diff --git a/src/ripple/server/impl/ServerHandlerImp.cpp b/src/ripple/server/impl/ServerHandlerImp.cpp
index 366824db0f..3103551115 100644
--- a/src/ripple/server/impl/ServerHandlerImp.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/server/impl/ServerHandlerImp.cpp
@@ -288,15 +288,11 @@ ServerHandlerImp::onWSMessage(
         {
             auto const jr =
                 this->processSession(session, jc, jv);
-            beast::streambuf sb;
-            Json::stream(jr,
-                [&sb](auto const p, auto const n)
-                {
-                    sb.commit(boost::asio::buffer_copy(
-                        sb.prepare(n), boost::asio::buffer(p, n)));
-                });
-            JLOG(m_journal.trace())
-                << "Websocket sending '" << jr << "'";
+            auto const s = to_string(jr);
+            auto const n = s.length();
+            beast::streambuf sb(n);
+            sb.commit(boost::asio::buffer_copy(
+                sb.prepare(n), boost::asio::buffer(s.c_str(), n)));
             session->send(std::make_shared<
                 StreambufWSMsg<decltype(sb)>>(std::move(sb)));
             session->complete();