diff --git a/ClientTester/EchoClientTester/EchoDummyService/EchoDummyClients.cs b/ClientTester/EchoClientTester/EchoDummyService/EchoDummyClients.cs
index 24f2b36..2dc9ca0 100644
--- a/ClientTester/EchoClientTester/EchoDummyService/EchoDummyClients.cs
+++ b/ClientTester/EchoClientTester/EchoDummyService/EchoDummyClients.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Text;
 using ClientTester.Packet;
 using LiteNetLib;
 using LiteNetLib.Utils;
+using ProtoBuf;
 using Serilog;
 
 namespace ClientTester.EchoDummyService;
@@ -76,10 +77,14 @@ public class EchoDummyClients
         {
             short code = reader.GetShort();
             short bodyLength = reader.GetShort();
-            string? msg = reader.GetString();
+
+            byte[] payloadBytes = new byte[bodyLength];
+            reader.GetBytes(payloadBytes, bodyLength);
+            EchoPacket echoPacket = PacketSerializer.DeserializePayload<EchoPacket>(payloadBytes);
+            string msg = echoPacket.Str;
             long sentTick;
 
-            if (msg != null && msg.StartsWith("Echo seq:") &&
+            if (msg.StartsWith("Echo seq:") &&
                 int.TryParse(msg.Substring("Echo seq:".Length), out int seq) &&
                 pendingPings.TryRemove(seq, out sentTick))
             {