diff --git a/patches/wyoming_piper_handler.diff b/patches/wyoming_piper_handler.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b72558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/wyoming_piper_handler.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- handler.py  2025-01-04 19:50:00.000000000 +0000
++++ handler.py.patched  2025-01-04 20:58:52.201781636 +0000
+@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
+
+             _LOGGER.debug("input: %s", input_obj)
+             piper_proc.proc.stdin.write(
+-                (json.dumps(input_obj, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n").encode()
++                (f"{text}\n").encode()
+             )
+             await piper_proc.proc.stdin.drain()