diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 856c5c4cf0961e4d8528282b875e2f2c375b6ec9..4022cb26d2de1821df164fb466d60d8280c70d88 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@ github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0/go.mod h1:E5yfLk+7swimpb2L/Alb/PJmXilQ/rhwaUYs4T
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0 h1:nfCOvKYfkgYP8hkirhJocXT2+zOD8yUNjXaWfTlyFKI=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
-github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200329235804-a34899d73dc0 h1:15y1xve54VKQbtt27BYBTsPeGsUQ0vqg96AtS7lRLss=
-github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200329235804-a34899d73dc0/go.mod h1:4sloxRutRhCuXgAgtOu1ZxVM95Na+ovK9MRDEQGZlzw=
 github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200330121034-e4a505bcf2cd h1:GZ9zGBj+tK1jHqTD5+OoPLVVlk/sB2pkKmQt9vjR8uY=
 github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200330121034-e4a505bcf2cd/go.mod h1:LYUD1U+BxF+OY6zCZ4xp38vzjp/QWbUdCw9iwmxkGnc=
 github.com/iotaledger/iota.go v1.0.0-beta.9/go.mod h1:F6WBmYd98mVjAmmPVYhnxg8NNIWCjjH8VWT9qvv3Rc8=
@@ -218,6 +216,10 @@ github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20161129095857-cc309e4a2223/go.mod h1:qRW
 github.com/nbio/st v0.0.0-20140626010706-e9e8d9816f32/go.mod h1:9wM+0iRr9ahx58uYLpLIr5fm8diHn0JbqRycJi6w0Ms=
 github.com/neelance/astrewrite v0.0.0-20160511093645-99348263ae86/go.mod h1:kHJEU3ofeGjhHklVoIGuVj85JJwZ6kWPaJwCIxgnFmo=
 github.com/neelance/sourcemap v0.0.0-20151028013722-8c68805598ab/go.mod h1:Qr6/a/Q4r9LP1IltGz7tA7iOK1WonHEYhu1HRBA7ZiM=
+github.com/nikkolasg/hexjson v0.0.0-20181101101858-78e39397e00c h1:5bFTChQxSKNwy8ALwOebjekYExl9HTT9urdawqC95tA=
+github.com/nikkolasg/hexjson v0.0.0-20181101101858-78e39397e00c/go.mod h1:7qN3Y0BvzRUf4LofcoJplQL10lsFDb4PYlePTVwrP28=
+github.com/nikkolasg/slog v0.0.0-20170921200349-3c8d441d7a1e h1:07zdEcJ4Fble5uWsqKpjW19699kQWRLXP+RZh1a6ZRg=
+github.com/nikkolasg/slog v0.0.0-20170921200349-3c8d441d7a1e/go.mod h1:79GLCU4P87rYvYYACbNwVyc1WmRvkwQbYnybpCmRXzg=
 github.com/oasislabs/ed25519 v0.0.0-20200302143042-29f6767a7c3e h1:85L+lUTJHx4O7UP9y/65XV8iq7oaA2Uqe5WiUSB8XE4=
 github.com/oasislabs/ed25519 v0.0.0-20200302143042-29f6767a7c3e/go.mod h1:xIpCyrK2ouGA4QBGbiNbkoONrvJ00u9P3QOkXSOAC0c=
 github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:CirwcVhetQ6Lv90oh/F+FBtV6XMibvdAFo93nm5qn4U=
diff --git a/plugins/drng/plugin.go b/plugins/drng/plugin.go
index 30cf1239fd7bc485dbbe92f094a69087e9233db4..3b55c6453b2beb090d5b6966695039dea9854f75 100644
--- a/plugins/drng/plugin.go
+++ b/plugins/drng/plugin.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func configureEvents() {
 		cachedMessageMetadata.Release()
 
 		cachedMessage.Consume(func(msg *message.Message) {
-			marshalUtil := marshalutil.New(msg.GetPayload().Bytes())
+			marshalUtil := marshalutil.New(msg.Payload().Bytes())
 			parsedPayload, err := payload.Parse(marshalUtil)
 			if err != nil {
 				//TODO: handle error