diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index d6386be..099092c 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@api.global/typedrequest',
-  version: '3.0.10',
+  version: '3.0.11',
   description: 'make typed requests towards apis'
 }
diff --git a/ts/typedrequest.classes.virtualstream.ts b/ts/typedrequest.classes.virtualstream.ts
index 0470f6b..4a26c8d 100644
--- a/ts/typedrequest.classes.virtualstream.ts
+++ b/ts/typedrequest.classes.virtualstream.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ export class VirtualStream<T = ArrayBufferLike> implements plugins.typedRequestI
     originalPayload?: any,
     path = []
   ): any {
+    if (!objectPayload) {
+      return objectPayload;
+    }
     if (plugins.smartbuffer.isBufferLike(objectPayload)) {
       return objectPayload;
     }