diff --git a/dist/index.d.ts b/dist/index.d.ts
index 237f051..712f266 100644
--- a/dist/index.d.ts
+++ b/dist/index.d.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export declare class PeerDiscoveryClient extends Client {
     remove(name: string): Promise<boolean>;
     removeAll(): Promise<void>;
     exists(name: string): Promise<boolean>;
-    discover(pubkey: string): Promise<Peer | boolean>;
+    discover(pubkey: string | Uint8Array): Promise<Peer | boolean>;
 }
 export declare const createClient: (...args: any) => PeerDiscoveryClient;
 export { Peer };
diff --git a/dist/index.d.ts.map b/dist/index.d.ts.map
index 0d7c3d2..63020e7 100644
--- a/dist/index.d.ts.map
+++ b/dist/index.d.ts.map
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index c705065..ce28492 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Client, factory } from "@lumeweb/libkernel-universal";
+import { hexToBuf } from "@siaweb/libweb/dist";
 export class PeerDiscoveryClient extends Client {
     async register(source) {
         const bag = await this.loadBound(source);
@@ -15,6 +16,13 @@ export class PeerDiscoveryClient extends Client {
         return await this.callModuleReturn("remove", { name });
     }
     async discover(pubkey) {
+        if (typeof pubkey === "string") {
+            let buf = hexToBuf(pubkey);
+            if (buf[1]) {
+                throw new Error(buf[1]);
+            }
+            pubkey = buf[0];
+        }
         return await this.callModuleReturn("discover", { pubkey });
     }
 }