diff --git a/gateways/payping.php b/gateways/payping.php
index 9512261..c90d357 100644
--- a/gateways/payping.php
+++ b/gateways/payping.php
@@ -161,10 +161,10 @@ public function verify() {
 
 				$tokenCode = ( isset( $edd_options[ 'payping_tokenCode' ] ) ? $edd_options[ 'payping_tokenCode' ] : '' );
 
-				$data = json_encode( array(
+				$data =  array(
 					'amount' 				=>	$amount,
 					'refId'				=>	$refid
-				) );
+				) ;
 
 				try {
 					$curl = curl_init();