diff --git a/structure/types.go b/structure/types.go
index 87778b42..2a234506 100644
--- a/structure/types.go
+++ b/structure/types.go
@@ -27,19 +27,39 @@ const (
 )
 
 // interfaceToBytes converts an interface to a byte slice
-func interfaceToBytes(value interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+func interfaceToBytes(value interface{}) ([]byte, error, string) {
 	switch value := value.(type) {
+
 	case string:
-		return []byte(value), nil
+		return []byte(value), nil, "string"
 	case int:
-		return []byte(strconv.Itoa(value)), nil
+		return []byte(strconv.Itoa(value)), nil, "int"
 	case int64:
-		return []byte(strconv.FormatInt(value, 10)), nil
+		return []byte(strconv.FormatInt(value, 10)), nil, "int64"
 	case float64:
-		return []byte(strconv.FormatFloat(value, 'f', -1, 64)), nil
+		return []byte(strconv.FormatFloat(value, 'f', -1, 64)), nil, "float64"
 	case bool:
-		return []byte(strconv.FormatBool(value)), nil
+		return []byte(strconv.FormatBool(value)), nil, "bool"
 	case []byte:
+		return value, nil, "[]byte"
+	default:
+		return nil, errors.New("unsupported type"), ""
+	}
+}
+
+func byteToInterface(value []byte, dataType string) (interface{}, error) {
+	switch dataType {
+	case "string":
+		return string(value), nil
+	case "int":
+		return strconv.Atoi(string(value))
+	case "int64":
+		return strconv.ParseInt(string(value), 10, 64)
+	case "float64":
+		return strconv.ParseFloat(string(value), 64)
+	case "bool":
+		return strconv.ParseBool(string(value))
+	case "[]byte":
 		return value, nil
 	default:
 		return nil, errors.New("unsupported type")