diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index defd2c6..b9754a7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 language: node_js
 
-node_js: "node"
+node_js:
+  - 12
 
 before_script:
-  - npm install -g truffle@5.0.1 ganache-cli@6.1.8
+  - npm install -g truffle@5.1.41 ganache-cli@6.10.1
   - npm install
 
 script: 
-  - ganache-cli > /dev/null &
+  - ganache-cli -p 8545 > /dev/null &
   - sleep 5
-  - rm -rf build
-  - truffle migrate
-  - truffle test
+  - npm run test
diff --git a/contracts/RLPReader.sol b/contracts/RLPReader.sol
index 89e51b5..784c92b 100644
--- a/contracts/RLPReader.sol
+++ b/contracts/RLPReader.sol
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ library RLPReader {
         return result;
     }
 
-    // any non-zero byte is considered true
+    // any non-zero byte except "0x80" is considered true
     function toBoolean(RLPItem memory item) internal pure returns (bool) {
         require(item.len == 1);
         uint result;
@@ -144,7 +144,15 @@ library RLPReader {
             result := byte(0, mload(memPtr))
         }
 
-        return result == 0 ? false : true;
+        // SEE Github Issue #5.
+        // Summary: Most commonly used RLP libraries (i.e Geth) will encode
+        // "0" as "0x80" instead of as "0". We handle this edge case explicitly
+        // here.
+        if (result == 0 || result == STRING_SHORT_START) {
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            return true;
+        }
     }
 
     function toAddress(RLPItem memory item) internal pure returns (address) {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f86c635..a351f9b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 {
   "name": "solidity-rlp",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "2.0.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "assertion-error": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/assertion-error/-/assertion-error-1.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-jgsaNduz+ndvGyFt3uSuWqvy4lCnIJiovtouQN5JZHOKCS2QuhEdbcQHFhVksz2N2U9hXJo8odG7ETyWlEeuDw=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-jgsaNduz+ndvGyFt3uSuWqvy4lCnIJiovtouQN5JZHOKCS2QuhEdbcQHFhVksz2N2U9hXJo8odG7ETyWlEeuDw==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "chai": {
       "version": "4.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chai/-/chai-4.1.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-D2RYS6ZC8PKs4oBiefTwbKI61zw=",
+      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "assertion-error": "^1.0.1",
         "check-error": "^1.0.1",
@@ -25,12 +27,14 @@
     "check-error": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/check-error/-/check-error-1.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-V00xLt2Iu13YkS6Sht1sCu1KrII="
+      "integrity": "sha1-V00xLt2Iu13YkS6Sht1sCu1KrII=",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "deep-eql": {
       "version": "3.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/deep-eql/-/deep-eql-3.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-+QeIQyN5ZuO+3Uk5DYh6/1eKO0m0YmJFGNmFHGACpf1ClL1nmlV/p4gNgbl2pJGxgXb4faqo6UE+M5ACEMyVcw==",
+      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "type-detect": "^4.0.0"
       }
@@ -38,22 +42,26 @@
     "get-func-name": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/get-func-name/-/get-func-name-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-6td0q+5y4gQJQzoGY2YCPdaIekE="
+      "integrity": "sha1-6td0q+5y4gQJQzoGY2YCPdaIekE=",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "pathval": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pathval/-/pathval-1.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-uULm1L3mUwBe9rcTYd74cn0GReA="
+      "integrity": "sha1-uULm1L3mUwBe9rcTYd74cn0GReA=",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "rlp": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rlp/-/rlp-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-nbOE/0uJqPYVY9kjldhiWxjzr7A="
+      "integrity": "sha1-nbOE/0uJqPYVY9kjldhiWxjzr7A=",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "type-detect": {
       "version": "4.0.8",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-detect/-/type-detect-4.0.8.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-0fr/mIH1dlO+x7TlcMy+bIDqKPsw/70tVyeHW787goQjhmqaZe10uwLujubK9q9Lg6Fiho1KUKDYz0Z7k7g5/g=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-0fr/mIH1dlO+x7TlcMy+bIDqKPsw/70tVyeHW787goQjhmqaZe10uwLujubK9q9Lg6Fiho1KUKDYz0Z7k7g5/g==",
+      "dev": true
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/basic-tests.js b/test/basic-tests.js
index 767ecca..2ef9653 100644
--- a/test/basic-tests.js
+++ b/test/basic-tests.js
@@ -164,7 +164,10 @@ contract("RLPReader", async (accounts) => {
 
         // toBoolean
         result = await helper.toBoolean.call(toHex(rlp.encode(1)));
-        assert(result == true, "Incorrect toBoolean conversion");
+        assert(result == true, "Incorrect toBoolean true conversion");
+
+        result = await helper.toBoolean.call(toHex(rlp.encode(0)));
+        assert(result == false, "Incorrect toBoolean false conversion");
 
         // Mix of data types
         str = [accounts[0], 1, 65537];
@@ -282,7 +285,7 @@ contract("RLPReader", async (accounts) => {
             totalDifficulty: '10690776258913596267754',
         };
         const rlpHeader = toRLPHeader(block);
-        const result = await helper.toBlockHeader.call(rlpHeader, {});
+        const result = await helper.toBlockHeader.call(rlpHeader);
         assert(result.parentHash == block.parentHash, "parentHash not equal");
         assert(result.sha3Uncles == block.sha3Uncles, "sha3Uncles not equal");
         assert(result.stateRoot  == block.stateRoot,  "stateRoot not equal");
diff --git a/truffle-config.js b/truffle-config.js
index a6330d6..4425674 100644
--- a/truffle-config.js
+++ b/truffle-config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 module.exports = {
   // See <http://truffleframework.com/docs/advanced/configuration>
   // to customize your Truffle configuration!
+  networks: {
+      development: {
+          host: 'localhost',
+          port: 8545,
+          network_id: '*'
+      }
+  }
 };
diff --git a/truffle.js b/truffle.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4425674..0000000
--- a/truffle.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  // See <http://truffleframework.com/docs/advanced/configuration>
-  // to customize your Truffle configuration!
-  networks: {
-      development: {
-          host: 'localhost',
-          port: 8545,
-          network_id: '*'
-      }
-  }
-};