diff --git a/app/discord.py b/app/discord.py
index 496702e2..de66c3cc 100644
--- a/app/discord.py
+++ b/app/discord.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from typing import Any
 
+import orjson
 from tenacity import retry
 from tenacity import stop_after_attempt
 from tenacity import wait_exponential
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ def json(self) -> Any:
 
             payload["embeds"].append(embed_payload)
 
-        return payload
+        return orjson.dumps(payload, default=str).decode()
 
     @retry(
         stop=stop_after_attempt(10),
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ async def post(self) -> None:
         headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
         response = await services.http_client.post(
             self.url,
-            json=self.json,
+            content=self.json,
             headers=headers,
         )
         response.raise_for_status()