diff --git a/atuin-client/src/api_client.rs b/atuin-client/src/api_client.rs
index 4b0c98c..2492283 100644
--- a/atuin-client/src/api_client.rs
+++ b/atuin-client/src/api_client.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use atuin_common::api::{
 };
 use atuin_common::utils::hash_str;
 
-use crate::encryption::{decode_key, decrypt, EncryptedHistory};
+use crate::encryption::{decode_key, decrypt};
 use crate::history::History;
 
 static APP_USER_AGENT: &str = concat!("atuin/", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),);
@@ -140,10 +140,7 @@ impl<'a> Client<'a> {
         Ok(history)
     }
 
-    pub async fn post_history(
-        &self,
-        history: &[AddHistoryRequest<'_, EncryptedHistory>],
-    ) -> Result<()> {
+    pub async fn post_history(&self, history: &[AddHistoryRequest<'_, String>]) -> Result<()> {
         let url = format!("{}/history", self.sync_addr);
         let url = Url::parse(url.as_str())?;
 
diff --git a/atuin-client/src/sync.rs b/atuin-client/src/sync.rs
index 16524fc..c1c02b0 100644
--- a/atuin-client/src/sync.rs
+++ b/atuin-client/src/sync.rs
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ async fn sync_upload(
 
         for i in last {
             let data = encrypt(&i, &key)?;
+            let data = serde_json::to_string(&data)?;
+
             let add_hist = AddHistoryRequest {
                 id: i.id.into(),
                 timestamp: i.timestamp,