diff --git a/include/adclib/adclib_netmsg.h b/include/adclib/adclib_netmsg.h
index 79b064b..f41e428 100644
--- a/include/adclib/adclib_netmsg.h
+++ b/include/adclib/adclib_netmsg.h
@@ -75,15 +75,20 @@ public:
     error_t fromCharRange(snplib::snplib_input_char_range_c auto&& bytes)
         requires(!std::same_as<CharRangeT, std::remove_cvref_t<decltype(bytes)>>)
     {
-        if constexpr (requires(CharRangeT t) { t.clear(std::declval<size_t>()); }) {
-            this->_ownByteSeq.clear();
-        } else {
-            this->_ownByteSeq = CharRangeT();
+        auto err = fromCharRange(
+            std::forward<decltype(bytes)>(bytes),
+            {.keyval_delim = ADCLIB_NETMSG_KEYWORD_PARAM_DELIM, .valseq_delim = ADCLIB_NETMSG_PARAM_PARAM_DELIM});
+
+        if (err) {
+            return err;
         }
 
-        std::ranges::copy(std::forward<decltype(bytes)>(bytes), std::back_inserter(this->_ownByteSeq));
+        if (!std::ranges::contains(ADCLIB_NETMSG_VALID_KEYWORDS, key())) {
+            this->_isValid = false;
+            // return an error here!!!
+        }
 
-        return fromCharRange(this->_ownByteSeq);
+        return {};
     }
 
     error_t fromCharRange(CharRangeT& bytes)