diff --git a/src/generator.c b/src/generator.c
index 9efadd1f..e0b3735a 100644
--- a/src/generator.c
+++ b/src/generator.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ retry:
 			send_unix_msg(sockd, "Failed");
 			goto reconnect;
 		} else {
-			char *s = json_dumps(gbt->json, 0);
+			char *s = json_dumps(gbt->json, JSON_NO_UTF8);
 
 			send_unix_msg(sockd, s);
 			free(s);
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ static void send_subscribe(proxy_instance_t *proxi, int sockd)
 
 	json_msg = json_pack("{sssi}", "enonce1", proxi->enonce1,
 			     "nonce2len", proxi->nonce2len);
-	msg = json_dumps(json_msg, 0);
+	msg = json_dumps(json_msg, JSON_NO_UTF8);
 	json_decref(json_msg);
 	send_unix_msg(sockd, msg);
 	free(msg);
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ static void send_notify(proxy_instance_t *proxi, int sockd)
 			     "clean", ni->clean);
 	mutex_unlock(&proxi->notify_lock);
 
-	msg = json_dumps(json_msg, 0);
+	msg = json_dumps(json_msg, JSON_NO_UTF8);
 	json_decref(json_msg);
 	send_unix_msg(sockd, msg);
 	free(msg);
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ static void send_diff(proxy_instance_t *proxi, int sockd)
 	char *msg;
 
 	json_msg = json_pack("{sf}", "diff", proxi->diff);
-	msg = json_dumps(json_msg, 0);
+	msg = json_dumps(json_msg, JSON_NO_UTF8);
 	json_decref(json_msg);
 	send_unix_msg(sockd, msg);
 	free(msg);
diff --git a/src/jansson-2.6/src/dump.c b/src/jansson-2.6/src/dump.c
index 3b19c73b..a8e99c12 100644
--- a/src/jansson-2.6/src/dump.c
+++ b/src/jansson-2.6/src/dump.c
@@ -65,6 +65,21 @@ static int dump_indent(size_t flags, int depth, int space, json_dump_callback_t
     return 0;
 }
 
+static inline const char *noutf8_iterate(const char *buffer, int32_t *codepoint)
+{
+    int32_t value;
+
+    if(!*buffer)
+        return buffer;
+
+    value = (unsigned char)buffer[0];
+
+    if(codepoint)
+        *codepoint = value;
+
+    return buffer + 1;
+}
+
 static int dump_string(const char *str, json_dump_callback_t dump, void *data, size_t flags)
 {
     const char *pos, *end;
@@ -82,7 +97,10 @@ static int dump_string(const char *str, json_dump_callback_t dump, void *data, s
 
         while(*end)
         {
-            end = utf8_iterate(pos, &codepoint);
+            if(flags & JSON_NO_UTF8)
+		    end = noutf8_iterate(pos, &codepoint);
+	    else
+		    end = utf8_iterate(pos, &codepoint);
             if(!end)
                 return -1;
 
diff --git a/src/jansson-2.6/src/jansson.h b/src/jansson-2.6/src/jansson.h
index 3f67edf1..8cc2760e 100644
--- a/src/jansson-2.6/src/jansson.h
+++ b/src/jansson-2.6/src/jansson.h
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ json_t *json_load_callback(json_load_callback_t callback, void *data, size_t fla
 #define JSON_PRESERVE_ORDER 0x100
 #define JSON_ENCODE_ANY     0x200
 #define JSON_ESCAPE_SLASH   0x400
+#define JSON_NO_UTF8        0x800
 
 typedef int (*json_dump_callback_t)(const char *buffer, size_t size, void *data);
 
diff --git a/src/jansson-2.6/src/strbuffer.c b/src/jansson-2.6/src/strbuffer.c
index 2d6ff310..c8abf46e 100644
--- a/src/jansson-2.6/src/strbuffer.c
+++ b/src/jansson-2.6/src/strbuffer.c
@@ -86,13 +86,10 @@ int strbuffer_append_bytes(strbuffer_t *strbuff, const char *data, size_t size)
         new_size = max(strbuff->size * STRBUFFER_FACTOR,
                        strbuff->length + size + 1);
 
-        new_value = jsonp_malloc(new_size);
+        new_value = realloc(strbuff->value, new_size);
         if(!new_value)
             return -1;
 
-        memcpy(new_value, strbuff->value, strbuff->length);
-
-        jsonp_free(strbuff->value);
         strbuff->value = new_value;
         strbuff->size = new_size;
     }
diff --git a/src/stratifier.c b/src/stratifier.c
index fc8a0914..9e57ef55 100644
--- a/src/stratifier.c
+++ b/src/stratifier.c
@@ -2368,7 +2368,7 @@ static void *statsupdate(void *arg)
 				"runtime", diff.tv_sec,
 				"Users", stats.users,
 				"Workers", stats.workers);
-		s = json_dumps(val, 0);
+		s = json_dumps(val, JSON_NO_UTF8);
 		json_decref(val);
 		LOGNOTICE("Pool:%s", s);
 		fprintf(fp, "%s\n", s);
@@ -2381,7 +2381,7 @@ static void *statsupdate(void *arg)
 				"hashrate1hr", suffix60,
 				"hashrate6hr", suffix360,
 				"hashrate1d", suffix1440);
-		s = json_dumps(val, 0);
+		s = json_dumps(val, JSON_NO_UTF8);
 		json_decref(val);
 		LOGNOTICE("Pool:%s", s);
 		fprintf(fp, "%s\n", s);
@@ -2392,7 +2392,7 @@ static void *statsupdate(void *arg)
 				"SPS5m", sps5,
 				"SPS15m", sps15,
 				"SPS1h", sps60);
-		s = json_dumps(val, 0);
+		s = json_dumps(val, JSON_NO_UTF8);
 		json_decref(val);
 		LOGNOTICE("Pool:%s", s);
 		fprintf(fp, "%s\n", s);
@@ -2439,7 +2439,7 @@ static void *statsupdate(void *arg)
 				LOGERR("Failed to fopen %s", fname);
 				continue;
 			}
-			s = json_dumps(val, 0);
+			s = json_dumps(val, JSON_NO_UTF8);
 			fprintf(fp, "%s\n", s);
 			/* Only display the status of connected users to the
 			 * console log. */