diff --git a/include/dpp/cluster.h b/include/dpp/cluster.h
index 55d8bc6b8f..e59331ad76 100644
--- a/include/dpp/cluster.h
+++ b/include/dpp/cluster.h
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@
 
 namespace dpp {
 
-using  json = nlohmann::json;
-
 /**
  * @brief Types of startup for cluster::start()
  */
diff --git a/include/dpp/discordclient.h b/include/dpp/discordclient.h
index 08f6ed0d57..ff2f7736f7 100644
--- a/include/dpp/discordclient.h
+++ b/include/dpp/discordclient.h
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 #define API_PATH	        "/api/v" DISCORD_API_VERSION
 namespace dpp {
 
-using json = nlohmann::json;
-
 // Forward declarations
 class cluster;
 
diff --git a/include/dpp/discordvoiceclient.h b/include/dpp/discordvoiceclient.h
index af0e2c5f2f..cc88ec04b8 100644
--- a/include/dpp/discordvoiceclient.h
+++ b/include/dpp/discordvoiceclient.h
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ class audio_mixer;
 
 inline constexpr size_t send_audio_raw_max_length = 11520;
 
-using json = nlohmann::json;
-
 /*
 * @brief For holding a moving average of the number of current voice users, for applying a smooth gain ramp.
 */
diff --git a/include/dpp/event_router.h b/include/dpp/event_router.h
index f6dd3b4664..f759570465 100644
--- a/include/dpp/event_router.h
+++ b/include/dpp/event_router.h
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
 #include <dpp/exception.h>
 #include <dpp/coro/job.h>
 
-using  json = nlohmann::json;
-
 namespace dpp {
 
 #ifdef DPP_CORO
diff --git a/include/dpp/json.h b/include/dpp/json.h
index fc47bb45f8..bfbf3bebf9 100644
--- a/include/dpp/json.h
+++ b/include/dpp/json.h
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@
 	#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #else
 	#include <dpp/nlohmann/json.hpp>
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
+
+namespace dpp {
+	using json = nlohmann::json;
+}
diff --git a/include/dpp/json_fwd.h b/include/dpp/json_fwd.h
index 75326193ef..e5d8870ea8 100644
--- a/include/dpp/json_fwd.h
+++ b/include/dpp/json_fwd.h
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@
 	#include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
 #else
 	#include <dpp/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
+
+namespace dpp {
+	using json = nlohmann::json;
+}
diff --git a/include/dpp/restresults.h b/include/dpp/restresults.h
index 0691b41869..5661a596d5 100644
--- a/include/dpp/restresults.h
+++ b/include/dpp/restresults.h
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@
 #include <shared_mutex>
 #include <cstring>
 
-using  json = nlohmann::json;
-
 namespace dpp {
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/include/dpp/snowflake.h b/include/dpp/snowflake.h
index 727728440f..226a8d88a9 100644
--- a/include/dpp/snowflake.h
+++ b/include/dpp/snowflake.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <dpp/exception.h>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <charconv>
+#include <type_traits>
 
 /**
  * @brief The main namespace for D++ functions. classes and types
@@ -33,17 +34,17 @@ namespace dpp {
 
 /** @brief A container for a 64 bit unsigned value representing many things on discord.
  * This value is known in distributed computing as a snowflake value.
- * 
+ *
  * Snowflakes are:
- * 
+ *
  * - Performant (very fast to generate at source and to compare in code)
  * - Uncoordinated (allowing high availability across clusters, data centres etc)
  * - Time ordered (newer snowflakes have higher IDs)
  * - Directly Sortable (due to time ordering)
  * - Compact (64 bit numbers, not 128 bit, or string)
- * 
+ *
  * An identical format of snowflake is used by Twitter, Instagram and several other platforms.
- * 
+ *
  * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake_ID
  * @see https://github.com/twitter-archive/snowflake/tree/b3f6a3c6ca8e1b6847baa6ff42bf72201e2c2231
  */
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ class DPP_EXPORT snowflake final {
 	constexpr snowflake(T snowflake_val) noexcept(std::is_unsigned_v<T>) : value(static_cast<std::make_unsigned_t<T>>(snowflake_val)) {
 		/**
 		 * we cast to the unsigned version of the type given - this maintains "possible loss of data" warnings for sizeof(T) > sizeof(value)
-		 * while suppressing them for signed to unsigned conversion
+		 * while suppressing them for signed to unsigned conversion (for example snowflake(42) will call snowflake(int) which is a signed type)
 		 */
 		if constexpr (!std::is_unsigned_v<T>) {
 			/* if the type is signed, at compile-time, add a check at runtime that the value is unsigned */
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ class DPP_EXPORT snowflake final {
 	 * @brief For building json
 	 * @return The snowflake value as a string
 	 */
-	operator nlohmann::json() const;
+	operator json() const;
 
 	/**
 	 * @brief Get the creation time of this snowflake according to Discord.
diff --git a/src/dpp/snowflake.cpp b/src/dpp/snowflake.cpp
index 46df8583b4..5f7ad6e844 100644
--- a/src/dpp/snowflake.cpp
+++ b/src/dpp/snowflake.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  *
  ************************************************************************************/
 #include <dpp/snowflake.h>
+#include <dpp/json.h>
 #include <charconv>
 #include <string>
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ snowflake& snowflake::operator=(std::string_view string_value) noexcept {
 	return *this;
 }
 
-snowflake::operator nlohmann::json() const {
+snowflake::operator json() const {
 	/* Discord transfers snowflakes as strings for compatibility with javascript */
 	return std::to_string(value);
 }