diff --git a/crates/didbot-serve/src/routes.rs b/crates/didbot-serve/src/routes.rs
index 1e18a928..7907efc6 100644
--- a/crates/didbot-serve/src/routes.rs
+++ b/crates/didbot-serve/src/routes.rs
@@ -2374,7 +2374,7 @@ async fn pump_repos(
             }
             frame = stream.next() => {
                 let Some(bytes) = frame else { break };
-                if socket.send(Message::Binary(bytes.into())).await.is_err() {
+                if socket.send(Message::Binary(bytes)).await.is_err() {
                     debug!("a subscribeRepos consumer disconnected");
                     break;
                 }