diff --git a/wrphttp/decoders.go b/wrphttp/decoders.go
index 1c9fdb9..e4081f6 100644
--- a/wrphttp/decoders.go
+++ b/wrphttp/decoders.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func DecodeRequestHeaders(ctx context.Context, original *http.Request) (*Entity,
 
 // DecodeRequest is a Decoder that provides lower-level way of decoding an *http.Request
 // Can work for servers that don't use a wrp.Handler
-func DecodeRequest(r *http.Request, msg any) (*http.Request, error) {
+func DecodeRequest(r *http.Request, _ any) (*http.Request, error) {
 
 	if _, ok := wrpcontext.GetMessage(r.Context()); ok {
 		// Context already contains a message, so just return the original request
diff --git a/wrphttp/decoders_test.go b/wrphttp/decoders_test.go
index 6020a65..04c596a 100644
--- a/wrphttp/decoders_test.go
+++ b/wrphttp/decoders_test.go
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func testDecodeRequestSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 
 		require.NoError(
-			wrp.NewEncoderBytes(&body, record.bodyFormat).Encode(&expected),
+			wrp.NewEncoderBytes(&body, record.bodyFormat).Encode(expected),
 		)
 
 		request := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/", bytes.NewBuffer(body))
@@ -246,15 +246,14 @@ func testDecodeRequestSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 			expected.Type = record.msgType
 		}
 
-		var msg wrp.Message
-		actual, err := DecodeRequest(request, &msg)
-		msg, ok := wrpcontext.Get[wrp.Message](actual.Context())
+		actual, err := DecodeRequest(request, nil)
+		msg, ok := wrpcontext.GetMessage(actual.Context())
 
 		assert.True(ok)
 		assert.Nil(err)
 		require.NotNil(actual)
 		require.NotNil(actual.Context())
-		assert.Equal(expected, &msg)
+		assert.Equal(expected, msg)
 
 	}
 }