diff --git a/backend/handlers.go b/backend/handlers.go
index 1a0c579..1f44cb0 100644
--- a/backend/handlers.go
+++ b/backend/handlers.go
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 package backend
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"github.com/honeynet/ochi/backend/entities"
-	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
-	"google.golang.org/api/idtoken"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
+
+	"github.com/honeynet/ochi/backend/entities"
+	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
+	"google.golang.org/api/idtoken"
 )
 
 func (cs *server) indexHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, _ httprouter.Params) {
@@ -38,54 +37,36 @@ func (cs *server) cssHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, _ httproute
 	}
 }
 
-// Helper function which splits into two parts the sensorID by the hyphen
-func extractFirst8CharactersOfSensorId(sensorID string) (string, error) {
-	if len(sensorID) < 8 {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("Sensor ID must have at least 8 characters")
-	}
-	return sensorID[:8], nil
-}
-
 // publishHandler reads the request body with a limit of 8192 bytes and then publishes
 // the received message.
 func (cs *server) publishHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, _ httprouter.Params) {
 	body := http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, 8192)
-	msg, err := io.ReadAll(body)
-	if err != nil {
-		http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge), http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge)
-		return
-	}
-	defer body.Close()
+
 	// Unmarshal the JSON message into a map
-	decoder := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(msg))
+	decoder := json.NewDecoder(body)
+
 	// Create a new map to store the sensorDataMap
-	var sensorIDMap map[string]interface{}
+	var sensorIDMap map[string]string
 	// Decode into the sensorDataMap
 	if err := decoder.Decode(&sensorIDMap); err != nil {
-		http.Error(w, "Invalid JSON payload", http.StatusBadRequest)
-		return
-	}
-	if sensorIDMap == nil {
-		// Handle the case where sensorMap is nil
-		http.Error(w, "Invalid JSON payload", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		http.Error(w, "JSON decoding error: "+err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
+
 	// Get the sensorID from the map
 	sensorID, exists := sensorIDMap["sensorID"]
 	if !exists {
 		http.Error(w, "Sensor Id does not exists.", http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
-	sensorIDStr, ok := sensorID.(string)
-	if !ok {
-		http.Error(w, "Sensor ID is not a string.", http.StatusBadRequest)
-		return
-	}
-	sensorID, err = extractFirst8CharactersOfSensorId(sensorIDStr)
-	if err != nil {
-		http.Error(w, "Sensor ID is less than 8 characters.", http.StatusBadRequest)
+
+	if len(sensorID) < 8 {
+		http.Error(w, "Sensor ID must have at least 8 characters.", http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
+
+	sensorID = sensorID[:8]
+
 	sensorIDMap["sensorID"] = sensorID
 	// Convert the sensorID back to a JSON message
 	alteredMsg, err := json.Marshal(sensorIDMap)