diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Badges.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Badges.hs
index 62683788d5..f34ba8ef93 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Badges.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Badges.hs
@@ -295,7 +295,13 @@ data ProofPresHeader
   | PHFileDescr {chatBinding :: ByteString, fileSize :: Int64, descrHash :: ByteString, fileExpires :: Maybe UTCTime}
   | PHUnknown Char ByteString
   deriving (Eq, Show)
-  deriving (ToJSON, FromJSON) via (StrJSON "ProofPresHeader" ProofPresHeader)
+
+instance ToJSON ProofPresHeader where
+  toJSON = toJSON . BBSPresHeader . strEncode
+  toEncoding = toEncoding . BBSPresHeader . strEncode
+
+instance FromJSON ProofPresHeader where
+  parseJSON v = parseJSON v >>= \(BBSPresHeader ph) -> either fail pure $ strDecode ph
 
 instance StrEncoding ProofPresHeader where
   strEncode = \case
diff --git a/tests/BadgeTests.hs b/tests/BadgeTests.hs
index bd8f62d3fd..ced51a5bbf 100644
--- a/tests/BadgeTests.hs
+++ b/tests/BadgeTests.hs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ badgeTests = do
   it "should accept unknown badge types" testUnknownBadgeType
   it "credential serializes to a paste-able token and back" testCredentialSerialization
   it "presentation headers encode and decode" testPresHeaderEncoding
+  it "presentation headers with binary bytes round-trip through JSON" testPresHeaderJSON
   it "should reject a proof presented under another chat binding" testOtherChatBinding
   describe "redemption codes" $ do
     it "a generated code reads back" testCodeRoundTrip
@@ -209,6 +210,21 @@ testPresHeaderEncoding =
       PHUnknown 'Z' "payload"
     ]
 
+testPresHeaderJSON :: IO ()
+testPresHeaderJSON =
+  mapM_
+    ( \ph -> do
+        J.eitherDecode (J.encode ph) `shouldBe` Right ph
+        J.toJSON ph `shouldBe` J.toJSON (BBSPresHeader $ strEncode ph)
+    )
+    [ PHChat binaryBytes,
+      PHFileInv {chatBinding = binaryBytes, fileSize = 139737},
+      PHFileDescr {chatBinding = binaryBytes, fileSize = 139737, descrHash = binaryBytes, fileExpires = Just futureTime},
+      PHUnknown 'Z' binaryBytes
+    ]
+  where
+    binaryBytes = "\0\1\31\34\92\127\128\195\255"
+
 testOtherChatBinding :: IO ()
 testOtherChatBinding = do
   let ph = PHFileInv {chatBinding = aliceBinding, fileSize = 139737}