diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cd6a6e1a..556b22fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,16 +7,12 @@ Version 1.3.0
 Compiler requirement
 --------------------
 
-* Minimum compiler version is bumped to 1.51.
-
-Bug fixes
----------
-
-* BLOB's no longer panic when accessed with an out-of-bounds index.
+* Minimum compiler version is now 1.51.
 
 New features
 ------------
 
+* `BLOB` (essentially a byte array) is added as a supported primitive value type parallel to arrays.
 * New options for `Engine` which allows disabling `if`-expressions, `switch`-expressions, statement expressions, anonymous functions and/or looping (i.e. `while`, `loop`, `do` and `for` statements):
   * `Engine::set_allow_if_expression`
   * `Engine::set_allow_switch_expression`
@@ -30,7 +26,6 @@ Enhancements
 
 * Added `into_array` and `into_typed_array` for `Dynamic`.
 * Added `FnPtr::call` and `FnPtr::call_within_context` to simplify calling a function pointer.
-* BLob's can now be deserialized (using `from_dynamic`) into `Vec<u8>` via [`serde_bytes`](https://crates.io/crates/serde_bytes).
 * A function's hashes are included in its JSON metadata to assist in debugging. Each function's `hashBase` field in the JSON object should map directly to the pre-calculated hash in the function call.
 * `Expression` now derefs to `Expr`.
 
diff --git a/src/engine.rs b/src/engine.rs
index 512aa7b0..47dcade6 100644
--- a/src/engine.rs
+++ b/src/engine.rs
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ impl<'a> Target<'a> {
                 let index = *index;
 
                 if index < value.len() {
-                    value[index] = (new_byte & 0x000f) as u8;
+                    value[index] = (new_byte & 0x00ff) as u8;
                 } else {
                     unreachable!("blob index out of bounds: {}", index);
                 }
diff --git a/src/packages/blob_basic.rs b/src/packages/blob_basic.rs
index dde3d60f..a0dcd40c 100644
--- a/src/packages/blob_basic.rs
+++ b/src/packages/blob_basic.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ mod blob_functions {
         }
 
         let mut blob = Blob::new();
-        blob.resize(len, (value & 0x000f) as u8);
+        blob.resize(len, (value & 0x00ff) as u8);
         Ok(blob)
     }
     #[rhai_fn(name = "len", get = "len", pure)]
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ mod blob_functions {
     }
     #[rhai_fn(name = "push", name = "+=")]
     pub fn push(blob: &mut Blob, item: INT) {
-        let item = (item & 0x000f) as u8;
+        let item = (item & 0x00ff) as u8;
         blob.push(item);
     }
     #[rhai_fn(name = "append", name = "+=")]
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ mod blob_functions {
         blob
     }
     pub fn insert(blob: &mut Blob, position: INT, item: INT) {
-        let item = (item & 0x000f) as u8;
+        let item = (item & 0x00ff) as u8;
 
         if blob.is_empty() {
             blob.push(item);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ mod blob_functions {
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        let item = (item & 0x000f) as u8;
+        let item = (item & 0x00ff) as u8;
         let _ctx = ctx;
 
         // Check if blob will be over max size limit
diff --git a/tests/blobs.rs b/tests/blobs.rs
index 8f42eb56..f350b26a 100644
--- a/tests/blobs.rs
+++ b/tests/blobs.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ fn test_blobs() -> Result<(), Box<EvalAltResult>> {
         engine.eval_with_scope::<Blob>(&mut orig_scope.clone(), "x + x")?,
         [1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3]
     );
+    assert_eq!(
+        engine.eval_with_scope::<Blob>(&mut orig_scope.clone(), "x += 999; x")?,
+        [1, 2, 3, 0xe7]
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        engine.eval_with_scope::<Blob>(&mut orig_scope.clone(), "x[2] = 999; x")?,
+        [1, 2, 0xe7]
+    );
 
     Ok(())
 }