diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1002f5a..ebcd9c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1540,7 +1540,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "nzr-api"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "bincode",
  "diesel",
  "figment",
  "futures",
@@ -1549,6 +1548,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "regex",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "tarpc",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/nzr-api/Cargo.toml b/nzr-api/Cargo.toml
index 302d1f8..292e7c0 100644
--- a/nzr-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nzr-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ regex = "1"
 lazy_static = "1"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tokio-serde = { version = "0.9", features = ["bincode"] }
-bincode = "1.3"
+serde_json = "1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 uuid = { version = "1.2.2", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
diff --git a/nzr-api/src/event/client.rs b/nzr-api/src/event/client.rs
index feecad3..1c0fb0f 100644
--- a/nzr-api/src/event/client.rs
+++ b/nzr-api/src/event/client.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ where
             Poll::Ready(res) => {
                 let our_res = res.map(|res| {
                     res.map_err(|e| e.into()).and_then(|bytes| {
-                        let msg: EventMessage = bincode::deserialize(&bytes)?;
+                        let msg: EventMessage = serde_json::from_slice(&bytes)?;
                         Ok(msg)
                     })
                 });
diff --git a/nzr-api/src/event/mod.rs b/nzr-api/src/event/mod.rs
index 1b6ee7b..48479bc 100644
--- a/nzr-api/src/event/mod.rs
+++ b/nzr-api/src/event/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 pub mod client;
 pub mod server;
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test;
 
 use std::io;
 
@@ -8,7 +10,7 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 
 use crate::model;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum ResourceAction {
     /// The referenced resource was created.
     Created,
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ pub enum ResourceAction {
 }
 
 /// Represents an event pertaining to a specific action.
-#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct ResourceEvent<T> {
     pub action: ResourceAction,
     /// The entity that was acted upon.
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ pub struct ResourceEvent<T> {
 }
 
 /// Represents any event that is emitted by Nazrin.
-#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(tag = "event")]
 pub enum EventMessage {
     /// A subnet was created, modified, or deleted.
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ pub enum EventError {
     #[error("Transport error: {0}")]
     Transport(#[from] io::Error),
     #[error("Serialization error: {0}")]
-    Bincode(#[from] bincode::Error),
+    Json(#[from] serde_json::Error),
 }
 
 pub trait Emittable {
diff --git a/nzr-api/src/event/server.rs b/nzr-api/src/event/server.rs
index f790d95..8db504b 100644
--- a/nzr-api/src/event/server.rs
+++ b/nzr-api/src/event/server.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ pub enum SocketAddr {
     #[cfg(unix)]
     Unix(std::os::unix::net::SocketAddr),
     Net(std::net::SocketAddr),
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    None,
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for SocketAddr {
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for SocketAddr {
             #[cfg(unix)]
             Self::Unix(addr) => std::fmt::Debug::fmt(addr, f),
             Self::Net(addr) => addr.fmt(f),
+            #[cfg(test)]
+            Self::None => write!(f, "mock client"),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ impl EventServer {
 
     /// Send the given event to all connected clients.
     pub async fn emit(&self, msg: EventMessage) {
-        let bytes = match bincode::serialize(&msg) {
+        let bytes = match serde_json::to_vec(&msg) {
             Ok(bytes) => bytes,
             Err(err) => {
                 tracing::error!("Failed to serialize: {err}");
diff --git a/nzr-api/src/event/test.rs b/nzr-api/src/event/test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14416d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nzr-api/src/event/test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use futures::StreamExt;
+
+use crate::{
+    event::{server::SocketAddr, EventMessage, ResourceAction},
+    net::cidr::CidrV4,
+    nzr_event,
+};
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn event_serde() {
+    let (rx, tx) = tokio::io::duplex(1024);
+    let server = super::server::EventServer::default();
+    server.spawn(tx, SocketAddr::None).await.unwrap();
+    let mut client = super::client::EventClient::new(rx);
+    let net = CidrV4::from_str("192.0.2.0/24").unwrap();
+    let some_subnet = crate::model::Subnet {
+        name: "whatever".into(),
+        data: crate::model::SubnetData {
+            ifname: "eth0".into(),
+            network: net,
+            start_host: net.make_ip(10).unwrap(),
+            end_host: net.make_ip(254).unwrap(),
+            gateway4: Some(net.make_ip(1).unwrap()),
+            dns: Vec::new(),
+            domain_name: Some("homestarrunnner.net".parse().unwrap()),
+            vlan_id: None,
+        },
+    };
+    nzr_event!(server, Created, some_subnet);
+    let next = client
+        .next()
+        .await
+        .expect("client must receive message")
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let EventMessage::Subnet(net) = next else {
+        panic!("Unexpected event received: {next:?}");
+    };
+
+    assert_eq!(net.action, ResourceAction::Created);
+}