diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 95bb0b7..0319e3e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/Teletunnel/teletunnel-protocols#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "aegir": "^15.1.0"
+    "aegir": "^15.1.0",
+    "teletunnel-core": "github:Teletunnel/teletunnel-core"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "mafmt": "^6.0.0",
     "pull-stream-to-net-socket": "^1.0.0",
     "sni": "^1.0.0",
-    "stream-to-pull-stream": "^1.7.2",
-    "teletunnel-core": "github:Teletunnel/teletunnel-core"
+    "stream-to-pull-stream": "^1.7.2"
   },
   "contributors": [
     "Maciej Krüger <mkg20001@gmail.com>"
diff --git a/src/tcp-protos/ssh.js b/src/tcp-protos/ssh.js
index 67a736e..f920901 100644
--- a/src/tcp-protos/ssh.js
+++ b/src/tcp-protos/ssh.js
@@ -9,15 +9,17 @@ module.exports = {
     }
   },
   detect: async (conn) => { // ssh client sends SSH-2.0<VERSION>\r\n
-    let version = String(await conn.read(7))
-
-    if (version !== 'SSH-2.0') {
+    if (String(await conn.read(8)) !== 'SSH-2.0-') {
       return false
     }
 
+    let version = ''
     let next
-    while ((next = String(await conn.read(1))) !== '\r') { // TODO: add reading limit
-      version += next
+    while (version.length < 100) {
+      while ((next = String(await conn.read(1))) !== '\r') {
+        version += next
+      }
+      break
     }
 
     return {version}
diff --git a/test/ssh.spec.js b/test/ssh.spec.js
index c6494d5..e382749 100644
--- a/test/ssh.spec.js
+++ b/test/ssh.spec.js
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ const assert = require('assert')
 
 describe('ssh', () => {
   it('ssh module detects ssh', async () => {
-    assert.deepStrictEqual(await ssh.detect(conn()), {version: 'SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.2p2 Ubuntu-4ubuntu2.4'})
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(await ssh.detect(conn()), {version: 'OpenSSH_7.2p2 Ubuntu-4ubuntu2.4'})
   })
 })