diff --git a/src/writeLua/ByteArray.lua b/src/writeLua/ByteArray.lua
index 201d720..fd343e1 100644
--- a/src/writeLua/ByteArray.lua
+++ b/src/writeLua/ByteArray.lua
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function ByteArray(endian)
 		fmt = fmt or ""
 		if BA_ENDIAN_LITTLE == mEndian then
 			return "<"..fmt
-		elseif BA_ENDIAN_BIG == mEndianthen then
+		elseif BA_ENDIAN_BIG == mEndian then
 			return ">"..fmt
 		else
 			return "="..fmt