diff --git a/src/WebsocketHandler.cpp b/src/WebsocketHandler.cpp
index 7a2e087..8564cf2 100644
--- a/src/WebsocketHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/WebsocketHandler.cpp
@@ -238,7 +238,15 @@ void WebsocketHandler::send(uint8_t* data, uint16_t length, uint8_t sendType) {
     frame.len = 126;
     _con->writeBuffer((uint8_t *)&frame, sizeof(frame));
     uint16_t net_len = htons(length);
-    _con->writeBuffer((uint8_t *) net_len, sizeof(uint16_t));  // Convert to network byte order from host byte order
+    //replaced by George2209 on 2019-11-11 (avoid forced/implicit conversion):
+    //_con->writeBuffer((uint8_t *) net_len, sizeof(uint16_t));  // Convert to network byte order from host byte order
+    //start of replacement of the upper line:
+    {
+      uint8_t tmp_buffer[sizeof(uint16_t)];
+      memcpy(tmp_buffer,&net_len,sizeof(uint16_t));
+      _con->writeBuffer(tmp_buffer, sizeof(uint16_t));  // Convert to network byte order from host byte order
+    }
+    //end of replacement of George2209
   }
   _con->writeBuffer(data, length);
   HTTPS_LOGD("<< Websocket.send()");