diff --git a/src/WSEvents.cpp b/src/WSEvents.cpp
index 85404737..29aa8428 100644
--- a/src/WSEvents.cpp
+++ b/src/WSEvents.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ void WSEvents::broadcastUpdate(const char* updateType,
 		obs_data_apply(update, additionalFields);
 
 	QString json = obs_data_get_json(update);
-	_srv->broadcast(json);
+	_srv->broadcast(json.toStdString());
 
 	if (Config::Current()->DebugEnabled)
 		blog(LOG_DEBUG, "Update << '%s'", json.toUtf8().constData());
diff --git a/src/WSServer.cpp b/src/WSServer.cpp
index 6230258b..885cc59f 100644
--- a/src/WSServer.cpp
+++ b/src/WSServer.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void WSServer::stop()
 	blog(LOG_INFO, "server stopped successfully");
 }
 
-void WSServer::broadcast(QString message)
+void WSServer::broadcast(std::string message)
 {
 	QMutexLocker locker(&_clMutex);
 	for (connection_hdl hdl : _connections) {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void WSServer::broadcast(QString message)
 				continue;
 			}
 		}
-		_server.send(hdl, message.toStdString(), websocketpp::frame::opcode::text);
+		_server.send(hdl, message, websocketpp::frame::opcode::text);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/WSServer.h b/src/WSServer.h
index 6cfd120b..eee056d8 100644
--- a/src/WSServer.h
+++ b/src/WSServer.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public:
 	virtual ~WSServer();
 	void start(quint16 port);
 	void stop();
-	void broadcast(QString message);
+	void broadcast(std::string message);
 
 private:
 	static WSServerPtr _instance;