diff --git a/src/types.zig b/src/types.zig
index 37e0d5e..5819f48 100644
--- a/src/types.zig
+++ b/src/types.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const std = @import("std");
-const getty = @import("getty");
 const json = @import("json");
 
 /// getty deserialization blocks required to properly deserialize messages
@@ -25,8 +24,7 @@ pub fn OwnedDeserData(comptime T: type) type {
             errdefer arena.deinit();
             const arena_alloc = arena.allocator();
 
-            var deser = json.Deserializer(dbs).withAllocator(arena_alloc, data);
-            const deser_data = try getty.deserialize(arena_alloc, T, deser.deserializer());
+            const deser_data = try json.fromSliceWith(arena_alloc, T, data, dbs);
 
             return Self{
                 .data = deser_data,