diff --git a/text_codecs/ascii5.py b/text_codecs/ascii5.py
index d43273c..fe3e5fa 100644
--- a/text_codecs/ascii5.py
+++ b/text_codecs/ascii5.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-from custom_codecs.register import register_codec
+from text_codecs.register import register_codec
 from easybits import Bits
 import string
 
-
 chars = string.ascii_uppercase + " "
 char_to_num = {c: i for i, c in enumerate(chars)}
 num_to_char = {i: c for i, c in enumerate(chars)}
@@ -14,10 +13,10 @@ def encode(text):
     for ch in text:
         if ch in char_to_num:
             num = char_to_num[ch]
-            b = Bits(uint=num, length=5) 
+            b = Bits(format(num, "05b"))  
             result = result.concat(b)
     
-    
+  
     while len(result) % 8 != 0:
         result = result.concat(Bits('0'))
     
@@ -31,11 +30,10 @@ def decode(data):
         chunk = bits[i:i+5]
         if len(chunk) < 5:
             break
-        num = chunk.uint
+        num = int(str(chunk), 2)  
         if num in num_to_char:
             text += num_to_char[num]
     
     return text
 
-
 register_codec(encode, decode, "ascii5")