diff --git a/ts/src/local/conductor.ts b/ts/src/local/conductor.ts
index 159ea237..571f93f8 100644
--- a/ts/src/local/conductor.ts
+++ b/ts/src/local/conductor.ts
@@ -386,13 +386,11 @@ export class Conductor implements IConductor {
             installed_app_id,
             network_seed,
           };
-          if (!!agent_key) {
-            logger.debug(
-              `installing app with id ${installed_app_id} for agent ${encodeHashToBase64(
-                agent_key
-              )}`
-            );
-          }
+    logger.debug(
+      `installing app with id ${installed_app_id} for agent ${encodeHashToBase64(
+        agent_key
+      )}`
+    );
     return this.adminWs().installApp(installAppRequest);
   }
 
diff --git a/ts/src/trycp/util.ts b/ts/src/trycp/util.ts
index d667d5b1..bd995031 100644
--- a/ts/src/trycp/util.ts
+++ b/ts/src/trycp/util.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { Signal, SignalType } from "@holochain/client";
+import { AppSignal, RawSignal, EncodedAppSignal, Signal, SignalType } from "@holochain/client";
 import msgpack from "@msgpack/msgpack";
 import assert from "node:assert";
 import { TryCpApiResponse, _TryCpResponseWrapper } from "./types.js";
+import { inspect } from "util";
 
 /**
  * Deserialize the binary response from TryCP
@@ -24,14 +25,17 @@ export const deserializeTryCpResponse = (response: Uint8Array) => {
  * @returns The deserialized signal.
  */
 export const deserializeTryCpSignal = (signal: Uint8Array) => {
-  const deserializedSignal = msgpack.decode(signal);
+  const deserializedSignal = msgpack.decode(signal) as RawSignal;
   assertIsSignal(deserializedSignal);
   if (SignalType.App in deserializedSignal) {
-    const {
-      [SignalType.App]: { cell_id, payload: decodedPayload, zome_name },
-    } = deserializedSignal;
-    let app_payload = { cell_id, payload: decodedPayload, zome_name };
-     return { App: app_payload } as Signal
+    const { cell_id, signal, zome_name } = deserializedSignal[SignalType.App] as EncodedAppSignal;
+    const decodedPayload = msgpack.decode(signal);
+    const app_signal: AppSignal = {
+      cell_id,
+      zome_name,
+      payload: decodedPayload,
+    };
+    return { App: app_signal } as Signal;
   } else {
     throw new Error("Receiving system signals is not implemented yet");
   }
diff --git a/ts/test/trycp/conductor.ts b/ts/test/trycp/conductor.ts
index cf400600..8f711758 100644
--- a/ts/test/trycp/conductor.ts
+++ b/ts/test/trycp/conductor.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   CloneId,
   encodeHashToBase64,
   EntryHash,
+  SignalType,
   GrantedFunctionsType,
 } from "@holochain/client";
 import assert from "node:assert";
@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@ test("TryCP Conductor - receive a signal", async (t) => {
   });
   const actualSignal = await signalReceived;
   t.deepEqual(
-    actualSignal.payload,
+    actualSignal[SignalType.App].payload,
     testSignal,
     "received signal matches expected signal"
   );
diff --git a/ts/test/trycp/scenario.ts b/ts/test/trycp/scenario.ts
index c34b45ae..cb5d14d0 100644
--- a/ts/test/trycp/scenario.ts
+++ b/ts/test/trycp/scenario.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Signal, SignalCb, EntryHash } from "@holochain/client";
+import { Signal, SignalCb, EntryHash, SignalType } from "@holochain/client";
 import { URL } from "node:url";
 import test from "tape-promise/tape.js";
 import { runLocalServices } from "../../src/common.js";
@@ -192,12 +192,14 @@ test("TryCP Scenario - receive signals with 2 conductors", async (t) => {
     signalReceivedAlice,
     signalReceivedBob,
   ]);
+
   t.deepEqual(
-    actualSignalAlice.payload,
+    actualSignalAlice[SignalType.App].payload,
     signalAlice,
     "received alice's signal"
   );
-  t.deepEqual(actualSignalBob.payload, signalBob, "received bob's signal");
+
+  t.deepEqual(actualSignalBob[SignalType.App].payload, signalBob, "received bob's signal");
 
   await scenario.cleanUp();
   await tryCpServer.stop();