 1) & 0x80)
+            else:
+                lst.append(bitdepth - 1)
+        self.ssiz = tuple(lst)
+
         num_tiles_x = (self.xsiz - self.xosiz) / (self.xtsiz - self.xtosiz)
         num_tiles_y = (self.ysiz - self.yosiz) / (self.ytsiz - self.ytosiz)
         numtiles = math.ceil(num_tiles_x) * math.ceil(num_tiles_y)
diff --git a/glymur/test/test_codestream.py b/glymur/test/test_codestream.py
index 76042b9..39e3b16 100644
--- a/glymur/test/test_codestream.py
+++ b/glymur/test/test_codestream.py
@@ -117,6 +117,17 @@ class TestCodestream(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(codestream.segment[-1].marker_id, 'EOC')
 
 
+    def test_siz_segment_ssiz(self):
+        """ssiz attribute to be removed in future release"""
+        j = Jp2k(self.jp2file)
+        codestream = j.get_codestream()
+
+        # The ssiz attribute was simply a tuple of raw bytes.
+        # The first 7 bits are interpreted as the bitdepth, the MSB determines
+        # whether or not it is signed.
+        self.assertEqual(codestream.segment[1].ssiz, (7, 7, 7))
+
+
 class TestCodestreamRepr(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):