diff --git a/crates/keryx/src/sse.rs b/crates/keryx/src/sse.rs
index 1447ba6..f8ab4e9 100644
--- a/crates/keryx/src/sse.rs
+++ b/crates/keryx/src/sse.rs
@@ -171,12 +171,12 @@ where
             "event" => {
                 self.current_event = Some(value.to_string());
             }
-            "id" => {
-                // WHY: WHATWG SSE spec — an id field value containing
-                // U+0000 NULL must be ignored, not stored.
-                if !value.contains('\0') {
-                    self.current_id = Some(value.to_string());
-                }
+            // WHY: WHATWG SSE spec — an id field value containing U+0000 NULL
+            // must be ignored, not stored. Expressed as a guard rather than an
+            // inner `if` so a NUL-bearing id falls through to the ignore arm,
+            // which is the same outcome by a shorter path.
+            "id" if !value.contains('\0') => {
+                self.current_id = Some(value.to_string());
             }
             "retry" => {
                 if let Ok(ms) = value.parse::<u64>() {
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index 8e275b7..73cb934 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "nightly"
+channel = "stable"
 components = ["rustfmt", "clippy"]