diff --git a/compute_tools/src/http/api.rs b/compute_tools/src/http/api.rs
index e048284178..3c32912895 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/http/api.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/http/api.rs
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ async fn handle_configure_request(
     }
 
     let body_bytes = hyper::body::to_bytes(req.into_body()).await.unwrap();
-    let spec_raw = str::from_utf8(&body_bytes).unwrap();
-    if let Ok(request) = serde_json::from_str::<ConfigurationRequest>(spec_raw) {
+    if let Ok(request) = serde_json::from_slice::<ConfigurationRequest>(body_bytes) {
         let spec = request.spec;
 
         let parsed_spec = match ParsedSpec::try_from(spec) {