diff --git a/lib/ssr/node_js.ex b/lib/ssr/node_js.ex
index 6c0bc6a..2de22f9 100644
--- a/lib/ssr/node_js.ex
+++ b/lib/ssr/node_js.ex
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ defmodule LiveSvelte.SSR.NodeJS do
 
   def render(name, props, slots) do
     try do
-      NodeJS.call!({"server", "render"}, [name, props, slots])
+      NodeJS.call!({"server", "render"}, [name, props, slots], binary: true)
     catch
       :exit, {:noproc, _} ->
         message = """
         NodeJS is not configured. Please add the following to your application.ex:
         {NodeJS.Supervisor, [path: LiveSvelte.SSR.NodeJS.server_path(), pool_size: 4]},
         """
+
         raise %LiveSvelte.SSR.NotConfigured{message: message}
     end
   end
@@ -19,4 +20,4 @@ defmodule LiveSvelte.SSR.NodeJS do
     {:ok, path} = :application.get_application()
     Application.app_dir(path, "/priv/svelte")
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end