diff --git a/pinner/pinmgr.go b/pinner/pinmgr.go
index 2848d9b8..b193b0fb 100644
--- a/pinner/pinmgr.go
+++ b/pinner/pinmgr.go
@@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ type AddrInfoString struct {
 	Addrs []string
 }
 type PinningOperationSerialize struct {
-	po    PinningOperation
-	peers []AddrInfoString
+	Po    PinningOperation
+	Peers []AddrInfoString
 }
 
 func encode_msgpack(po *PinningOperation) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -377,8 +377,10 @@ func encode_msgpack(po *PinningOperation) ([]byte, error) {
 		newpeer := AddrInfoString{ID: peers[i].ID, Addrs: newaddrs}
 		serialPeers = append(serialPeers, newpeer)
 	}
-	savedObject := PinningOperationSerialize{po: *po, peers: serialPeers}
-	return msgpack.Marshal(&savedObject)
+	savedObject := PinningOperationSerialize{Po: *po, Peers: serialPeers}
+	bytes, err := msgpack.Marshal(&savedObject)
+	po.Peers = peers
+	return bytes, err
 }
 func decode_msgpack(po_bytes []byte) (*PinningOperation, error) {
 	var next *PinningOperationSerialize
@@ -386,9 +388,9 @@ func decode_msgpack(po_bytes []byte) (*PinningOperation, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	po := next.po
+	po := next.Po
 	newPeers := []*peer.AddrInfo{}
-	peers := next.peers
+	peers := next.Peers
 	for i := 0; i < len(peers); i++ {
 		newaddrs := []ma.Multiaddr{}
 		for j := 0; j < len(peers[i].Addrs); j++ {
diff --git a/pinner/pinmgr_test.go b/pinner/pinmgr_test.go
index 92e29696..e0149cca 100644
--- a/pinner/pinmgr_test.go
+++ b/pinner/pinmgr_test.go
@@ -114,15 +114,19 @@ func TestEncodeDecode(t *testing.T) {
 			fmt.Println(err)
 		}
 		peer := []*peer.AddrInfo{{ID: peer.ID("12D3KooWCsxFFH242NZ4bjRMJEVc61La6Ha4yGVNXeEEwpf8KWCX"), Addrs: []ma.Multiaddr{addr}}}
-		po := &PinningOperation{Peers: peer}
+		po := &PinningOperation{Peers: peer, Name: "pinning operation name"}
 		bytes, err := encode_msgpack(po)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Println(err)
 		}
-		po, err = decode_msgpack(bytes)
+		newpo, err := decode_msgpack(bytes)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Println(err)
 		}
+		assert.Equal(t, newpo.Name, po.Name, "name doesnt match")
+		assert.Equal(t, newpo.Peers[0].Addrs[0].String(), po.Peers[0].Addrs[0].String(), "addr doesnt match")
+		assert.Equal(t, newpo.Peers[0].ID, po.Peers[0].ID, "ID doesnt match")
+
 	})
 }
 func newPinData(name string, userid int, contid int) PinningOperation {