diff --git a/crates/cli/src/meta/types/dotrain/order_builder_state_v1.rs b/crates/cli/src/meta/types/dotrain/order_builder_state_v1.rs
index 03faac8a..4567f7a7 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/meta/types/dotrain/order_builder_state_v1.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/meta/types/dotrain/order_builder_state_v1.rs
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ impl TryFrom<RainMetaDocumentV1Item> for OrderBuilderStateV1 {
             ));
         }
 
-        // Deserialize CBOR from payload
-        let instance = serde_cbor::from_slice::<OrderBuilderStateV1>(&value.payload)
+        let instance = serde_cbor::from_slice::<OrderBuilderStateV1>(&value.unpack()?)
             .map_err(Error::SerdeCborError)?;
 
         Ok(instance)
@@ -401,6 +400,23 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_try_from_unpacks_content_encoding() {
+        let instance = create_test_instance();
+        let cbor_bytes = serde_cbor::to_vec(&instance).unwrap();
+        let document_item = RainMetaDocumentV1Item {
+            payload: serde_bytes::ByteBuf::from(ContentEncoding::Deflate.encode(&cbor_bytes)),
+            magic: KnownMagic::OrderBuilderStateV1,
+            content_type: ContentType::OctetStream,
+            content_encoding: ContentEncoding::Deflate,
+            content_language: ContentLanguage::None,
+            schema: None,
+        };
+
+        let recovered = OrderBuilderStateV1::try_from(document_item).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(recovered, instance);
+    }
+
     /// A document carrying `leaf` under `depth` items that claim the document
     /// magic as their own.
     fn nest_document(leaf: RainMetaDocumentV1Item, depth: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/meta/types/dotrain/source_v1.rs b/crates/cli/src/meta/types/dotrain/source_v1.rs
index c8ece2b5..bf6929ad 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/meta/types/dotrain/source_v1.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/meta/types/dotrain/source_v1.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl TryFrom<RainMetaDocumentV1Item> for DotrainSourceV1 {
                 value.magic,
             ));
         }
-        let content = String::from_utf8(value.payload.to_vec()).map_err(Error::FromUtf8Error)?;
+        let content = String::from_utf8(value.unpack()?).map_err(Error::FromUtf8Error)?;
         Ok(DotrainSourceV1(content))
     }
 }
@@ -771,4 +771,22 @@ mod tests {
         }
         mock.assert();
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_try_from_unpacks_content_encoding() {
+        let dotrain_code = "/* some dotrain code */".to_string();
+        let document_item = RainMetaDocumentV1Item {
+            payload: serde_bytes::ByteBuf::from(
+                ContentEncoding::Deflate.encode(dotrain_code.as_bytes()),
+            ),
+            magic: KnownMagic::DotrainSourceV1,
+            content_type: ContentType::OctetStream,
+            content_encoding: ContentEncoding::Deflate,
+            content_language: ContentLanguage::None,
+            schema: None,
+        };
+
+        let dotrain_source = DotrainSourceV1::try_from(document_item).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(dotrain_source.0, dotrain_code);
+    }
 }