diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6f6fc27..92d61e7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use avr_device::interrupt::free;
 use smart_leds::{SmartLedsWrite, RGB8};
 use static_pins::StaticPinOps;
 
-const LAST_BIT: u8 = 0x80;
+const MSB: u8 = 0x80;
 
 #[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct Neopixel<P> {
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ where
     #[inline]
     pub const fn new(_pin: Pin<Output, P>) -> Self {
         Self { _pin }
+                if data & MSB == 0 {
     }
 }
 
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ where
             while count > 0 {
                 P::write(port_data | pin_data);
                 asm!("rjmp +0");
-                if data & LAST_BIT == 0 {
                     P::write(port_data & !pin_data);
                 }
                 asm!(