diff --git a/event_easyjson.go b/event_easyjson.go
index b5cb872..2148260 100644
--- a/event_easyjson.go
+++ b/event_easyjson.go
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ func easyjsonF642ad3eDecodeGithubComNbdWtfGoNostr(in *jlexer.Lexer, out *Event)
 		}
 		switch key {
 		case "id":
-			hex.Decode(out.ID[:], []byte(in.String()))
+			hex.Decode(out.ID[:], in.UnsafeBytes())
 		case "pubkey":
-			hex.Decode(out.PubKey[:], []byte(in.String()))
+			hex.Decode(out.PubKey[:], in.UnsafeBytes())
 		case "created_at":
 			out.CreatedAt = Timestamp(in.Int64())
 		case "kind":
@@ -58,26 +58,24 @@ func easyjsonF642ad3eDecodeGithubComNbdWtfGoNostr(in *jlexer.Lexer, out *Event)
 					out.Tags = (out.Tags)[:0]
 				}
 				for !in.IsDelim(']') {
-					var v1 Tag
+					var v Tag
 					if in.IsNull() {
 						in.Skip()
-						v1 = nil
+						v = nil
 					} else {
 						in.Delim('[')
 						if !in.IsDelim(']') {
-							v1 = make(Tag, 0, 5)
+							v = make(Tag, 0, 5)
 						} else {
-							v1 = Tag{}
+							v = Tag{}
 						}
 						for !in.IsDelim(']') {
-							var v2 string
-							v2 = in.String()
-							v1 = append(v1, v2)
+							v = append(v, in.String())
 							in.WantComma()
 						}
 						in.Delim(']')
 					}
-					out.Tags = append(out.Tags, v1)
+					out.Tags = append(out.Tags, v)
 					in.WantComma()
 				}
 				in.Delim(']')
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@ func easyjsonF642ad3eDecodeGithubComNbdWtfGoNostr(in *jlexer.Lexer, out *Event)
 		case "content":
 			out.Content = in.String()
 		case "sig":
-			hex.Decode(out.Sig[:], []byte(in.String()))
+			hex.Decode(out.Sig[:], in.UnsafeBytes())
 		}
 		in.WantComma()
 	}
diff --git a/filter_easyjson.go b/filter_easyjson.go
index 74755f7..b1f2393 100644
--- a/filter_easyjson.go
+++ b/filter_easyjson.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func easyjson4d398eaaDecodeGithubComNbdWtfGoNostr(in *jlexer.Lexer, out *Filter)
 				}
 				for !in.IsDelim(']') {
 					id := [32]byte{}
-					hex.Decode(id[:], []byte(in.String()))
+					hex.Decode(id[:], in.UnsafeBytes())
 					out.IDs = append(out.IDs, id)
 					in.WantComma()
 				}
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func easyjson4d398eaaDecodeGithubComNbdWtfGoNostr(in *jlexer.Lexer, out *Filter)
 				}
 				for !in.IsDelim(']') {
 					pk := [32]byte{}
-					hex.Decode(pk[:], []byte(in.String()))
+					hex.Decode(pk[:], in.UnsafeBytes())
 					out.Authors = append(out.Authors, pk)
 					in.WantComma()
 				}
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func easyjson4d398eaaDecodeGithubComNbdWtfGoNostr(in *jlexer.Lexer, out *Filter)
 				out.LimitZero = true
 			}
 		case "search":
-			out.Search = string(in.String())
+			out.Search = in.String()
 		default:
 			if len(key) > 1 && key[0] == '#' {
 				tagValues := make([]string, 0, 40)
@@ -144,9 +144,7 @@ func easyjson4d398eaaDecodeGithubComNbdWtfGoNostr(in *jlexer.Lexer, out *Filter)
 						tagValues = (tagValues)[:0]
 					}
 					for !in.IsDelim(']') {
-						var v3 string
-						v3 = string(in.String())
-						tagValues = append(tagValues, v3)
+						tagValues = append(tagValues, in.String())
 						in.WantComma()
 					}
 					in.Delim(']')
@@ -259,7 +257,7 @@ func easyjson4d398eaaEncodeGithubComNbdWtfGoNostr(out *jwriter.Writer, in Filter
 		} else {
 			out.RawString(prefix)
 		}
-		out.String(string(in.Search))
+		out.String(in.Search)
 	}
 	for tag, values := range in.Tags {
 		const prefix string = ",\"authors\":"
@@ -275,7 +273,7 @@ func easyjson4d398eaaEncodeGithubComNbdWtfGoNostr(out *jwriter.Writer, in Filter
 				if i > 0 {
 					out.RawByte(',')
 				}
-				out.String(string(v))
+				out.String(v)
 			}
 			out.RawByte(']')
 		}