diff --git a/common/client-core/src/client/base_client/mod.rs b/common/client-core/src/client/base_client/mod.rs
index 70f041d796..6b86b3c0d7 100644
--- a/common/client-core/src/client/base_client/mod.rs
+++ b/common/client-core/src/client/base_client/mod.rs
@@ -770,9 +770,8 @@ where
             builder = builder.with_user_agent(user_agent);
         }
 
-        builder = builder.with_bincode();
-
         builder
+            .with_bincode()
             .build::<nym_validator_client::models::RequestError>()
             .map_err(|e| ClientCoreError::NymApiQueryFailure {
                 source: nym_validator_client::nym_api::error::NymAPIError::GenericRequestFailure(