diff --git a/contracts/APIConsumer.sol b/contracts/APIConsumer.sol
index 9e7af1127..b30a75882 100644
--- a/contracts/APIConsumer.sol
+++ b/contracts/APIConsumer.sol
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ contract APIConsumer is ChainlinkClient {
      * Job ID: d5270d1c311941d0b08bead21fea7747
      * Fee: 0.1 LINK
      */
-    constructor(address _oracle, string memory _jobId, uint256 _fee, address _link) public {
+    constructor(address _oracle, bytes32 _jobId, uint256 _fee, address _link) public {
         if (_link == address(0)) {
             setPublicChainlinkToken();
         } else {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ contract APIConsumer is ChainlinkClient {
         // jobId = "29fa9aa13bf1468788b7cc4a500a45b8";
         // fee = 0.1 * 10 ** 18; // 0.1 LINK
         oracle = _oracle;
-        jobId = stringToBytes32(_jobId);
+        jobId = _jobId;
         fee = _fee;
     }
 
@@ -75,17 +75,6 @@ contract APIConsumer is ChainlinkClient {
         volume = _volume;
     }
 
-    function stringToBytes32(string memory source) public pure returns (bytes32 result) {
-        bytes memory tempEmptyStringTest = bytes(source);
-        if (tempEmptyStringTest.length == 0) {
-            return 0x0;
-        }
-
-        assembly {
-            result := mload(add(source, 32))
-        }
-    }
-
     // function withdrawLink() external {} - Implement a withdraw function to avoid locking your LINK in the contract
 }
 
diff --git a/deploy/02_Deploy_APIConsumer.js b/deploy/02_Deploy_APIConsumer.js
index 252fe3348..4aae288e3 100644
--- a/deploy/02_Deploy_APIConsumer.js
+++ b/deploy/02_Deploy_APIConsumer.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = async ({
     linkTokenAddress = networkConfig[chainId]['linkToken']
     oracle = networkConfig[chainId]['oracle']
   }
-  const jobId = networkConfig[chainId]['jobId']
+  const jobId = ethers.utils.toUtf8Bytes(networkConfig[chainId]['jobId'])
   const fee = networkConfig[chainId]['fee']
   const networkName = networkConfig[chainId]['name']