diff --git a/contrib/opbot/botmd/commands.go b/contrib/opbot/botmd/commands.go
index 623431565a..c5466cfe69 100644
--- a/contrib/opbot/botmd/commands.go
+++ b/contrib/opbot/botmd/commands.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/slack-go/slack"
 	"github.com/slack-io/slacker"
 	"github.com/synapsecns/sanguine/contrib/opbot/signoz"
+	"github.com/synapsecns/sanguine/core"
 	"github.com/synapsecns/sanguine/core/retry"
 	"github.com/synapsecns/sanguine/ethergo/chaindata"
 	"github.com/synapsecns/sanguine/ethergo/client"
@@ -343,8 +344,15 @@ func (b *Bot) rfqRefund() *slacker.CommandDefinition {
 				}
 				return
 			}
-
-			isRelayed, err := fastBridgeContractDest.BridgeRelays(nil, [32]byte(common.Hex2Bytes(rawRequest.TxID)))
+			txBz, err := core.BytesToArray(common.Hex2Bytes(rawRequest.TxID))
+			if err != nil {
+				_, err := ctx.Response().Reply("error converting tx id")
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Println(err)
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			isRelayed, err := fastBridgeContractDest.BridgeRelays(nil, txBz)
 			if err != nil {
 				_, err := ctx.Response().Reply("error fetching bridge relays")
 				if err != nil {
diff --git a/core/bytes.go b/core/bytes.go
index ee25375e62..adca7464b3 100644
--- a/core/bytes.go
+++ b/core/bytes.go
@@ -25,3 +25,11 @@ func BytesToJSONString(bz []byte) (string, error) {
 
 	return string(formattedJSON), nil
 }
+func BytesToArray(bz []byte) ([32]byte, error) {
+	var bytes [32]byte
+	if len(bz) != 32 {
+		return bytes, fmt.Errorf("invalid length of bytes: %d", len(bz))
+	}
+	copy(bytes[:], bz)
+	return bytes, nil
+}