diff --git a/.github/workflows/notify-discord.yml b/.github/workflows/notify-discord.yml
index ce47b89..3dca936 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/notify-discord.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/notify-discord.yml
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@ name: Discord Commit Notifier
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - '*'  # triggers on all branches
+      - '*'
 
 jobs:
   notify:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
       - name: Send commit payload to Discord Bot
+        env:
+          URL: http://${{ secrets.DISCORDBOT }}:3000/github-commits
         run: |
-          curl -X POST http://${{ secrets.DISCORDBOT }}:3000/github-commits \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            -d '${{ toJson(github.event) }}'
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+          curl -sS -X POST "$URL" \
+            -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+            --data-binary "@$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH"
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