diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index a15734d..5f633c0 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -67,10 +67,8 @@ impl SsbMessageValue {
 ///
 /// * `value` - A serde value to be parsed into a TypedMessage.
 pub fn get_typed_message_from_value(value: Value) -> Result<TypedMessage, GolgiError> {
-    let message_type = value.get("type").ok_or(GolgiError::ContentTypeDecode("no type field in content".to_string()))?;
-    let message_type_str = message_type.as_str().ok_or(GolgiError::ContentTypeDecode("invalid type field in content".to_string()))?;
-    let to_return: TypedMessage = serde_json::from_value(value)?;
-    Ok(to_return)
+    let typed_message: TypedMessage = serde_json::from_value(value)?;
+    Ok(typed_message)
 }
 
 /// Data type representing the `value` of a message object (`KVT`),