diff --git a/damus/Nostr/NostrEvent.swift b/damus/Nostr/NostrEvent.swift
index b3f0f319..59880948 100644
--- a/damus/Nostr/NostrEvent.swift
+++ b/damus/Nostr/NostrEvent.swift
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ func decode_data<T: Decodable>(_ data: Data) -> T? {
 
 func event_commitment(ev: NostrEvent, tags: String) -> String {
     let encoder = JSONEncoder()
+    encoder.outputFormatting = .withoutEscapingSlashes
     let str_data = try! encoder.encode(ev.content)
     let content = String(decoding: str_data, as: UTF8.self)
     let commit = "[0,\"\(ev.pubkey)\",\(ev.created_at),\(ev.kind),\(tags),\(content)]"
diff --git a/damus/Nostr/RelayConnection.swift b/damus/Nostr/RelayConnection.swift
index 372e769c..bbd30945 100644
--- a/damus/Nostr/RelayConnection.swift
+++ b/damus/Nostr/RelayConnection.swift
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ func make_nostr_req(_ req: NostrRequest) -> String? {
 
 func make_nostr_push_event(ev: NostrEvent) -> String? {
     let encoder = JSONEncoder()
+    encoder.outputFormatting = .withoutEscapingSlashes
     let event_data = try! encoder.encode(ev)
     let event = String(decoding: event_data, as: UTF8.self)
     let encoded = "[\"EVENT\",\(event)]"