diff --git a/benchmarks/Program.cs b/benchmarks/Program.cs
index 4e4c0a0..f2d0be4 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Program.cs
+++ b/benchmarks/Program.cs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public void Setup()
         };
         var tmp = new VoidChannel();
         notification.Send(tmp).Wait();
-        serialized = tmp.LastSent!;
+        serialized = tmp.LastSent!.Replace("\0","");
         server = new ExampleYangServer();
         channel = new BenchmarkingChannel(server);
     }