diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b9b31ecfa..bcc2d0c7e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.5.0
 	github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.3.4
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/pkg/profile v1.6.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 41dac2c33..7d9e0ddd9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMyw
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.5.0 h1:1jKYvbxEjfUl0fmqTCOfonvskHHXMjBySTLW4y9LF
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.5.0/go.mod h1:Fw0T6WPc1dYxT4mKEZRfG5kJhaTDP9pj1c2EWnYs/m4=
 github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.3.4 h1:wv+0IJZfL5z0uZoUjlpKgHkgaFSYD+r9CfrXjEXsO7w=
 github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.3.4/go.mod h1:2BljVx/86SuTyjE+aPYlHCTNvZrnJXghYGpNiXLBMCQ=
+github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
+github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
@@ -55,6 +58,10 @@ github.com/lib/pq v1.2.0 h1:LXpIM/LZ5xGFhOpXAQUIMM1HdyqzVYM13zNdjCEEcA0=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5WUZQaWbwv1U+lTReE5YruASi9Al49XbQIvNi/34Woo=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.6 h1:dNPt6NO46WmLVt2DLNpwczCmdV5boIZ6g/tlDrlRUbg=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.6/go.mod h1:NyWgC/yNuGj7Q9rpYnZvas74GogHl5/Z4A/KQRfk6bU=
+github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421 h1:ZqeYNhU3OHLH3mGKHDcjJRFFRrJa6eAM5H+CtDdOsPc=
+github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
+github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 h1:xBagoLtFs94CBntxluKeaWgTMpvLxC4ur3nMaC9Gz0M=
+github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4/go.mod h1:kenIhsEOeOJmVchQTgglprH7qJGnHDVpk1VPCcaMI8A=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8 h1:nPr65rt6Y5JFSKQO7qToXr7pePgD6Gwiw05lkbyAQTE=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8/go.mod h1:+ncqLTQzXmGhMZNUePPaPqPvBxHAIsmXswZKocGu+AU=
diff --git a/internal/internal.go b/internal/internal.go
index 7352d4092..64017600a 100644
--- a/internal/internal.go
+++ b/internal/internal.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package internal
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
+	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
+var json = jsoniter.ConfigCompatibleWithStandardLibrary
+
 // CantDecodeHex wraps the given error with the given string that cannot be hex-decoded.
 func CantDecodeHex(err error, s string) error {
 	return errors.Wrapf(err, "can't decode hex %q", s)
@@ -37,12 +39,12 @@ func CantUnmarshalYAML(err error, v interface{}) error {
 
 // MarshalJSON calls json.Marshal and wraps any resulting errors.
 func MarshalJSON(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
-	b, err := json.Marshal(v)
+	b, err := json.Marshal(&v)
 
 	return b, errors.Wrapf(err, "can't marshal JSON from %T", v)
 }
 
 // UnmarshalJSON calls json.Unmarshal and wraps any resulting errors.
 func UnmarshalJSON(data []byte, v interface{}) error {
-	return errors.Wrapf(json.Unmarshal(data, v), "can't unmarshal JSON into %T", v)
+	return errors.Wrapf(json.Unmarshal(data, &v), "can't unmarshal JSON into %T", v)
 }