diff --git a/connector/httpie.go b/connector/httpie.go
index 7553cc1..d370abf 100644
--- a/connector/httpie.go
+++ b/connector/httpie.go
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 package connector
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/dcb9/curl2httpie/curl"
 	"github.com/dcb9/curl2httpie/httpie"
 	curlTransformer "github.com/dcb9/curl2httpie/transformers/curl"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 func Httpie2Curl(args []string) (cmdStringer fmt.Stringer, warningMessages []WarningMessage, err error) {
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ func Httpie2Curl(args []string) (cmdStringer fmt.Stringer, warningMessages []War
 				}
 				data[i.K] = bytes
 			} else {
-				data[i.K] = i.V
+				data[i.K] = json.RawMessage([]byte(i.V))
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -100,7 +101,10 @@ func Httpie2Curl(args []string) (cmdStringer fmt.Stringer, warningMessages []War
 	if hasData {
 		if isJSONContentType {
 			var bs []byte
-			// FIXME
+			bs, err = json.Marshal(data)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, nil, err
+			}
 			curlCmdLine.Options = append(curlCmdLine.Options, curl.NewJSONHeader(), curl.NewData(string(bs)))
 		} else {
 			fields := make([]string, 0, len(data))
diff --git a/connector/httpie_test.go b/connector/httpie_test.go
index 25e66af..7df46dd 100644
--- a/connector/httpie_test.go
+++ b/connector/httpie_test.go
@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@ func TestHttpie2Curl(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	// cases = []struct {
+	// 	in   []string
+	// 	want string
+	// }{
+	// 	{
+	// 		[]string{"http", "--auth", "username", "example.org", "id==1", "foo:bar", "foo=bar", `a:={"foo": "bar"}`},
+	// 		`curl --user 'username' --header 'foo: bar' --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --data '{"a":{"foo":"bar"},"foo":"bar"}' 'example.org?id=1'`,
+	// 	},
+	// }
+
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		gotStringer, warningMessages, err := Httpie2Curl(c.in[1:])
 		if len(warningMessages) > 0 {
@@ -101,7 +111,7 @@ func TestHttpie2Curl(t *testing.T) {
 
 		want := c.want
 		if got := gotStringer.String(); got != want {
-			t.Errorf("Httpie2Curl error got: %s\n\twant: %s\n\tin: %#v", got, want, c.in)
+			t.Errorf("Httpie2Curl error\ngot:\n%s\nwant:\n%s\nin:\n%#v", got, want, c.in)
 		}
 	}
 }