diff --git a/crypto_kem/ledakemlt12/clean/kem.c b/crypto_kem/ledakemlt12/clean/kem.c
index 004d3fb7..bf8413e7 100644
--- a/crypto_kem/ledakemlt12/clean/kem.c
+++ b/crypto_kem/ledakemlt12/clean/kem.c
@@ -8,45 +8,56 @@
 /* Generates a keypair - pk is the public key and sk is the secret key. */
 int PQCLEAN_LEDAKEMLT12_CLEAN_crypto_kem_keypair(unsigned char *pk, unsigned char *sk) {
     AES_XOF_struct niederreiter_keys_expander;
+
     randombytes(((privateKeyNiederreiter_t *)sk)->prng_seed, TRNG_BYTE_LENGTH);
-    PQCLEAN_LEDAKEMLT12_CLEAN_seedexpander_from_trng(&niederreiter_keys_expander,
-            ((privateKeyNiederreiter_t *)sk)->prng_seed);
-    PQCLEAN_LEDAKEMLT12_CLEAN_niederreiter_keygen((publicKeyNiederreiter_t *) pk,
-            (privateKeyNiederreiter_t *) sk,
-            &niederreiter_keys_expander);
+    PQCLEAN_LEDAKEMLT12_CLEAN_seedexpander_from_trng(&niederreiter_keys_expander, ((privateKeyNiederreiter_t *)sk)->prng_seed);
+    PQCLEAN_LEDAKEMLT12_CLEAN_niederreiter_keygen((publicKeyNiederreiter_t *) pk, (privateKeyNiederreiter_t *) sk, &niederreiter_keys_expander);
+
     return 0;
 }
 
+static void error_tobytes(uint8_t *error_bytes, const uint64_t *error_digits) {
+    size_t i, j, k;
+    uint64_t t;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < N0; i++) {
+        for (j = 0; j < NUM_DIGITS_GF2X_ELEMENT; j++) {
+            t = error_digits[i * NUM_DIGITS_GF2X_ELEMENT + j];
+            for (k = 0; k < DIGIT_SIZE_B; k++) {
+                error_bytes[(i * NUM_DIGITS_GF2X_ELEMENT + j) * DIGIT_SIZE_B + k] = (uint8_t) ((t >> (8 * k)) & 0xFF);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /* Encrypt - pk is the public key, ct is a key encapsulation message
   (ciphertext), ss is the shared secret.*/
-int PQCLEAN_LEDAKEMLT12_CLEAN_crypto_kem_enc( unsigned char *ct, unsigned char *ss, const unsigned char *pk) {
+int PQCLEAN_LEDAKEMLT12_CLEAN_crypto_kem_enc(unsigned char *ct, unsigned char *ss, const unsigned char *pk) {
     AES_XOF_struct niederreiter_encap_key_expander;
     unsigned char encapsulated_key_seed[TRNG_BYTE_LENGTH];
     DIGIT error_vector[N0 * NUM_DIGITS_GF2X_ELEMENT];
+    uint8_t error_bytes[N0 * NUM_DIGITS_GF2X_ELEMENT * DIGIT_SIZE_B];
 
     randombytes(encapsulated_key_seed, TRNG_BYTE_LENGTH);
     PQCLEAN_LEDAKEMLT12_CLEAN_seedexpander_from_trng(&niederreiter_encap_key_expander, encapsulated_key_seed);
-
     PQCLEAN_LEDAKEMLT12_CLEAN_rand_circulant_blocks_sequence(error_vector, &niederreiter_encap_key_expander);
-
-    HASH_FUNCTION(ss, (const uint8_t *) error_vector, (N0 * NUM_DIGITS_GF2X_ELEMENT * DIGIT_SIZE_B));
-
+    error_tobytes(error_bytes, error_vector);
+    HASH_FUNCTION(ss, error_bytes, (N0 * NUM_DIGITS_GF2X_ELEMENT * DIGIT_SIZE_B));
     PQCLEAN_LEDAKEMLT12_CLEAN_niederreiter_encrypt((DIGIT *) ct, (publicKeyNiederreiter_t *) pk, error_vector);
+
     return 0;
 }
 
 
 /* Decrypt - ct is a key encapsulation message (ciphertext), sk is the private
    key, ss is the shared secret */
-int PQCLEAN_LEDAKEMLT12_CLEAN_crypto_kem_dec(unsigned char *ss,
-        const unsigned char *ct,
-        const unsigned char *sk ) {
+int PQCLEAN_LEDAKEMLT12_CLEAN_crypto_kem_dec(unsigned char *ss, const unsigned char *ct, const unsigned char *sk) {
     DIGIT decoded_error_vector[N0 * NUM_DIGITS_GF2X_ELEMENT];
+    uint8_t decoded_error_bytes[N0 * NUM_DIGITS_GF2X_ELEMENT * DIGIT_SIZE_B];
 
-    PQCLEAN_LEDAKEMLT12_CLEAN_niederreiter_decrypt(decoded_error_vector,
-            (privateKeyNiederreiter_t *)sk,
-            (DIGIT *)ct);
-    HASH_FUNCTION(ss, (const unsigned char *) decoded_error_vector, (N0 * NUM_DIGITS_GF2X_ELEMENT * DIGIT_SIZE_B));
+    PQCLEAN_LEDAKEMLT12_CLEAN_niederreiter_decrypt(decoded_error_vector, (privateKeyNiederreiter_t *)sk, (DIGIT *)ct);
+    error_tobytes(decoded_error_bytes, decoded_error_vector);
+    HASH_FUNCTION(ss, decoded_error_bytes, (N0 * NUM_DIGITS_GF2X_ELEMENT * DIGIT_SIZE_B));
 
     return 0;
 }