diff --git a/examples/ssb-client.rs b/examples/ssb-client.rs
index cc879cf..8c09f4f 100644
--- a/examples/ssb-client.rs
+++ b/examples/ssb-client.rs
@@ -41,13 +41,16 @@ async fn run() -> Result<(), GolgiError> {
 //    println!("description: {}", post_msg_ref);
 //    */
 
+
+    let author = "@L/z54cbc8V1kL1/MiBhpEKuN3QJkSoZYNaukny3ghIs=.ed25519".to_string();
+
 //    let query = SubsetQuery::Type {
 //        op: "type".to_string(),
 //        string: "post".to_string(),
 //    };
     let query = SubsetQuery::Type {
         op: "author".to_string(),
-        string: "@L/z54cbc8V1kL1/MiBhpEKuN3QJkSoZYNaukny3ghIs=.ed25519".to_string(),
+        string: author,
     };
     let query_response = sbot_client.getsubset(query).await?;
     println!("{}", query_response);
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ async fn run() -> Result<(), GolgiError> {
 //    println!("log: {}", log_response);
 
 //    println!("Calling create_history");
-//    let hist_response = sbot_client.create_history_stream("@L/z54cbc8V1kL1/MiBhpEKuN3QJkSoZYNaukny3ghIs=.ed25519".to_string()).await?;
+//    let hist_response = sbot_client.create_history_stream(author).await?;
 //    println!("hist: {:?}", hist_response);
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/sbot.rs b/src/sbot.rs
index 85262c3..2228193 100644
--- a/src/sbot.rs
+++ b/src/sbot.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use kuska_ssb::{
     rpc::{RpcReader, RpcWriter},
     feed::{Feed, Message}
 };
+use serde_json::Value;
 
 use crate::error::GolgiError;
 use crate::utils;
@@ -171,11 +172,11 @@ impl Sbot {
     */
 
     /// Call the `createHistoryStream` RPC method and print the output.
-    pub async fn create_history_stream(&mut self, id: String) -> Result<Vec<String>, GolgiError> {
+    pub async fn create_history_stream(&mut self, id: String) -> Result<Vec<Value>, GolgiError> {
         let args = CreateHistoryStreamIn::new(id);
         let req_id = self.client.create_history_stream_req_send(&args).await?;
         // TODO: message_res_parse is currently throwing "Failed to serializ JSON slice"
 //        utils::get_async_until_eof(&mut self.rpc_reader, req_id, utils::message_res_parse).await
-        utils::get_async_until_eof(&mut self.rpc_reader, req_id, utils::string_res_parse).await
+        utils::get_async_until_eof(&mut self.rpc_reader, req_id, utils::json_res_parse).await
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 57cc59e..4dd5b7d 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use std::fmt::Debug;
 use async_std::io::Read;
 
 use kuska_ssb::api::dto::WhoAmIOut;
+use serde_json::Value;
 use kuska_ssb::feed::{Feed, Message};
 use kuska_ssb::rpc::{RecvMsg, RequestNo, RpcReader};
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ pub fn getsubset_res_parse(body: &[u8]) -> Result<String, GolgiError> {
     Ok(std::str::from_utf8(body).unwrap().to_string())
 }
 
+// parses a kvt
 pub fn feed_res_parse(body: &[u8]) -> Result<Feed, GolgiError> {
     Ok(Feed::from_slice(body)?)
 }
@@ -37,6 +39,13 @@ pub fn string_res_parse(body: &[u8]) -> Result<String, GolgiError> {
     Ok(std::str::from_utf8(body).unwrap().to_string())
 }
 
+pub fn json_res_parse(body: &[u8]) -> Result<Value, GolgiError> {
+    let content = std::str::from_utf8(&body).unwrap().to_string();
+    println!("content: {:?}", content);
+    let message: Value = serde_json::from_slice(body)?;
+    Ok(message)
+}
+
 
 //pub fn publish_res_parse(body: &[u8]) -> Result<PublishOut, GolgiError> {
 pub fn publish_res_parse(body: &[u8]) -> Result<String, GolgiError> {