diff --git a/packages/dapi/lib/grpcServer/handlers/createGrpcErrorFromDriveResponse.js b/packages/dapi/lib/grpcServer/handlers/createGrpcErrorFromDriveResponse.js
index 8d3e34bd65..a156d9c266 100644
--- a/packages/dapi/lib/grpcServer/handlers/createGrpcErrorFromDriveResponse.js
+++ b/packages/dapi/lib/grpcServer/handlers/createGrpcErrorFromDriveResponse.js
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ async function createGrpcErrorFromDriveResponse(code, info) {
   // DPP errors
   if (code >= 10000 && code < 50000) {
     const consensusMetadata = {
-      code,
       ...createRawMetadata(data),
-      'dash-serialized-consensus-error-bin': serializedConsensusError,
+      code,
+      'dash-serialized-consensus-error-bin': Buffer.from(serializedConsensusError),
     };
 
     let consensusError;
diff --git a/packages/rs-sdk/src/error.rs b/packages/rs-sdk/src/error.rs
index 51ba342a49..ccab34a214 100644
--- a/packages/rs-sdk/src/error.rs
+++ b/packages/rs-sdk/src/error.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 //! Definitions of errors
-use dapi_grpc::tonic;
 use dpp::consensus::ConsensusError;
 use dpp::serialization::PlatformDeserializable;
 use dpp::version::PlatformVersionError;