diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a6cc967..776c40a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
                             mt.wait_until_completed().await?;
                             // persist torrent bytes and preloaded content,
                             // cleanup tmp (see rqbit#408)
-                            preload.commit(&i, &bytes, Some(keep_files))?;
+                            preload.commit(&i, bytes, Some(keep_files))?;
                             // remove torrent from session as indexed
                             session
                                 .delete(librqbit::api::TorrentIdOrHash::Id(id), false)
diff --git a/src/preload.rs b/src/preload.rs
index ebf5e37..86efa2e 100644
--- a/src/preload.rs
+++ b/src/preload.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ impl Preload {
     pub fn commit(
         &self,
         info_hash: &str,
-        torrent_bytes: &[u8],
+        torrent_bytes: Vec<u8>,
         persist_files: Option<HashSet<PathBuf>>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         // persist torrent bytes to file