diff --git a/docs/docs/how-tos/persistence_redis.ipynb b/docs/docs/how-tos/persistence_redis.ipynb
index 78eda5f43..a3c5ec33c 100644
--- a/docs/docs/how-tos/persistence_redis.ipynb
+++ b/docs/docs/how-tos/persistence_redis.ipynb
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
     "        (\n",
     "            task_id,\n",
     "            data[b\"channel\"].decode(),\n",
-    "            serde.loads_typed((data[b\"type\"].decode(), data[b\"value\"].decode())),\n",
+    "            serde.loads_typed((data[b\"type\"].decode(), data[b\"value\"])),\n",
     "        )\n",
     "        for (task_id, _), data in task_id_to_data.items()\n",
     "    ]\n",
@@ -639,14 +639,6 @@
     "        thread_id = config[\"configurable\"][\"thread_id\"]\n",
     "        checkpoint_id = get_checkpoint_id(config)\n",
     "        checkpoint_ns = config[\"configurable\"].get(\"checkpoint_ns\", \"\")\n",
-    "        if not get_checkpoint_id(config):\n",
-    "            config = {\n",
-    "                \"configurable\": {\n",
-    "                    \"thread_id\": thread_id,\n",
-    "                    \"checkpoint_ns\": checkpoint_ns,\n",
-    "                    \"checkpoint_id\": checkpoint_id,\n",
-    "                }\n",
-    "            }\n",
     "\n",
     "        checkpoint_key = await self._aget_checkpoint_key(\n",
     "            self.conn, thread_id, checkpoint_ns, checkpoint_id\n",