diff --git a/new_testFile_large.zip b/new_testFile_large.zip
deleted file mode 100644
index 56dfcd1..0000000
Binary files a/new_testFile_large.zip and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/NATSBridge.jl b/src/NATSBridge.jl
index f911ea7..82efbd6 100644
--- a/src/NATSBridge.jl
+++ b/src/NATSBridge.jl
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ function smartreceive(
         log_trace(env.correlation_id, "Direct transport - decoding payload")  # Log direct transport handling
         
         # Decode Base64 payload
-        payload_bytes = Base64.decode(env.payload)  # Decode base64 payload to bytes
+        payload_bytes = Base64.base64decode(env.payload)  # Decode base64 payload to bytes
         
         # Deserialize based on type
         data = _deserialize_data(payload_bytes, env.type, env.correlation_id, env.metadata)  # Convert bytes to Julia data
diff --git a/test/test_large_payload.jl b/test/test_large_payload.jl
index 2564d8c..ce99c41 100644
--- a/test/test_large_payload.jl
+++ b/test/test_large_payload.jl
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function test_large_binary_receive()
     
     # Use NATSBridge.smartreceive to handle the data
     result = NATSBridge.smartreceive(msg)
-    println("envelope----- ", result.envelope)
+    # println("envelope----- ", result.envelope)
     # Check transport type
     if result.envelope.transport == "direct"
         log_trace("Received direct transport with ---- bytes")
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ function test_large_binary_receive()
         log_trace("Received $(file_size) bytes of binary data")
         
         # Save received data to a test file
+        #[WORKING] add dataname so I know it is a file
         filename = basename(result.envelope.url)
         output_path = "./new_$filename"
         write(output_path, result.data)
@@ -111,9 +112,9 @@ println("Starting large binary payload test...")
 println("Correlation ID: $correlation_id")
 println("Large file: $LARGE_FILE_PATH")
 
-# Run sender first
-println("start smartsend")
-test_large_binary_send()
+# # Run sender first
+# println("start smartsend")
+# test_large_binary_send()
 
 # Run receiver
 println("testing smartreceive")