diff --git a/pkg/protocol/io.go b/pkg/protocol/io.go
index 74b3dca..680c9b2 100644
--- a/pkg/protocol/io.go
+++ b/pkg/protocol/io.go
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/icza/bitio"
 	"log"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/icza/bitio"
 )
 
 // Read package
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ func (e *Package) ReadPackage() bool {
 
 	switch e.PayloadType {
 	case PayloadTypeData:
+		e.RawPayload = bytes.TrimRight(e.RawPayload, "\x00")
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(e.RawPayload, &e.Payload); err != nil {
 			log.Printf("Error parsing JSON payload: %v", err)
 			return false