diff --git a/demos/octave/octaveToJavaIntArray.m b/demos/octave/octaveToJavaIntArray.m
index 8692a0e..626775a 100755
--- a/demos/octave/octaveToJavaIntArray.m
+++ b/demos/octave/octaveToJavaIntArray.m
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@ function jIntArray = octaveToJavaIntArray(octaveArray)
 		if (length(octaveArray) > 1)
 			% Do this the normal way
 			tmp = javaObject('infodynamics.utils.OctaveMatrix');
-			tmp.loadIntData(octaveArray,[1, length(octaveArray)]);
+			try
+				tmp.loadIntData(octaveArray,[1, length(octaveArray)]);
+			catch
+				% Most likely error here is that octaveArray is interpreted as booleans, so try loading as booleans:
+				tmp.loadBooleanAsIntData(octaveArray,[1, length(octaveArray)]);
+			end
 			jIntArray = tmp.asIntVector();
 		else
 			% For length 1 arrays, we need to perform a hack here or else
diff --git a/demos/octave/octaveToJavaIntMatrix.m b/demos/octave/octaveToJavaIntMatrix.m
index 77bd55b..f4768b8 100755
--- a/demos/octave/octaveToJavaIntMatrix.m
+++ b/demos/octave/octaveToJavaIntMatrix.m
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@ function jIntMatrix = octaveToJavaIntMatrix(octaveMatrix)
 		if ((rows(octaveMatrix)*columns(octaveMatrix)) > 1)
 			% Do this the normal way
 			tmp = javaObject('infodynamics.utils.OctaveMatrix');
-			tmp.loadIntData(reshape(octaveMatrix,1,rows(octaveMatrix)*columns(octaveMatrix)),[rows(octaveMatrix), columns(octaveMatrix)]);
+			try
+				tmp.loadIntData(reshape(octaveMatrix,1,rows(octaveMatrix)*columns(octaveMatrix)),[rows(octaveMatrix), columns(octaveMatrix)]);
+			catch
+				% Most likely error here is that octaveMatrix is interpreted as booleans, so try loading as booleans:
+				tmp.loadBooleanAsIntData(reshape(octaveMatrix,1,rows(octaveMatrix)*columns(octaveMatrix)),[rows(octaveMatrix), columns(octaveMatrix)]);
+			end
 			jIntMatrix = tmp.asIntMatrix();
 		else
 			% For length 1 arrays, we need to perform a hack here or else
diff --git a/java/source/infodynamics/utils/OctaveMatrix.java b/java/source/infodynamics/utils/OctaveMatrix.java
index c9d1bd7..7b30518 100755
--- a/java/source/infodynamics/utils/OctaveMatrix.java
+++ b/java/source/infodynamics/utils/OctaveMatrix.java
@@ -124,8 +124,10 @@ public class OctaveMatrix
    * @param data array of booleans
    * @param dims array of true dimensions of the data
    */
-  public void loadIntData (boolean[] data, int[] dims)
+  public void loadBooleanAsIntData (boolean[] data, int[] dims)
   {
+    // We'll print a warning for the user in case this is not the expected method signature:
+    System.out.printf("Loading boolean array of length %d into Java\n", data.length);
     this.dims = dims;
 	int[] intData = new int[data.length];
 	for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ public class OctaveMatrix
 
   public static Object ident (Object o)
   {
-    System.out.println (o);
+    // System.out.println (o);
     return o;
   }