diff --git a/source/code/plugin/health/cluster_health_state.rb b/source/code/plugin/health/cluster_health_state.rb
index ac7e05675..3b56dd243 100644
--- a/source/code/plugin/health/cluster_health_state.rb
+++ b/source/code/plugin/health/cluster_health_state.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@ def initialize(token_file_path, cert_file_path)
             @token = get_token
         end
 
-        def update_state(state)
+        def update_state(state) #state = hash of monitor_instance_id to HealthMonitorInstanceState struct
             get_request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(@uri.request_uri)
+            monitor_states_hash = {}
+            state.each {|monitor_instance_id, health_monitor_instance_state|
+                monitor_states_hash[monitor_instance_id] = health_monitor_instance_state.to_h
+            }
 
             get_request["Authorization"] = "Bearer #{@token}"
             @log.info "Making GET request to #{@uri.request_uri} @ #{Time.now.utc.iso8601}"
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ def update_state(state)
             update_request["Authorization"] = "Bearer #{@token}"
 
             update_request_body = get_update_request_body
-            update_request_body["state"] = state.to_json
+            update_request_body["state"] = monitor_states_hash.to_json
             update_request.body = update_request_body.to_json
 
             update_response = @http_client.request(update_request)
diff --git a/source/code/plugin/health/health_monitor_state.rb b/source/code/plugin/health/health_monitor_state.rb
index c3df5e3a9..e6205b481 100644
--- a/source/code/plugin/health/health_monitor_state.rb
+++ b/source/code/plugin/health/health_monitor_state.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def to_h
         def initialize_state(deserialized_state)
             @@monitor_states = {}
             deserialized_state.each{|k,v|
-                health_monitor_instance_state_hash = JSON.parse(v)
+                health_monitor_instance_state_hash = v
                 state = HealthMonitorInstanceState.new(*health_monitor_instance_state_hash.values_at(*HealthMonitorInstanceState.members))
                 state.prev_sent_record_time = health_monitor_instance_state_hash["prev_sent_record_time"]
                 state.old_state = health_monitor_instance_state_hash["old_state"]