diff --git a/src/snek/view/rpc.py b/src/snek/view/rpc.py
index 3e47bcd..f7b61f3 100644
--- a/src/snek/view/rpc.py
+++ b/src/snek/view/rpc.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class RPCView(BaseView):
                 await self._send_json({"callId":call_id,"success":False,"data":str(ex)})
 
         async def _send_json(self,obj):
-            await self.ws.send_text(json.dumps(obj,default=str))
+            await self.ws.send_str(json.dumps(obj,default=str))
 
         async def call_ping(self,callId,*args):
             return {"pong": args}