diff --git a/warden_server/warden_server.py b/warden_server/warden_server.py
index 006b84bbb9cd5a194ba03a95fb065ef560860626..52ec05a67c2fc452ace47440efbee2554ffb5b8c 100755
--- a/warden_server/warden_server.py
+++ b/warden_server/warden_server.py
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ class PostgreSQL(DataBase):
         """Build query and params for event insertion"""
         return (
             ["INSERT INTO events (received,client_id,data) VALUES (NOW(), %s, %s) RETURNING id"],
-            [(client.id, raw_event)],
+            [(client.id, self.db.Binary(raw_event.encode('utf8')))],
             0
         )