diff --git a/azalea-protocol/src/read.rs b/azalea-protocol/src/read.rs
index dd80bbc3..b4ba17ea 100755
--- a/azalea-protocol/src/read.rs
+++ b/azalea-protocol/src/read.rs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ where
         //     "decompressing packet ({}ms)",
         //     start_time.elapsed().as_millis()
         // );
-        buf = compression_decoder(&mut &buf[..], compression_threshold)?;
+        buf = compression_decoder(&mut buf.as_slice(), compression_threshold)?;
     }
 
     // println!("decoding packet ({}ms)", start_time.elapsed().as_millis());