diff --git a/crates/sats/src/bsatn.rs b/crates/sats/src/bsatn.rs
index f5624e755d4..cea35fdcee5 100644
--- a/crates/sats/src/bsatn.rs
+++ b/crates/sats/src/bsatn.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ impl ToBsatn for ProductValue {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::to_vec;
+    use super::{to_vec, DecodeError};
     use crate::proptest::generate_typed_value;
     use crate::{meta_type::MetaType, AlgebraicType, AlgebraicValue};
     use proptest::prelude::*;
@@ -179,5 +179,14 @@ mod tests {
             let val_decoded = AlgebraicValue::decode(&ty, &mut &bytes[..]).unwrap();
             prop_assert_eq!(val, val_decoded);
         }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn bsatn_non_zero_one_u8_aint_bool(val in 2u8..) {
+            let bytes = [val];
+            prop_assert_eq!(
+                AlgebraicValue::decode(&AlgebraicType::Bool, &mut &bytes[..]),
+                Err(DecodeError::InvalidBool(val))
+            );
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/sats/src/bsatn/de.rs b/crates/sats/src/bsatn/de.rs
index 2d4cb123f42..1424a8aa348 100644
--- a/crates/sats/src/bsatn/de.rs
+++ b/crates/sats/src/bsatn/de.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,12 @@ impl<'de, 'a, R: BufReader<'de>> de::Deserializer<'de> for Deserializer<'a, R> {
     }
 
     fn deserialize_bool(self) -> Result<bool, Self::Error> {
-        self.reader.get_u8().map(|x| x != 0)
+        let byte = self.reader.get_u8()?;
+        match byte {
+            0 => Ok(false),
+            1 => Ok(true),
+            b => Err(DecodeError::InvalidBool(b)),
+        }
     }
     fn deserialize_u8(self) -> Result<u8, DecodeError> {
         self.reader.get_u8()
diff --git a/crates/sats/src/buffer.rs b/crates/sats/src/buffer.rs
index 231e638c50d..67ccb5a3f22 100644
--- a/crates/sats/src/buffer.rs
+++ b/crates/sats/src/buffer.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ pub enum DecodeError {
     InvalidTag { tag: u8, sum_name: Option<String> },
     /// Expected data to be UTF-8 but it wasn't.
     InvalidUtf8,
+    /// Expected the byte to be 0 or 1 to be a valid bool.
+    InvalidBool(u8),
     /// Custom error not in the other variants of `DecodeError`.
     Other(String),
 }
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for DecodeError {
                 )
             }
             DecodeError::InvalidUtf8 => f.write_str("invalid utf8"),
+            DecodeError::InvalidBool(byte) => write!(f, "byte {byte} not valid as `bool` (must be 0 or 1)"),
             DecodeError::Other(err) => f.write_str(err),
         }
     }
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ pub trait BufReader<'de> {
     /// Reads and returns a byte slice of `.len() = size` advancing the cursor.
     #[inline]
     fn get_slice(&mut self, size: usize) -> Result<&'de [u8], DecodeError> {
-        self.get_chunk(size).ok_or(DecodeError::BufferLength {
+        self.get_chunk(size).ok_or_else(|| DecodeError::BufferLength {
             for_type: "[u8]",
             expected: size,
             given: self.remaining(),
@@ -168,7 +171,7 @@ pub trait BufReader<'de> {
     /// Reads an array of type `[u8; N]` from the input.
     #[inline]
     fn get_array<const N: usize>(&mut self) -> Result<&'de [u8; N], DecodeError> {
-        self.get_array_chunk().ok_or(DecodeError::BufferLength {
+        self.get_array_chunk().ok_or_else(|| DecodeError::BufferLength {
             for_type: "[u8; _]",
             expected: N,
             given: self.remaining(),