diff --git a/js/protocol.js b/js/protocol.js
index 08472d44..53bae447 100644
--- a/js/protocol.js
+++ b/js/protocol.js
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ window.textsecure.protocol = function() {
         var aes_key = toArrayBuffer(signaling_key.substring(0, 32));
         var mac_key = toArrayBuffer(signaling_key.substring(32, 32 + 20));
 
-        var decodedMessage = StringView.base64ToBytes(getString(message));
+        var decodedMessage = message.toArrayBuffer();
         if (new Uint8Array(decodedMessage)[0] != 1)
             throw new Error("Got bad version number: " + decodedMessage[0]);