diff --git a/js/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.js b/js/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.js
index 1b36c11..dbe97b2 100644
--- a/js/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.js
+++ b/js/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.js
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 			
 			
 			if ((null ==  decodedTag) || decodedTag != startTag ) {
-				console.log('expecting '+ startag + ' but got '+ decodedTag);
+				console.log('expecting '+ startTag + ' but got '+ decodedTag);
 				throw new ContentDecodingException(new Error("Expected start element: " + startTag + " got: " + decodedTag + "(" + tv.val() + ")"));
 			}