diff --git a/packages/utils/package.json b/packages/utils/package.json
index 3dc909f..edd0f04 100644
--- a/packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@holochain-open-dev/utils",
-  "version": "0.15.1",
+  "version": "0.15.2",
   "description": "Common utilities to build Holochain web applications",
   "author": "guillem.cordoba@gmail.com",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     "url": "git+https://github.com/holochain-open-dev/common.git"
   },
   "exports": {
-    ".": "./dist/index.js"
+    ".": "./dist/index.js",
+    "./dist/*": "./dist/*"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "npm run lint && tsc --incremental",
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/clean-node-decoding.ts b/packages/utils/src/clean-node-decoding.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9559022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/clean-node-decoding.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * Deeply convert nulls into undefineds, and buffers into Uint8Array
+ *
+ * When msgpack is used to decode() in nodejs, it returns hashes as buffers
+ * and nulls instead of undefineds.
+ * This is mostly fine, except in tryorama tests when using deepEqual. This function
+ * is useful in that case, to allow objects constructed in the tests to deeply equal
+ * the return of calls to @holochain/client
+ */
+export function cleanNodeDecoding(object: any): any {
+  return deepMap(object, (value) => {
+    if (Buffer.isBuffer(value)) return new Uint8Array(value);
+    if (value === null) return undefined;
+    return value;
+  });
+}
+
+function mapObject(obj, fn) {
+  return Object.keys(obj).reduce((res, key) => {
+    res[key] = fn(obj[key]);
+    return res;
+  }, {});
+}
+
+function deepMap(obj, fn) {
+  const deepMapper = (val) =>
+    typeof val === "object" && !Buffer.isBuffer(val)
+      ? deepMap(val, fn)
+      : fn(val);
+  if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
+    return obj.map(deepMapper);
+  }
+  if (obj === null) {
+    return fn(obj);
+  } else if (typeof obj === "object") {
+    return mapObject(obj, deepMapper);
+  }
+  return obj;
+}
diff --git a/packages/utils/tests/clean-node-decoding.test.ts b/packages/utils/tests/clean-node-decoding.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d85b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/tests/clean-node-decoding.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { encodeHashToBase64 } from "@holochain/client";
+import { test, assert } from "vitest";
+import { cleanNodeDecoding } from "../src/clean-node-decoding.js";
+
+test("test clean", async () => {
+  const hi = {
+    hi: null,
+    bu: Buffer.from(new Uint8Array([1, 1, 1])),
+  };
+  assert.deepEqual(cleanNodeDecoding(hi), {
+    hi: undefined,
+    bu: new Uint8Array([1, 1, 1]),
+  });
+});