diff --git a/libraries/arrow-convert/src/from_impls.rs b/libraries/arrow-convert/src/from_impls.rs
index 5b0b687d1..8d918a3aa 100644
--- a/libraries/arrow-convert/src/from_impls.rs
+++ b/libraries/arrow-convert/src/from_impls.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use arrow::{
-    array::{Array, AsArray, PrimitiveArray, StringArray},
+    array::{make_array, Array, AsArray, PrimitiveArray, StringArray},
     datatypes::ArrowPrimitiveType,
 };
 use eyre::ContextCompat;
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a ArrowData> for &'a [u8] {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a ArrowData> for Vec<u8> {
+    type Error = eyre::Report;
+    fn try_from(value: &'a ArrowData) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        value.try_into().map(|slice: &'a [u8]| slice.to_vec())
+    }
+}
+
 fn extract_single_primitive<T>(array: &PrimitiveArray<T>) -> Result<T::Native, eyre::Error>
 where
     T: ArrowPrimitiveType,
@@ -151,3 +158,19 @@ where
     }
     Ok(array.value(0))
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use arrow::array::{make_array, PrimitiveArray};
+
+    use crate::ArrowData;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_u8() {
+        let array =
+            make_array(PrimitiveArray::<arrow::datatypes::UInt8Type>::from(vec![42]).into());
+        let data: ArrowData = array.into();
+        let value: u8 = (&data).try_into().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(value, 42);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libraries/message/src/lib.rs b/libraries/message/src/lib.rs
index 889949423..035cbd3b0 100644
--- a/libraries/message/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libraries/message/src/lib.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ impl ArrowTypeInfo {
                     let offset = usize::try_from(unsafe { ptr.offset_from(region_start) })
                         .context("offset_from is negative")?;
 
-                    Ok(BufferOffset {
+                    Result::<_, eyre::Report>::Ok(BufferOffset {
                         offset,
                         len: b.len(),
                     })