diff --git a/wallamanta/helpers.py b/wallamanta/helpers.py
index 8bda1e6..afa55b6 100644
--- a/wallamanta/helpers.py
+++ b/wallamanta/helpers.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import constants
 import pytz
 import walladb
 import asyncio
+import json
 from newrelic_telemetry_sdk import Event, EventClient
 
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ def send_article(article, product):
         'photo': image,
         'caption': (None, text),
         'parse_mode': (None, ParseMode.MARKDOWN_V2),
-        'reply_markup': (None, keyboard),
+        'reply_markup': (None, json.dumps(keyboard)),
     }
 
     response = requests.post(f'https://api.telegram.org/bot{constants.TELEGRAM_TOKEN}/sendPhoto', files=files)