diff --git a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
index 51d33570..811d1e74 100644
--- a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
                     { tag: 'privacy', attrs: { } }
                 ]
             })
-            privacySettings = reduceBinaryNodeToDictionary(content[0], 'category')
+            privacySettings = reduceBinaryNodeToDictionary(content[0] as BinaryNode, 'category')
         }
         return privacySettings
     }