diff --git a/nip19/nip19.go b/nip19/nip19.go
index 84e7d81..4d92b2c 100644
--- a/nip19/nip19.go
+++ b/nip19/nip19.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func Decode(bech32string string) (prefix string, value any, err error) {
 		if len(data) != 32 {
 			return prefix, nil, fmt.Errorf("note should be 32 bytes (%d)", len(data))
 		}
-		return prefix, [32]byte(data[0:32]), nil
+		return prefix, nostr.ID(data[0:32]), nil
 	case "npub":
 		if len(data) != 32 {
 			return prefix, nil, fmt.Errorf("npub should be 32 bytes (%d)", len(data))