diff --git a/src/gateway/gatewayClient.ts b/src/gateway/gatewayClient.ts
index 986a792..807002f 100644
--- a/src/gateway/gatewayClient.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/gatewayClient.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import zlib from 'fast-zlib';
 import WebSocket from 'ws';
-
 import type { Client } from '../client/client';
 import type { IGatewayMessage } from '../utils/types';
 
+
 export class GatewayClient {
 	public client: Client;
 	public connection: WebSocket | null;
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ export class GatewayClient {
 		this.connection.on('message', async (msg: Buffer | string) => {
 			let parsedMessage: IGatewayMessage<null>;
 
-			if (this.client.options.ws.compression) parsedMessage = this.inflate.process(msg);
+			if (this.client.options.ws.compression && typeof msg === 'object') parsedMessage = JSON.parse(this.inflate.process(msg).toString('utf8'));
+			else if (!this.client.options.ws.compression && typeof msg === 'string') parsedMessage = JSON.parse(msg);
+			else parsedMessage = JSON.parse(msg.toString('utf8'));
+
+			if (parsedMessage.s) this._sequence = parsedMessage.s;
 		});
 	}
 }