diff --git a/src/middleware/node/get-payload.ts b/src/middleware/node/get-payload.ts
index 37eb79ad..cead47c0 100644
--- a/src/middleware/node/get-payload.ts
+++ b/src/middleware/node/get-payload.ts
@@ -12,18 +12,16 @@ import AggregateError from "aggregate-error";
 type IncomingMessage = any;
 
 export function getPayload(request: IncomingMessage): Promise<string> {
-  if (request.body) {
-    if (
-      typeof request.body === "object" &&
-      "rawBody" in request &&
-      request.rawBody instanceof Buffer
-    ) {
-      // The body is already an Object and rawBody is a Buffer (e.g. GCF)
-      return Promise.resolve(request.rawBody.toString("utf8"));
-    } else {
-      // The body is a String (e.g. Lambda)
-      return Promise.resolve(request.body);
-    }
+  if (
+    typeof request.body === "object" &&
+    "rawBody" in request &&
+    request.rawBody instanceof Buffer
+  ) {
+    // The body is already an Object and rawBody is a Buffer (e.g. GCF)
+    return Promise.resolve(request.rawBody.toString("utf8"));
+  } else if (typeof request.body === "string") {
+    // The body is a String (e.g. Lambda)
+    return Promise.resolve(request.body);
   }
 
   // We need to load the payload from the request (normal case of Node.js server)