diff --git a/lib/csharp/src/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs b/lib/csharp/src/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs
index 9c62bec..e1d0e78 100644
--- a/lib/csharp/src/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs
+++ b/lib/csharp/src/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@
 
 				// escaped?
 				if (ch != ESCSEQ[0])
-				{
+				{
 					buffer.Write(new byte[] { (byte)ch }, 0, 1);
 					continue;
 				}
@@ -752,20 +752,20 @@
 						throw new TProtocolException(TProtocolException.INVALID_DATA,
 														"Expected control char");
 					}
-					ch = ESCAPE_CHAR_VALS[off];
-					buffer.Write(new byte[] { (byte)ch }, 0, 1);
+					ch = ESCAPE_CHAR_VALS[off];
+					buffer.Write(new byte[] { (byte)ch }, 0, 1);
 					continue;
-				}
-
-
-				// it's \uXXXX
-				trans.ReadAll(tempBuffer, 0, 4);
-				var wch = (short)((HexVal((byte)tempBuffer[0]) << 12) +
-								  (HexVal((byte)tempBuffer[1]) << 8) +
-								  (HexVal((byte)tempBuffer[2]) << 4) + 
-								   HexVal(tempBuffer[3]));
-				var tmp = utf8Encoding.GetBytes(new char[] { (char)wch });
-				buffer.Write(tmp, 0, tmp.Length);
+				}
+
+
+				// it's \uXXXX
+				trans.ReadAll(tempBuffer, 0, 4);
+				var wch = (short)((HexVal((byte)tempBuffer[0]) << 12) +
+								  (HexVal((byte)tempBuffer[1]) << 8) +
+								  (HexVal((byte)tempBuffer[2]) << 4) + 
+								   HexVal(tempBuffer[3]));
+				var tmp = utf8Encoding.GetBytes(new char[] { (char)wch });
+				buffer.Write(tmp, 0, tmp.Length);
 			}
 			return buffer.ToArray();
 		}
@@ -891,7 +891,13 @@
 			int len = b.Length;
 			int off = 0;
 			int size = 0;
-			while (len >= 4)
+			// reduce len to ignore fill bytes 
+			while ((len > 0) && (b[len - 1] == '='))
+			{
+				--len;
+			}
+			// read & decode full byte triplets = 4 source bytes
+			while (len > 4)
 			{
 				// Decode 4 bytes at a time
 				TBase64Utils.decode(b, off, 4, b, size); // NB: decoded in place
diff --git a/lib/csharp/test/JSON/Program.cs b/lib/csharp/test/JSON/Program.cs
index 7bdb7f5..d66c78a 100644
--- a/lib/csharp/test/JSON/Program.cs
+++ b/lib/csharp/test/JSON/Program.cs
@@ -1,55 +1,82 @@
-﻿/**
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using Thrift.Protocol;
-using Thrift.Transport;
-
-namespace JSONTest
-{
-    class Program
-    {
-        static void Main(string[] args)
-        {
-            TestThrift2336();
-        }
-
-        public static void TestThrift2336()
-        {
-            const string RUSSIAN_TEXT = "\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u041d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435";
-            const string RUSSIAN_JSON = "\"\\u0420\\u0443\\u0441\\u0441\\u043a\\u043e\\u0435 \\u041d\\u0430\\u0437\\u0432\\u0430\\u043d\\u0438\\u0435\"";
-            
-            // prepare buffer with JOSN data
-            byte[] rawBytes = new byte[RUSSIAN_JSON.Length];
-            for (var i = 0; i < RUSSIAN_JSON.Length; ++i)
-                rawBytes[i] = (byte)(RUSSIAN_JSON[i] & (char)0xFF);  // only low bytes
-
-            // parse and check
-            var stm = new MemoryStream(rawBytes);
-            var trans = new TStreamTransport(stm, null);
-            var prot = new TJSONProtocol(trans);
-            Debug.Assert(prot.ReadString() == RUSSIAN_TEXT, "reading JSON with hex-encoded chars > 8 bit");
-        }
-    }
-}
+﻿/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using Thrift.Protocol;
+using Thrift.Transport;
+
+namespace JSONTest
+{
+	class Program
+	{
+		static void Main(string[] args)
+		{
+			TestThrift2365();  // JSON binary decodes too much data
+			TestThrift2336();  // hex encoding using \uXXXX where 0xXXXX > 0xFF
+		}
+
+
+		public static void TestThrift2365()
+		{
+			var rnd = new Random();
+			for (var len = 0; len < 10; ++len)
+			{
+				byte[] dataWritten = new byte[len];
+				rnd.NextBytes(dataWritten);
+
+				Stream stm = new MemoryStream();
+				TTransport trans = new TStreamTransport(null, stm);
+				TProtocol prot = new TJSONProtocol(trans);
+				prot.WriteBinary(dataWritten);
+
+				stm.Position = 0;
+				trans = new TStreamTransport(stm, null);
+				prot = new TJSONProtocol(trans);
+				byte[] dataRead = prot.ReadBinary();
+
+				Debug.Assert(dataRead.Length == dataWritten.Length);
+				for (var i = 0; i < dataRead.Length; ++i)
+					Debug.Assert(dataRead[i] == dataWritten[i]);			
+			}
+		}
+
+
+		public static void TestThrift2336()
+		{
+			const string RUSSIAN_TEXT = "\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u041d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435";
+			const string RUSSIAN_JSON = "\"\\u0420\\u0443\\u0441\\u0441\\u043a\\u043e\\u0435 \\u041d\\u0430\\u0437\\u0432\\u0430\\u043d\\u0438\\u0435\"";
+			
+			// prepare buffer with JSON data
+			byte[] rawBytes = new byte[RUSSIAN_JSON.Length];
+			for (var i = 0; i < RUSSIAN_JSON.Length; ++i)
+				rawBytes[i] = (byte)(RUSSIAN_JSON[i] & (char)0xFF);  // only low bytes
+
+			// parse and check
+			var stm = new MemoryStream(rawBytes);
+			var trans = new TStreamTransport(stm, null);
+			var prot = new TJSONProtocol(trans);
+			Debug.Assert(prot.ReadString() == RUSSIAN_TEXT, "reading JSON with hex-encoded chars > 8 bit");
+		}
+	}
+}