diff --git a/internal/translator/codex/openai/responses/codex_openai-responses_request.go b/internal/translator/codex/openai/responses/codex_openai-responses_request.go
index 081372de..fc08d7d2 100644
--- a/internal/translator/codex/openai/responses/codex_openai-responses_request.go
+++ b/internal/translator/codex/openai/responses/codex_openai-responses_request.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func ConvertOpenAIResponsesRequestToCodex(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte,
 			inputResults = inputResult.Array()
 		} else if inputResult.Type == gjson.String {
 			newInput := `[{"type":"message","role":"user","content":[{"type":"input_text","text":""}]}]`
-			newInput, _ = sjson.Set(newInput, "0.content.0.text", inputResult.String())
+			newInput, _ = sjson.SetRaw(newInput, "0.content.0.text", inputResult.Raw)
 			inputResults = gjson.Parse(newInput).Array()
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/internal/translator/codex/openai/responses/codex_openai-responses_response.go b/internal/translator/codex/openai/responses/codex_openai-responses_response.go
index 8f8d5347..90c6d258 100644
--- a/internal/translator/codex/openai/responses/codex_openai-responses_response.go
+++ b/internal/translator/codex/openai/responses/codex_openai-responses_response.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package responses
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 // ConvertCodexResponseToOpenAIResponses converts OpenAI Chat Completions streaming chunks
 // to OpenAI Responses SSE events (response.*).
+
 func ConvertCodexResponseToOpenAIResponses(ctx context.Context, modelName string, originalRequestRawJSON, requestRawJSON, rawJSON []byte, param *any) []string {
 	if bytes.HasPrefix(rawJSON, []byte("data:")) {
 		rawJSON = bytes.TrimSpace(rawJSON[5:])
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ func ConvertCodexResponseToOpenAIResponses(ctx context.Context, modelName string
 				rawJSON, _ = sjson.SetBytes(rawJSON, "response.instructions", gjson.GetBytes(originalRequestRawJSON, "instructions").String())
 			}
 		}
-		return []string{fmt.Sprintf("data: %s", string(rawJSON))}
+		out := fmt.Sprintf("data: %s", string(rawJSON))
+		return []string{out}
 	}
 	return []string{string(rawJSON)}
 }
@@ -29,31 +30,13 @@ func ConvertCodexResponseToOpenAIResponses(ctx context.Context, modelName string
 // ConvertCodexResponseToOpenAIResponsesNonStream builds a single Responses JSON
 // from a non-streaming OpenAI Chat Completions response.
 func ConvertCodexResponseToOpenAIResponsesNonStream(_ context.Context, modelName string, originalRequestRawJSON, requestRawJSON, rawJSON []byte, _ *any) string {
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader(rawJSON))
-	buffer := make([]byte, 20_971_520)
-	scanner.Buffer(buffer, 20_971_520)
-	dataTag := []byte("data:")
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		line := scanner.Bytes()
-
-		if !bytes.HasPrefix(line, dataTag) {
-			continue
-		}
-		line = bytes.TrimSpace(line[5:])
-
-		rootResult := gjson.ParseBytes(line)
-		// Verify this is a response.completed event
-
-		if rootResult.Get("type").String() != "response.completed" {
-
-			continue
-		}
-		responseResult := rootResult.Get("response")
-		template := responseResult.Raw
-
-		template, _ = sjson.Set(template, "instructions", gjson.GetBytes(originalRequestRawJSON, "instructions").String())
-
-		return template
+	rootResult := gjson.ParseBytes(rawJSON)
+	// Verify this is a response.completed event
+	if rootResult.Get("type").String() != "response.completed" {
+		return ""
 	}
-	return ""
+	responseResult := rootResult.Get("response")
+	template := responseResult.Raw
+	template, _ = sjson.Set(template, "instructions", gjson.GetBytes(originalRequestRawJSON, "instructions").String())
+	return template
 }