diff --git a/ids/node_id.go b/ids/node_id.go
index 7695d642742..85047a043b2 100644
--- a/ids/node_id.go
+++ b/ids/node_id.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 type NodeID struct {
-	ShortNodeID
+	ShortNodeID `serialize:"true"`
 }
 
 // ToNodeID attempt to convert a byte slice into a node id
diff --git a/vms/platformvm/api/static_service_test.go b/vms/platformvm/api/static_service_test.go
index b9d589e47b5..041a8c3dca1 100644
--- a/vms/platformvm/api/static_service_test.go
+++ b/vms/platformvm/api/static_service_test.go
@@ -242,9 +242,9 @@ func TestUTXOCompare(t *testing.T) {
 		smallerAddr = ids.ShortID{}
 		largerAddr  = ids.ShortID{1}
 	)
-	smallerAddrStr, err := address.FormatBech32("avax", smallerAddr[:])
+	smallerAddrStr, err := address.FormatBech32("avax", smallerAddr.Bytes())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	largerAddrStr, err := address.FormatBech32("avax", largerAddr[:])
+	largerAddrStr, err := address.FormatBech32("avax", largerAddr.Bytes())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	type test struct {