diff --git a/internal/aql/aql.go b/internal/aql/aql.go
index 2c2bb495d7b0b56c93d6e7565e2a21cf204f1880..3d9c0f8da4f0f1c713b19655ff69037374631ac0 100644
--- a/internal/aql/aql.go
+++ b/internal/aql/aql.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func createQueryConstraint(con *constraintStruct, key string) *string {
 
 func convertJSONToStruct(jsonMsg *[]byte) (*parsedJSON, error) {
 	jsonStruct := parsedJSON{}
-	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(*jsonMsg), &jsonStruct)
+	err := json.Unmarshal(*jsonMsg, &jsonStruct)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err