diff --git a/apps/routes/cutouts/utils.py b/apps/routes/cutouts/utils.py
index 04a57ae..c70b9ba 100644
--- a/apps/routes/cutouts/utils.py
+++ b/apps/routes/cutouts/utils.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def format_and_send_cutout(payload: dict):
         group_alerts=False,
         truncated=True,
         extract_color=False,
-        escape_slash=True,
+        escape_slash=False,
     )
 
     json_payload = {}
diff --git a/apps/utils/decoding.py b/apps/utils/decoding.py
index bc50b27..e1d1fab 100644
--- a/apps/utils/decoding.py
+++ b/apps/utils/decoding.py
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@ def format_hbase_output(
 def hbase_to_dict(hbase_output, escape_slash=False):
     """Optimize hbase output TreeMap for faster conversion to DataFrame"""
     gateway = JavaGateway(auto_convert=True)
-    JSONObject = gateway.jvm.org.json.JSONObject
+    GSONObject = gateway.jvm.com.google.gson.Gson
 
     # We do bulk export to JSON on Java side to avoid overheads of iterative access
     # and then parse it back to Dict in Python
     if escape_slash:
         hbase_output = str(hbase_output)
-    optimized = json.loads(JSONObject(hbase_output).toString())
+    optimized = json.loads(GSONObject().toJson(hbase_output))
 
     return optimized
 
diff --git a/install/README.md b/install/README.md
index 7bc779f..988d3bd 100644
--- a/install/README.md
+++ b/install/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ User=almalinux
 Group=almalinux
 WorkingDirectory=/home/almalinux/fink-object-api/bin
 
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'source /home/almalinux/.bashrc; exec java -cp "Lomikel-03.04.00x-HBase.exe.jar:py4j0.10.9.7.jar" com.Lomikel.Py4J.LomikelGatewayServer 2>&1 >> /tmp/fink_gateway.out'
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'source /home/almalinux/.bashrc; exec java -cp "Lomikel-03.04.00x-HBase.exe.jar:py4j0.10.9.7.jar:gson-2.11.0.jar" com.Lomikel.Py4J.LomikelGatewayServer 2>&1 >> /tmp/fink_gateway.out'
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target