diff --git a/graylog.js b/graylog.js
index 15229bc..3f11932 100644
--- a/graylog.js
+++ b/graylog.js
@@ -152,7 +152,11 @@ graylog.prototype._log = function log(short_message, full_message, additionalFie
 
         additionalFields = full_message || additionalFields;
     } else {
-        message.full_message = message.short_message = JSON.stringify(short_message);
+        try {
+            message.full_message = message.short_message = JSON.stringify(short_message)
+        } catch {
+            message.full_message = message.short_message
+        }
     }
 
     // We insert additional fields
@@ -166,8 +170,14 @@ graylog.prototype._log = function log(short_message, full_message, additionalFie
         delete message._id;
     }
 
-    // Compression
-    payload = new Buffer(JSON.stringify(message));
+    try {
+        // Compression
+        payload = new Buffer(JSON.stringify(message));    
+    } catch {
+        payload = message.toString()
+    }
+    
+    
 
     function sendPayload(err, buffer) {
         if (err) {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f8e752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+{
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+  "version": "0.2.2",
+  "lockfileVersion": 1,
+  "requires": true,
+  "dependencies": {
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+    },
+    "brace-expansion": {
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+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "balanced-match": "^1.0.0",
+        "concat-map": "0.0.1"
+      }
+    },
+    "cli": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cli/-/cli-0.4.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-5oGcjV+qlX9k+Y9mqFBiaMHR8X0=",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "glob": ">= 3.1.4"
+      }
+    },
+    "concat-map": {
+      "version": "0.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-2Klr13/Wjfd5OnMDajug1UBdR3s=",
+      "dev": true
+    },
+    "fs.realpath": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs.realpath/-/fs.realpath-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-FQStJSMVjKpA20onh8sBQRmU6k8=",
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+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "fs.realpath": "^1.0.0",
+        "inflight": "^1.0.4",
+        "inherits": "2",
+        "minimatch": "^3.0.4",
+        "once": "^1.3.0",
+        "path-is-absolute": "^1.0.0"
+      },
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+          "dev": true,
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/inflight/-/inflight-1.0.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-Sb1jMdfQLQwJvJEKEHW6gWW1bfk=",
+      "dev": true,
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/inherits/-/inherits-2.0.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-k/vGaX4/Yla3WzyMCvTQOXYeIHvqOKtnqBduzTHpzpQZzAskKMhZ2K+EnBiSM9zGSoIFeMpXKxa4dYeZIQqewQ==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
+    "jshint": {
+      "version": "0.9.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jshint/-/jshint-0.9.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-/zLsfwn4QAH3SY7q/WPJ5Puy3A4=",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-1.0.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-qlD5cEdCKsclQ72hd6nJ0BjZhFI=",
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+      "integrity": "sha1-lrtJC707poNrv6wRGt91MBsVhN4=",
+      "dev": true,
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/once/-/once-1.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-WDsap3WWHUsROsF9nFC6753Xa9E=",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "wrappy": "1"
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+    "path-is-absolute": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-is-absolute/-/path-is-absolute-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-F0uSaHNVNP+8es5r9TpanhtcX18=",
+      "dev": true
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 51f4a96..5c7b0a7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "graylog2",
   "description": "Graylog2 client library for node.js",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
   "author": "Marc Trudel-Belise",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "http://github.com/Wizcorp/node-graylog2/issues"