diff --git a/resolvers/load.py b/resolvers/load.py
index d20ad68..3a92d98 100644
--- a/resolvers/load.py
+++ b/resolvers/load.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ async def load_messages(chat_id: str, limit: int = 5, offset: int = 0, ids=None)
             mids = await redis.lrange(
                 f"chats/{chat_id}/message_ids", offset, offset + limit
             )
-            mids = [mid.decode("utf-8") for mid in mids]
+            mids = [mid for mid in mids]
             message_ids += mids
         if message_ids:
             message_keys = [f"chats/{chat_id}/messages/{mid}" for mid in message_ids]
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ async def load_messages_by(_, info, by, limit: int = 10, offset: int = 0):
     """load :limit messages of :chat_id with :offset"""
     author_id = info.context["author_id"]
     user_chats = await redis.execute("SMEMBERS", "chats_by_author/" + str(author_id))
-    user_chats = [c.decode("utf-8") for c in user_chats]
+    user_chats = [c for c in user_chats]
     if user_chats:
         messages = []
         by_chat = by.get("chat")