diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c6aed51..d47329d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/extism/go-sdk v1.7.1
 	github.com/jwetzell/artnet-go v0.2.1
 	github.com/jwetzell/free-d-go v0.1.0
-	github.com/jwetzell/osc-go v0.1.0
+	github.com/jwetzell/osc-go v0.2.0
 	github.com/jwetzell/psn-go v0.3.0
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.12.4
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.49.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5ed56d3..01c6ba2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ github.com/jwetzell/artnet-go v0.2.1 h1:iYTKWcwYrF5kBkYfkw2UbWvoueeA23iKEn7fR27m
 github.com/jwetzell/artnet-go v0.2.1/go.mod h1:gli97Z32a0kMkZ6taoTiK7/lqHcF/dhiGjGJdx/PxqA=
 github.com/jwetzell/free-d-go v0.1.0 h1:xHt6dvyit98X+OC3jVzV0aLidxbyzi3vI9QiYkteEtA=
 github.com/jwetzell/free-d-go v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KmrkooRARRaxJTBSPvwt/6IMAIaHH1R8bSA8cwbbELw=
-github.com/jwetzell/osc-go v0.1.0 h1:EXxup5VWBErHot2Ri4MFToPf6KCzLDTbCt2x6GLfw8I=
-github.com/jwetzell/osc-go v0.1.0/go.mod h1:xLz0jTwebSxtx1TkKN1YVdeRqvpFNweDhTut5TE393A=
+github.com/jwetzell/osc-go v0.2.0 h1:4as+BYCeZhEddFczGveP5yZZxvY728Uavz+ZSLZfOII=
+github.com/jwetzell/osc-go v0.2.0/go.mod h1:D3ZIXYB12bt4S35lKFUqgCFbF1Y+9Ld0sOhHA9mGZZM=
 github.com/jwetzell/psn-go v0.3.0 h1:WVpCEmExYE8a+I5hQak5jNJJp2x35VdGX/VuMUKPmhY=
 github.com/jwetzell/psn-go v0.3.0/go.mod h1:bcEAeti4sQM375buujb3mIfmUstD4Aby18gq3ENb6+o=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.3 h1:9PJRvfbmTabkOX8moIpXPbMMbYN60bWImDDU7L+/6zw=
diff --git a/internal/processor/osc-message-decode.go b/internal/processor/osc-message-decode.go
index ef35e46..18102ba 100644
--- a/internal/processor/osc-message-decode.go
+++ b/internal/processor/osc-message-decode.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package processor
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 
 	osc "github.com/jwetzell/osc-go"
 	"github.com/jwetzell/showbridge-go/internal/config"
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func (omd *OSCMessageDecode) Process(ctx context.Context, payload any) (any, err
 
 	message, err := osc.MessageFromBytes(payloadBytes)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("osc.message.decode processor failed to decode OSC message: %w", err)
 	}
 	return message, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/processor/osc-message-encode.go b/internal/processor/osc-message-encode.go
index 3a35143..9c7c1da 100644
--- a/internal/processor/osc-message-encode.go
+++ b/internal/processor/osc-message-encode.go
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ type OSCMessageEncode struct {
 }
 
 func (ome *OSCMessageEncode) Process(ctx context.Context, payload any) (any, error) {
-	payloadMessage, ok := GetAnyAs[osc.OSCMessage](payload)
+	payloadMessage, ok := GetAnyAs[*osc.OSCMessage](payload)
 
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, errors.New("osc.message.encode processor only accepts an OSCMessage")
+		return nil, errors.New("osc.message.encode processor only accepts an *OSCMessage")
 	}
 
 	bytes := payloadMessage.ToBytes()
diff --git a/internal/processor/test/osc-message-decode_test.go b/internal/processor/test/osc-message-decode_test.go
index 4a61e0e..8848772 100644
--- a/internal/processor/test/osc-message-decode_test.go
+++ b/internal/processor/test/osc-message-decode_test.go
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ func TestGoodOSCMessageDecode(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string
 		payload  []byte
-		expected osc.OSCMessage
+		expected *osc.OSCMessage
 	}{
 		{
 			name:    "basic OSC message",
 			payload: []byte{47, 116, 101, 115, 116, 0, 0, 0, 44, 0, 0, 0},
-			expected: osc.OSCMessage{
+			expected: &osc.OSCMessage{
 				Address: "/test",
 				Args:    []osc.OSCArg{},
 			},
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestGoodOSCMessageDecode(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:    "basic OSC message with argument",
 			payload: []byte{47, 116, 101, 115, 116, 0, 0, 0, 44, 105, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 42},
-			expected: osc.OSCMessage{
+			expected: &osc.OSCMessage{
 				Address: "/test",
 				Args: []osc.OSCArg{
 					{
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestGoodOSCMessageDecode(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("osc.message.decode processing failed: %s", err)
 			}
 
-			gotMessage, ok := got.(osc.OSCMessage)
+			gotMessage, ok := got.(*osc.OSCMessage)
 			if !ok {
 				t.Fatalf("osc.message.decode returned a %T payload: %s", got, got)
 			}
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ func TestBadOSCMessageDecode(t *testing.T) {
 			payload:     []byte{48, 116, 101, 115, 116, 0, 0, 0, 44, 105, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 42},
 			errorString: "osc.message.decode processor needs an OSC looking []byte",
 		},
+		{
+			name:        "invalid OSC payload",
+			payload:     []byte{47, 116, 101, 115, 116, 0},
+			errorString: "osc.message.decode processor failed to decode OSC message: string data is not properly padded",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/internal/processor/test/osc-message-encode_test.go b/internal/processor/test/osc-message-encode_test.go
index 33ccf1c..24419ab 100644
--- a/internal/processor/test/osc-message-encode_test.go
+++ b/internal/processor/test/osc-message-encode_test.go
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ func TestGoodOSCMessageEncode(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "basic OSC message",
-			payload: osc.OSCMessage{
+			payload: &osc.OSCMessage{
 				Address: "/test",
 			},
 			expected: []byte{47, 116, 101, 115, 116, 0, 0, 0, 44, 0, 0, 0},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "basic OSC message with argument",
-			payload: osc.OSCMessage{
+			payload: &osc.OSCMessage{
 				Address: "/test",
 				Args: []osc.OSCArg{
 					{
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestBadOSCMessageEncode(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:        "non-osc message input",
 			payload:     "test",
-			errorString: "osc.message.encode processor only accepts an OSCMessage",
+			errorString: "osc.message.encode processor only accepts an *OSCMessage",
 		},
 	}