diff --git a/src/erasure.rs b/src/erasure.rs
index 6837df14fa..ccdba609d3 100644
--- a/src/erasure.rs
+++ b/src/erasure.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
// Support erasure coding
-use packet::{BlobRecycler, SharedBlob};
+use packet::{BlobRecycler, SharedBlob, BLOB_HEADER_SIZE};
use std::result;
//TODO(sakridge) pick these values
@@ -219,9 +219,10 @@ pub fn generate_coding(window: &mut Vec