diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/kaizen/app/live/LiveProtocol.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/kaizen/app/live/LiveProtocol.kt
index 4242f4e..9f6fa89 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/kaizen/app/live/LiveProtocol.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/dev/kaizen/app/live/LiveProtocol.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.json.jsonPrimitive
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.long
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.longOrNull
 
-private val json = Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true; encodeDefaults = false }
+private val json = Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true; encodeDefaults = true; explicitNulls = false }
 
 // ─── Client → Server ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────