diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/eventbus/bridge/tcp/impl/TCPJsonRPCStreamEventBusBridgeImpl.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/eventbus/bridge/tcp/impl/TCPJsonRPCStreamEventBusBridgeImpl.java
index 0a0963b..73e24fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/eventbus/bridge/tcp/impl/TCPJsonRPCStreamEventBusBridgeImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/eventbus/bridge/tcp/impl/TCPJsonRPCStreamEventBusBridgeImpl.java
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 import io.vertx.core.Handler;
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
+import io.vertx.core.buffer.Buffer;
 import io.vertx.core.eventbus.Message;
 import io.vertx.core.eventbus.MessageConsumer;
+import io.vertx.core.json.Json;
+import io.vertx.core.json.JsonArray;
 import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;
 import io.vertx.core.net.NetSocket;
 import io.vertx.ext.bridge.BridgeEventType;
@@ -12,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 public class TCPJsonRPCStreamEventBusBridgeImpl extends JsonRPCStreamEventBusBridgeImpl<NetSocket> {
 
@@ -48,27 +52,47 @@ public void handle(NetSocket socket) {
                 log.error(t.getMessage(), t);
               })
               .handler(buffer -> {
-                // TODO: handle content type
-
-                // TODO: body may be an array (batching)
-                final JsonObject msg = new JsonObject(buffer);
+                final Object msg = Json.decodeValue(buffer);
                 if (!this.validate(msg)) {
+                  // TODO: should we log? or send an error?
                   return;
                 }
-                final String method = msg.getString("method");
-                final Object id = msg.getValue("id");
-
-                dispatch(
-                  socket::write,
-                  method,
-                  id,
-                  msg,
-                  registry,
-                  replies);
+                // msg can now be either JsonObject or JsonArray or something else (e.g. String)
+                // we should only care about JsonObjects or JsonArrays
+                if (msg instanceof JsonObject) {
+                  final JsonObject json = (JsonObject) msg;
+                  dispatch(json, socket::write, registry, replies);
+                  return;
+                }
+                if (msg instanceof JsonArray) {
+                  final JsonArray json = (JsonArray) msg;
+                  for (Object o : json) {
+                    if (o instanceof JsonObject) {
+                      // TODO: we need to try catch on ClassCastException to handle the case of bad batch like in the spec
+                      //       and return an error
+                      final JsonObject jsonObject = (JsonObject) o;
+                      dispatch(jsonObject, socket::write, registry, replies);
+                    }
+                  }
+                  return;
+                }
+                // TODO: this is a fully broken request it's not a JsonObject or JsonArray, we need to return an error
               }));
       },
       // on failure
       socket::close
     );
   }
+
+  private void dispatch(JsonObject msg, Consumer<Buffer> socket, Map<String, MessageConsumer<?>> registry, Map<String, Message<JsonObject>> replies) {
+    final String method = msg.getString("method");
+    final Object id = msg.getValue("id");
+    dispatch(
+      socket,
+      method,
+      id,
+      msg,
+      registry,
+      replies);
+  }
 }