diff --git a/app/services/reverse/utils/headers.py b/app/services/reverse/utils/headers.py
index e26de01..7b41577 100644
--- a/app/services/reverse/utils/headers.py
+++ b/app/services/reverse/utils/headers.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def build_headers(
     safe_headers = dict(headers)
     if "Cookie" in safe_headers:
         safe_headers["Cookie"] = "<redacted>"
-    logger.debug(f"Built headers: {orjson.dumps(safe_headers, indent=2)}")
+    logger.debug(f"Built headers: {orjson.dumps(safe_headers).decode()}")
 
     return headers
 
diff --git a/app/services/reverse/ws_livekit.py b/app/services/reverse/ws_livekit.py
index 52eb84e..e810fa3 100644
--- a/app/services/reverse/ws_livekit.py
+++ b/app/services/reverse/ws_livekit.py
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ class LivekitTokenReverse:
 
                 return response
 
-            return await retry_on_status(_do_request)
+            response = await retry_on_status(_do_request)
+            return response.json()
 
 
         except Exception as e: