diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 16954ed..d5a69d9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b7f0778972c64420fdedc63f09919c8a88bda7b25135357fd25a5d9f3257e832"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex-automata",
  "serde",
 ]
 
@@ -925,6 +927,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
+ "bstr",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "dashmap",
@@ -1351,6 +1354,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex-syntax",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
 version = "0.6.28"
@@ -1475,9 +1484,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.91"
+version = "1.0.93"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "877c235533714907a8c2464236f5c4b2a17262ef1bd71f38f35ea592c8da6883"
+checksum = "cad406b69c91885b5107daf2c29572f6c8cdb3c66826821e286c533490c0bc76"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c6e7c1c..b207c8e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = { version = "1.0.68", features = ["backtrace"] }
 axum = { version = "0.6.4", features = ["ws", "http2", "macros", "headers"] }
+bstr = "1.2.0"
 chrono = "0.4.23"
 clap = { version = "4.0.32", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 dashmap = "5.4.0"
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ rand = "0.8.5"
 serde = "1.0.152"
 serde_bytes = "0.11.9"
 serde_derive = "1.0.152"
-serde_json = "1.0.91"
+serde_json = "1.0.93"
 signal-hook = "0.3.14"
 tera = "1.17.1"
 termios = "0.3.3"
diff --git a/src/asciicast.rs b/src/asciicast.rs
index 926b65a..060096d 100644
--- a/src/asciicast.rs
+++ b/src/asciicast.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //!
 //! [asciicast v2]: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/blob/develop/doc/asciicast-v2.md
 
-use std::{collections::HashMap, fmt};
+use std::{collections::HashMap, fmt, io::Cursor};
 
 use serde::{
   de::{
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ use serde::{
   },
   ser::{Serialize, SerializeSeq, Serializer},
 };
-use serde_bytes::ByteBuf;
+use serde_bytes::{ByteBuf, Bytes};
+use serde_json::ser::{CharEscape, CompactFormatter, Formatter};
+
+use crate::char_escaper::CharEscaper;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Builder, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Header {
@@ -74,11 +77,15 @@ impl Serialize for Event {
     match &self.1 {
       EventKind::Output(s) => {
         seq.serialize_element("o")?;
-        seq.serialize_element(std::str::from_utf8(s).unwrap())?;
+        let ce = CharEscaper::new(s);
+        let s = ce.to_string();
+        seq.serialize_element(&s)?;
       }
       EventKind::Input(s) => {
         seq.serialize_element("i")?;
-        seq.serialize_element(std::str::from_utf8(s).unwrap())?;
+        let ce = CharEscaper::new(s);
+        let s = ce.to_string();
+        seq.serialize_element(&s)?;
       }
     }
     seq.end()
@@ -116,17 +123,13 @@ impl<'d> Deserialize<'d> for Event {
           }
         };
 
-        // Must first go through &[u8] then to Vec<u8> because serde_json treats
-        // &[u8] specially when it comes to deserializing from binary strings
-        let data = {
-          let data: ByteBuf = match seq.next_element()? {
-            Some(v) => v,
-            None => {
-              return Err(A::Error::invalid_length(2, &"an array of length 3"))
-            }
-          };
-          data.into_vec()
+        let data: &'de [u8] = match seq.next_element()? {
+          Some(v) => v,
+          None => {
+            return Err(A::Error::invalid_length(2, &"an array of length 3"))
+          }
         };
+        let data = data.to_vec();
 
         let event_kind = match io {
           'i' => EventKind::Input(data),
@@ -149,9 +152,10 @@ impl<'d> Deserialize<'d> for Event {
 
 #[test]
 fn test() {
-  let evt = Event(1.5, EventKind::Output(vec![69, 42]));
+  let evt = Event(1.5, EventKind::Output(vec![69, 42, 255, 97, 240, 159, 135, 122].into()));
   let evt_ser = serde_json::to_string(&evt).unwrap();
   eprintln!("ser: {evt_ser}");
   let evt_de: Event = serde_json::from_str(&evt_ser).unwrap();
   assert_eq!(evt, evt_de);
+  panic!()
 }
diff --git a/src/char_escaper.rs b/src/char_escaper.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..099d084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/char_escaper.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// I hate unicode!!! :WAAH:
+
+use std::io::{Cursor, Write};
+
+use bstr::{BStr, ByteSlice, CharIndices};
+use serde_json::ser::{CharEscape, CompactFormatter, Formatter};
+
+pub struct CharEscaper<'a>(CharIndices<'a>, &'a [u8]);
+
+impl<'a> CharEscaper<'a> {
+  pub fn new(src: &'a [u8]) -> Self {
+    let bstr = BStr::new(src);
+    Self(bstr.char_indices(), src)
+  }
+
+  pub fn to_string(self) -> String {
+    let s = Vec::new();
+    let mut c = Cursor::new(s);
+    let mut f = CompactFormatter;
+    for ch in self {
+      match ch {
+        Ok(ch) => {
+          write!(c, "{ch}").unwrap();
+        }
+        Err((c0, c1, c2)) => {
+          f.write_char_escape(&mut c, c0).unwrap();
+          if let Some(c1) = c1 {
+            f.write_char_escape(&mut c, c1).unwrap();
+          }
+          if let Some(c2) = c2 {
+            f.write_char_escape(&mut c, c2).unwrap();
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    let s = c.into_inner();
+    String::from_utf8(s).unwrap()
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'a> Iterator for CharEscaper<'a> {
+  type Item =
+    Result<char, (CharEscape, Option<CharEscape>, Option<CharEscape>)>;
+
+  fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+    let (start, end, ch) = match self.0.next() {
+      Some(v) => v,
+      None => return None,
+    };
+
+    let mut c1 = None;
+    let mut c2 = None;
+
+    let c0 = match ch {
+      '"' => CharEscape::Quote,
+      '\\' => CharEscape::ReverseSolidus,
+      '/' => CharEscape::Solidus,
+      '\u{0008}' => CharEscape::Backspace,
+      '\u{000c}' => CharEscape::FormFeed,
+      '\u{000a}' => CharEscape::LineFeed,
+      '\u{000d}' => CharEscape::CarriageReturn,
+      '\u{0009}' => CharEscape::Tab,
+      '\u{fffd}' => {
+        let c0 = CharEscape::AsciiControl(self.1[start]);
+        if end - start > 1 {
+          c1 = Some(CharEscape::AsciiControl(self.1[start + 1]));
+        }
+        if end - start > 2 {
+          c2 = Some(CharEscape::AsciiControl(self.1[start + 2]));
+        }
+        c0
+      }
+      _ => return Some(Ok(ch)),
+    };
+
+    Some(Err((c0, c1, c2)))
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/client/terminal.rs b/src/client/terminal.rs
index e7ec25d..a900880 100644
--- a/src/client/terminal.rs
+++ b/src/client/terminal.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl Terminal {
       let event_kind = (match output {
         true => EventKind::Output,
         false => EventKind::Input,
-      })(data.to_vec());
+      })(data.to_vec().into());
       let event = Event(elapsed, event_kind);
       self.event_tx.send(event)?;
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index cc6ee2e..e7b1dd7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ pub mod asciicast;
 pub mod client;
 pub mod message;
 pub mod server;
+pub mod char_escaper;
diff --git a/src/message.rs b/src/message.rs
index bdbd64d..c23c03c 100644
--- a/src/message.rs
+++ b/src/message.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fn test() {
   const msg: &'static str = "{\"AsciicastEvent\":[0.058985141,\"o\",\"\\u001b[1m\\u001b[3m%\\u001b[23m\\u001b[1m\\u001b[0m                                                                               \\r \\r\"]}";
   let msg2: Message = serde_json::from_str(&msg).unwrap();
   if let Message::AsciicastEvent(ref evt) = msg2 {
-    if let EventKind::Output(ref d) = evt.1 {
+    if let EventKind::Output(ref _d) = evt.1 {
       // println!("==> {} <==", String::from_utf8(d.to_vec()).unwrap());
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/server/broadcast.rs b/src/server/broadcast.rs
index cdd03cf..381c9f1 100644
--- a/src/server/broadcast.rs
+++ b/src/server/broadcast.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use serde::Deserialize;
 use tokio::sync::broadcast::{self, Sender};
 
 use crate::{
-  asciicast::{Header},
+  asciicast::Header,
   message::{Message, ServerHello},
 };
 
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ pub async fn broadcast(ws: WebSocketUpgrade) -> Response {
       // Distribution guarantees UTF-8-safety
       String::from_utf8_unchecked(room_id)
     };
-    let _entry = match BROADCASTS.entry(room_id.clone()) {
+
+    match BROADCASTS.entry(room_id.clone()) {
       Entry::Occupied(_) => {
         ct += 1;
 
diff --git a/src/server/mod.rs b/src/server/mod.rs
index a19d446..0995c95 100644
--- a/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use axum::{
-  extract::{Path},
-  http::{StatusCode},
-  response::Html,
-  routing::{get},
-  Router,
+  extract::Path, http::StatusCode, response::Html, routing::get, Router,
 };
 use tera::{Context, Tera};
 use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
diff --git a/src/static/index.html b/src/static/index.html
index 9a4e1ff..48fa5b6 100644
--- a/src/static/index.html
+++ b/src/static/index.html
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@
       switch (location.protocol) {
         case "https:":
           protocol = "wss:";
+          break;
         case "http:":
           protocol = "ws:";
+          break;
         default:
           throw new Error("L");
       }