diff --git a/src/socket.mjs b/src/socket.mjs
index a9add86..81a99f0 100644
--- a/src/socket.mjs
+++ b/src/socket.mjs
@@ -86,9 +86,8 @@ export default class Socket extends Server {
         // TODO need to start error listener for stream so errors can be processed
         stream.on('message', messageProcess.bind(this))
         async function messageProcess (packet) {
-          let res = clone(packet)
-          // console.log(' incoming packet on socket side',packet)
-          res = clone((await this._packetProcess(res)),false)
+          //console.log(' incoming packet on socket side',packet)
+          let res = await this._packetProcess(clone(packet))
           if (Object.keys(res).length === 0) res = { error: 'socket packet command function likely did not return a promise', packet:packet}
           res._header = clone(packet._header,false) //make sure return packet has header with id in case it was removed in processing
           delete packet._header  // remove before adding to response header as request