diff --git a/src/protocol/codec/message.c b/src/protocol/codec/message.c
index 8a529400d..ad4279fe8 100644
--- a/src/protocol/codec/message.c
+++ b/src/protocol/codec/message.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ int8_t _z_query_encode(_z_wbuf_t *wbf, const _z_msg_query_t *msg) {
         _Z_RETURN_IF_ERR(_z_uint8_encode(wbf, extheader));
         _Z_RETURN_IF_ERR(_z_zint_encode(wbf, _z_zint_len(msg->_ext_value.encoding.prefix) +
                                                  _z_bytes_encode_len(&msg->_ext_value.encoding.suffix) +
-                                                 _z_bytes_encode_len(&msg->_ext_value.payload)));
+                                                 msg->_ext_value.payload.len));
         _Z_RETURN_IF_ERR(_z_encoding_prefix_encode(wbf, msg->_ext_value.encoding.prefix));
         _Z_RETURN_IF_ERR(_z_bytes_encode(wbf, &msg->_ext_value.encoding.suffix));
         _Z_RETURN_IF_ERR(_z_bytes_val_encode(wbf, &msg->_ext_value.payload));
diff --git a/zenohpico.pc b/zenohpico.pc
index 5282169f0..bcc1e5d18 100644
--- a/zenohpico.pc
+++ b/zenohpico.pc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-prefix=/var/empty/local
+prefix=/usr/local
 
 Name: zenohpico
 Description: 
 URL: 
-Version: 0.11.20231017dev
+Version: 0.11.20231019dev
 Cflags: -I${prefix}/include
-Libs: -L${prefix}/lib64 -lzenohpico
+Libs: -L${prefix}/lib -lzenohpico