diff --git a/src/main/java/net/frozenorb/apiv3/route/GETMetrics.java b/src/main/java/net/frozenorb/apiv3/route/GETMetrics.java
index 8bbbacf..9ee0821 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/frozenorb/apiv3/route/GETMetrics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/frozenorb/apiv3/route/GETMetrics.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;
 import io.vertx.ext.dropwizard.MetricsService;
 import io.vertx.ext.web.RoutingContext;
 import net.frozenorb.apiv3.APIv3;
+import org.bson.Document;
 
 public final class GETMetrics implements Handler<RoutingContext> {
 
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@ public final class GETMetrics implements Handler<RoutingContext> {
 		MetricsService metricsService = MetricsService.create(APIv3.getVertxInstance());
 		JsonObject metrics = metricsService.getMetricsSnapshot(APIv3.getVertxInstance());
 
-		APIv3.respondJson(ctx, 200, metrics);
+		// We encode and then parse because JsonObject and Gson don't play nicely with each other
+		APIv3.respondJson(ctx, 200, Document.parse(metrics.encode()));
 	}
 
 }
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