diff --git a/src/Cuemon.Core/Eradicate.cs b/src/Cuemon.Core/Eradicate.cs
index 5f5eb2849..bc36ebaa7 100644
--- a/src/Cuemon.Core/Eradicate.cs
+++ b/src/Cuemon.Core/Eradicate.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ private static bool HasMatch(int index, byte[] bytes, byte[] trailingBytes)
         var match = true;
         for (var i = 0; i < trailingBytes.Length; i++)
         {
-            match &= trailingBytes[i] == bytes[index - i];
+            if (trailingBytes[i] != bytes[index - i]) { match = false; }
         }
         return match;
     }
diff --git a/test/Cuemon.Core.Tests/EradicateTest.cs b/test/Cuemon.Core.Tests/EradicateTest.cs
index 0c6613745..0566ae371 100644
--- a/test/Cuemon.Core.Tests/EradicateTest.cs
+++ b/test/Cuemon.Core.Tests/EradicateTest.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ public void TrailingBytes_WithRepeatedTrailingPattern_RemovesAllTrailingPatterns
         Assert.Equal(new byte[] { 1, 2 }, sut);
     }
 
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3 }, new byte[] { 1, 2 })]
+    [InlineData(new byte[] { 1, 2, 4 }, new byte[] { 1, 2, 4 })]
+    public void TrailingBytes_ShouldReturnExpectedBytes_WhenTrailingByteMatchesOrDiffers(byte[] bytes, byte[] expected)
+    {
+        var sut = Eradicate.TrailingBytes(bytes, new byte[] { 3 });
+
+        Assert.Equal(expected, sut);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void TrailingBytes_WithoutTrailingPattern_ReturnsSameInstance()
     {