diff --git a/Subsystems/cmdUtil/cmdUtil.c b/Subsystems/cmdUtil/cmdUtil.c
index 11f78bd..8d161e6 100644
--- a/Subsystems/cmdUtil/cmdUtil.c
+++ b/Subsystems/cmdUtil/cmdUtil.c
@@ -605,6 +605,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     if (cmd.IncludeCFSSec)
         startbyte += sizeof(cmd.CFS_CmdSecHdr);
 
+    /* Round up to account for padding */
+    startbyte += startbyte % 8;
+
     if (cmd.Verbose)
     {
         printf("Payload start byte = %u\n", startbyte);