diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3d249ee..88c4aaa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 toml = "0.5.10"
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.68"
-reqwest = "0.11.13"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.13", features = ["json"] }
 axum = "0.6.1"
 serde_repr = "0.1.10"
 tracing = "0.1.37"
diff --git a/src/hue_bridge.rs b/src/hue_bridge.rs
index 29452f9..a38d29a 100644
--- a/src/hue_bridge.rs
+++ b/src/hue_bridge.rs
@@ -38,10 +38,9 @@ impl HueBridge {
         };
 
         let url = format!("http://{}/api/{}/sensors/{flag}/state", self.addr, self.login);
-        let json = serde_json::to_string(&FlagMessage{ flag: value }).unwrap();
-        let client = reqwest::Client::new();
-        let res = client.put(url)
-            .body(json)
+        let res = reqwest::Client::new()
+            .put(url)
+            .json(&FlagMessage { flag: value })
             .send()
             .block_on();
 
diff --git a/src/ntfy.rs b/src/ntfy.rs
index bc0118b..88fca77 100644
--- a/src/ntfy.rs
+++ b/src/ntfy.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use tracing::{warn, error};
-use reqwest::StatusCode;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_repr::*;
 use pollster::FutureExt as _;
@@ -118,12 +117,12 @@ impl OnPresence for Ntfy {
             .set_priority(Priority::Low);
 
         // Create the request
-        let req = reqwest::Client::new()
+        let res = reqwest::Client::new()
             .post(self.base_url.clone())
-            .body(serde_json::to_string(&notification).unwrap());
+            .json(&notification)
+            .send()
+            .block_on();
 
-        // Send the notification
-        let res = req.send().block_on();
         if let Err(err) = res {
             error!("Something went wrong while sending the notifcation: {err}");
         } else if let Ok(res) = res {