diff --git a/pybtc/connector/block_loader.py b/pybtc/connector/block_loader.py
index 6056846..5a4d7b6 100644
--- a/pybtc/connector/block_loader.py
+++ b/pybtc/connector/block_loader.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class Worker:
                             blocks[x]["rawTx"][y]["vOut"][i]["_s_"] = self.destroyed_coins[pointer]
                         except: pass
 
-                blocks[x] = msgpack.dumps(blocks[x])
+                # blocks[x] = msgpack.dumps(blocks[x])
 
             self.pipe_sent_msg(b'result', msgpack.dumps(blocks))
         except:
diff --git a/pybtc/connector/connector.py b/pybtc/connector/connector.py
index 2b531e0..4cad3a5 100644
--- a/pybtc/connector/connector.py
+++ b/pybtc/connector/connector.py
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class Connector:
                     raw_block = self.block_preload.pop(self.last_block_height + 1)
                     if raw_block:
                         q = time.time()
-                        block = msgpack.loads(raw_block)
+                        block = raw_block
                         block["hash"]
                         self.blocks_decode_time += time.time() - q