diff --git a/src/engine/src/core/Server.py b/src/engine/src/core/Server.py
index a41b4697..9436254f 100644
--- a/src/engine/src/core/Server.py
+++ b/src/engine/src/core/Server.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 from core.workers import WorkerPool
 from core.workflows import WorkflowExecutor
-from utils import bytes_to_json, load_plugins, lbuffer_str as lbuf
+from utils import serialize_request, load_plugins, lbuffer_str as lbuf
 from errors import NoAvailableWorkers, WorkflowTerminated
 
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def _start_worker(self, body, connection, channel, delivery_tag):
         acked = False # Indicates that the message as been acked
         try:
             # Decode the message body, then convert to an object.
-            serialized_request = json.loads(bytes_to_json(body))
+            serialized_request = serialize_request(body)
             request = WorkflowSubmissionRequest(**serialized_request)
             
             # Get a workflow executor worker. If there are none available,
diff --git a/src/engine/src/utils/__init__.py b/src/engine/src/utils/__init__.py
index 704ba459..9fc81d45 100644
--- a/src/engine/src/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/engine/src/utils/__init__.py
@@ -23,16 +23,18 @@ def lbuffer_str(string, length=10):
     buffer = " " * diff
     return string + buffer
 
-def bytes_to_json(bytestring):
+def serialize_request(bytestring):
+    # DELETE THE BELOW BY: 2024/10/31
+    # OLD Caused a serialization bug. But may have had use? 
+    # value = bytestring.decode("utf8").replace("'", '"') 
+
     # Decode UTF-8 bytes to Unicode, and convert single quotes
     # to double quotes to make it valid JSON
-    print("\n\nTYPE OF BYTESTRING", type(bytestring))
-    print("\n\n", "VALUE OF BS", bytestring)
-    value = bytestring.decode("utf8").replace("'", '"')
+    value = bytestring.decode("utf8")
 
     data = json.loads(value)
 
-    return json.dumps(data)
+    return data
 
 def get_flavor(flavor: str):
     if flavor not in FLAVORS: