diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index e792ad5..591acbd 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Depends
-from pydantic import BaseModel
 from aioredis import Redis
 from aioredis.client import Redis as RedisClient
 import aioredis
@@ -12,13 +11,10 @@ REDIS_KEY = "stored_string"
 async def get_redis() -> RedisClient:
     return await aioredis.from_url(REDIS_URL, encoding="utf-8", decode_responses=True)
 
-class StringRequest(BaseModel):
-    text: str
-
 @app.post("/string", status_code=201)
-async def create_string(request: StringRequest, redis: Redis = Depends(get_redis)):
-    await redis.set(REDIS_KEY, request.text)
-    return request.text
+async def create_string(text: str, redis: Redis = Depends(get_redis)):
+    await redis.set(REDIS_KEY, text)
+    return text
 
 @app.get("/string")
 async def get_string(redis: Redis = Depends(get_redis)):