diff --git a/src/lib/decode-conversions.ts b/src/lib/decode-conversions.ts
index 1ac5732..192b8c4 100644
--- a/src/lib/decode-conversions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/decode-conversions.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,12 @@ export const convertObservation: ConvertFunction<'observation'> = (
     ...rest,
     refs: message.refs?.map(({ id }) => ({ id: id.toString('hex') })),
     attachments: message.attachments?.map(({ driveId, name, type, hash }) => {
-      return { driveId: driveId.toString('hex'), name, type, hash: hash.toString('hex') }
+      return {
+        driveId: driveId.toString('hex'),
+        name,
+        type,
+        hash: hash.toString('hex'),
+      }
     }),
     tags: convertTags(message.tags),
     metadata: message.metadata || {},
@@ -251,5 +256,6 @@ function convertCommon(
     createdAt: common.createdAt,
     updatedAt: common.updatedAt,
     createdBy: common.createdBy.toString('hex'),
+    deleted: common.deleted || undefined,
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/encode-conversions.ts b/src/lib/encode-conversions.ts
index 4df1ae9..9c58b41 100644
--- a/src/lib/encode-conversions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/encode-conversions.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ function convertCommon(
     updatedAt: common.updatedAt,
     createdBy: Buffer.from(common.createdBy, 'hex'),
     links: common.links.map((link) => parseVersionId(link)),
+    deleted: common.deleted,
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/bad-docs.js b/test/fixtures/bad-docs.js
index 72b7db3..753a1ef 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/bad-docs.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/bad-docs.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export const badDocs = [
       schemaName: 'observOtion',
       createdAt: cachedValues.createdAt,
       updatedAt: cachedValues.updatedAt,
+      createdBy: cachedValues.createdBy,
       links: [],
       refs: [],
       attachments: [],
@@ -32,9 +33,27 @@ export const badDocs = [
       schemaName: 'role',
       createdAt: cachedValues.createdAt,
       updatedAt: cachedValues.updatedAt,
+      createdBy: cachedValues.createdBy,
       links: [],
       roleId: '',
       fromIndex: 4,
     },
   },
+  {
+    text: 'doc with invalid value for `deleted` field',
+    doc: {
+      docId: cachedValues.docId,
+      versionId: cachedValues.versionId,
+      schemaName: 'observation',
+      createdAt: cachedValues.createdAt,
+      updatedAt: cachedValues.updatedAt,
+      createdBy: cachedValues.createdBy,
+      links: [],
+      refs: [],
+      attachments: [],
+      tags: {},
+      metadata: {},
+      deleted: false,
+    },
+  },
 ]