diff --git a/netty_parser/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/parser/netty/PubRelDecoder.java b/netty_parser/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/parser/netty/PubRelDecoder.java
index 0d6ce5fc..6e2031ac 100644
--- a/netty_parser/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/parser/netty/PubRelDecoder.java
+++ b/netty_parser/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/parser/netty/PubRelDecoder.java
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
  */
 package org.dna.mqtt.moquette.parser.netty;
 
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.CorruptedFrameException;
+import io.netty.util.AttributeMap;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.proto.messages.AbstractMessage;
 import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.proto.messages.MessageIDMessage;
 import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.proto.messages.PubRelMessage;
 
@@ -22,11 +29,31 @@ import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.proto.messages.PubRelMessage;
  *
  * @author andrea
  */
-class PubRelDecoder extends MessageIDDecoder {
-
+class PubRelDecoder extends DemuxDecoder {
+    
     @Override
-    protected MessageIDMessage createMessage() {
-        return new PubRelMessage();
+    void decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf in, List<Object> out) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        decode((AttributeMap)ctx, in, out);
+    }
+
+//    @Override
+    void decode(AttributeMap ctx, ByteBuf in, List<Object> out) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        in.resetReaderIndex();
+        //Common decoding part
+        MessageIDMessage message = new PubRelMessage();
+        if (!decodeCommonHeader(message, in)) {
+            in.resetReaderIndex();
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        //if 3.1.1, check the flags (dup, retain and qos == 0)
+        if (message.isDupFlag() || message.isRetainFlag() || message.getQos() != AbstractMessage.QOSType.LEAST_ONE) {
+            throw new CorruptedFrameException("Received a PURREL with fixed header flags != b0010");
+        }
+        
+        //read  messageIDs
+        message.setMessageID(in.readUnsignedShort());
+        out.add(message);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/netty_parser/src/test/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/parser/netty/PubRelDecoderTest.java b/netty_parser/src/test/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/parser/netty/PubRelDecoderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ace52875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netty_parser/src/test/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/parser/netty/PubRelDecoderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2014 The original author or authors
+ * ------------------------------------------------------
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+ *
+ * The Eclipse Public License is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+ * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+ *
+ * You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+ */
+package org.dna.mqtt.moquette.parser.netty;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.CorruptedFrameException;
+import io.netty.util.AttributeMap;
+import io.netty.util.DefaultAttributeMap;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.proto.messages.AbstractMessage;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author andrea
+ */
+public class PubRelDecoderTest {
+    
+    private static final int MESSAGE_ID = 123;
+    
+    ByteBuf m_buff;
+    PubRelDecoder m_msgdec;
+    AttributeMap attrMap;
+    
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        m_msgdec = new PubRelDecoder();
+        attrMap = new DefaultAttributeMap();
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testValidPurRel() throws Exception {
+        m_buff = Unpooled.buffer(4);
+        m_buff.clear().writeByte(AbstractMessage.PUBREL << 4 | 0x02).writeByte(4);
+        m_buff.writeShort(MESSAGE_ID);  //fake message_id
+        
+        List<Object> results = new ArrayList<Object>();
+        
+        //Excercise
+        m_msgdec.decode(this.attrMap, m_buff, results);
+        
+        //Verify
+        assertFalse(results.isEmpty());
+    }
+    
+    
+    @Test(expected = CorruptedFrameException.class)
+    public void testInvalidPurRel_badReservedFlags() throws Exception {
+        m_buff = Unpooled.buffer(4);
+        m_buff.clear().writeByte(AbstractMessage.PUBREL << 4 | 0x03).writeByte(4);
+        m_buff.writeShort(MESSAGE_ID);  //fake message_id
+        
+        List<Object> results = new ArrayList<Object>();
+        
+        //Excercise
+        m_msgdec.decode(this.attrMap, m_buff, results);
+    }
+    
+}