diff --git a/src/eazyserver/core/kafka_connector.py b/src/eazyserver/core/kafka_connector.py
index 1396dd0..e9f0477 100644
--- a/src/eazyserver/core/kafka_connector.py
+++ b/src/eazyserver/core/kafka_connector.py
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@
 from confluent_kafka import Consumer as KafkaConsumer
 from confluent_kafka import TopicPartition
 
-def dict_to_binary(the_dict):
-	binary = ' '.join(format(ord(letter), 'b') for letter in the_dict)
-	return binary
+# def dict_to_binary(the_dict):
+# 	binary = ' '.join(format(ord(letter), 'b') for letter in the_dict)
+# 	return binary
 
-def binary_to_dict(the_binary):
-	jsn = ''.join(chr(int(x, 2)) for x in the_binary.split())
-	return jsn
+# def binary_to_dict(the_binary):
+# 	jsn = ''.join(chr(int(x, 2)) for x in the_binary.split())
+# 	return jsn
 
 def kafka_to_dict(kafka_msg):
-	msg = json.loads(binary_to_dict(kafka_msg.value()))
+	msg = json.loads(kafka_msg.value())
 	kafka_msg_id = "{id}:{topic}:{partition}:{offset}".format(**{ "id":msg["_id"],"offset":kafka_msg.offset(), "partition": kafka_msg.partition(), "topic":kafka_msg.topic() })
 	msg["_kafka__id"]= kafka_msg_id
 	return msg
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def dict_to_kafka(output,source_data):
 		if output["source_id"] == data["_id"]:
 			output["_kafka_source_id"] = data["_kafka__id"]
 			break
-	kafka_msg = dict_to_binary(json.dumps(output))
+	kafka_msg = json.dumps(output)
 	return kafka_msg
 
 # TODO: Move/Add formatOutput to behaviour base class