diff --git a/cmd/sendosc/sendosc.go b/cmd/sendosc/sendosc.go
index dd4d6df..49db7ba 100644
--- a/cmd/sendosc/sendosc.go
+++ b/cmd/sendosc/sendosc.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func slipEncode(bytes []byte) []byte {
 	ESC_END := byte(0xdc)
 	ESC_ESC := byte(0xdd)
 
-	var encodedBytes = []byte{}
+	var encodedBytes = []byte{END}
 
 	for _, byteToEncode := range bytes {
 		if byteToEncode == END {