diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 45289ec..c77db22 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.rethinkdb</groupId>
       <artifactId>rethinkdb-driver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4.1.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Rethink.java b/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Rethink.java
index d1e3c3f..aeaaf58 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Rethink.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Rethink.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class Rethink {
 
     private JSONArray getAsArray(String table, String where, String value) {
         try {
-            String string = r.table(table).filter(row -> row.g(where.toLowerCase()).eq(value)).coerceTo("array").toJson().run(conn).toString();
+            String string = r.table(table).filter(row -> row.g(where.toLowerCase()).eq(value)).coerceTo("array").toJson().run(conn);
             return new JSONArray(string);
         } catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
             return null;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class Rethink {
     }
 
     public JSONObject getObjectByID(String table, String id) {
-        String response = r.table(table).get(id).toJson().run(conn).toString();
+        String response = r.table(table).get(id).toJson().run(conn);
         return new JSONObject(response);
     }