diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 721f4b5..70f5a5e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@waku/react-native",
-  "version": "0.0.11",
+  "version": "0.0.12",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@waku/react-native",
-      "version": "0.0.11",
+      "version": "0.0.12",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "base-64": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 37fe5c4..472b71f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@waku/react-native",
-  "version": "0.0.11",
+  "version": "0.0.12",
   "description": "Waku React Native",
   "author": "Status Research & Development GMBH",
   "authors": [
diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index 6004ea4..efe4bf2 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -738,6 +738,11 @@ export function storeQuery(
     if (response.error) {
       reject(response.error);
     } else {
+      if(response.result.messages){
+        for(let i = 0; i < response.result.messages.length; i++){
+          response.result.messages[i].payload = new Uint8Array(decode(response.result.messages[i].payload ?? []).split('').map(c => c.charCodeAt(0)));
+        }
+      }
       resolve(response.result);
     }
   });