diff --git a/src/main/java/com/casper/sdk/jackson/deserializer/AbstractSerializedKeyTaggedHexDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/casper/sdk/jackson/deserializer/AbstractSerializedKeyTaggedHexDeserializer.java
index 22302fe7..1f0eef55 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/casper/sdk/jackson/deserializer/AbstractSerializedKeyTaggedHexDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/casper/sdk/jackson/deserializer/AbstractSerializedKeyTaggedHexDeserializer.java
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractSerializedKeyTaggedHexDeserializer<T extends Abstr
     private static final String NULL_PUBLIC_KEY = "00";
 
     @Override
-    public T deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException {
-        JsonNode node = p.getCodec().readTree(p);
+    public T deserialize(final JsonParser p, final DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException {
+        final JsonNode node = p.getCodec().readTree(p);
 
-        String strKey = node.textValue();
+        final String strKey = node.textValue();
 
         if (strKey.contains("-")) {
             try {
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ public T deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOExcepti
             return null;
         }
 
-        T object = this.getInstanceOf();
+        final T object = this.getInstanceOf();
 
         try {
-            byte[] bytes = ByteUtils.parseHexString(node.asText());
+            final byte[] bytes = ByteUtils.parseHexString(strKey);
             this.loadKey(object, bytes);
         } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException | NoSuchKeyTagException e) {
             throw new DeserializationException("Problem deserializing Algorithm tagged hex string", e);
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@ public T deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOExcepti
 
     protected abstract T getInstanceOf();
 
-    protected abstract void loadKey(T key, byte[] bytes) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchKeyTagException;
+    protected abstract void loadKey(final T key, final byte[] bytes) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchKeyTagException;
 }