diff --git a/src/applications/notification/client/PhabricatorNotificationClient.php b/src/applications/notification/client/PhabricatorNotificationClient.php
index ae4b6a563b..132e76e3f8 100644
--- a/src/applications/notification/client/PhabricatorNotificationClient.php
+++ b/src/applications/notification/client/PhabricatorNotificationClient.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 final class PhabricatorNotificationClient {
 
-  const EXPECT_VERSION = 3;
+  const EXPECT_VERSION = 4;
 
   public static function getServerStatus() {
     $uri = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('notification.server-uri');
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ final class PhabricatorNotificationClient {
   public static function postMessage(array $data) {
     $server_uri = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('notification.server-uri');
 
-    id(new HTTPSFuture($server_uri, $data))
+    id(new HTTPSFuture($server_uri, json_encode($data)))
       ->setMethod('POST')
       ->setTimeout(1)
       ->resolvex();
diff --git a/support/aphlict/server/aphlict_server.js b/support/aphlict/server/aphlict_server.js
index 8d1bd61a03..d7fc272d1c 100644
--- a/support/aphlict/server/aphlict_server.js
+++ b/support/aphlict/server/aphlict_server.js
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ if (process.getuid() !== 0) {
 var net = require('net');
 var http  = require('http');
 var url = require('url');
-var querystring = require('querystring');
 
 process.on('uncaughtException', function (err) {
   debug.log("\n<<< UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION! >>>\n\n" + err);
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ var receive_server = http.createServer(function(request, response) {
     request.on('end', function () {
       ++messages_in;
 
-      var data = querystring.parse(body);
+      var data = JSON.parse(body);
       debug.log('notification: ' + JSON.stringify(data));
       broadcast(data);
       response.end();
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ var receive_server = http.createServer(function(request, response) {
         'messages.in': messages_in,
         'messages.out': messages_out,
         'log': config.log,
-        'version': 3
+        'version': 4
       };
 
       response.write(JSON.stringify(status));