diff --git a/fruit-consumer-azurefunction/FruitMessage.cs b/fruit-consumer-azurefunction/FruitMessage.cs
index a08ae80..537c65f 100644
--- a/fruit-consumer-azurefunction/FruitMessage.cs
+++ b/fruit-consumer-azurefunction/FruitMessage.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 namespace Fruit.Consumer.AzureFunction
 {
 
-    public class FruitMessage : ISerializer<FruitMessage>
+    public class FruitMessage : ISerializer<FruitMessage>, IDeserializer<FruitMessage>
     {
         public DateTime? now { get; set; }
         public Fruit? fruit { get; set; }
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ public byte[] Serialize(FruitMessage data, SerializationContext context)
                 return ms.ToArray();
             }
         }
+
+        public FruitMessage Deserialize(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data, bool isNull, SerializationContext context)
+        {
+            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<FruitMessage>(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data));
+        }
     }
     public class LowercaseContractResolver : DefaultContractResolver
     {