diff --git a/src/discord/voiceclient.cpp b/src/discord/voiceclient.cpp
index c3d705e..2f64b90 100644
--- a/src/discord/voiceclient.cpp
+++ b/src/discord/voiceclient.cpp
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ void DiscordVoiceClient::Identify() {
     msg.Token = m_token;
     msg.Video = true;
 
-    m_ws.Send(msg);
+    m_ws.Send(msg.BuildJson());
 }
 
 void DiscordVoiceClient::Discovery() {
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ void DiscordVoiceClient::HeartbeatThread() {
 
         VoiceHeartbeatMessage msg;
         msg.Nonce = ms;
-        m_ws.Send(msg);
+        m_ws.Send(msg.BuildJson());
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/discord/voiceclient.hpp b/src/discord/voiceclient.hpp
index 0112749..540ea6a 100644
--- a/src/discord/voiceclient.hpp
+++ b/src/discord/voiceclient.hpp
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ struct VoiceHelloData {
 struct VoiceHeartbeatMessage {
     uint64_t Nonce;
 
+    std::string BuildJson() const
+    {
+        YYJsonDocument yyjsn;
+        yyjsn.CreateDoc();
+        yyjsn.AddInt("op", (int)GatewayOp::Heartbeat);
+        yyjsn.AddUInt64("d", Nonce);
+
+        return yyjsn.BuildJson();
+    }
+
     friend void to_json(nlohmann::json &j, const VoiceHeartbeatMessage &m);
 };
 
@@ -72,6 +82,34 @@ struct VoiceIdentifyMessage {
     bool Video;
     // todo streams i guess?
 
+    std::string BuildJson() const
+    {
+        YYJsonDocument yyjsn;
+        yyjsn.CreateDoc();
+        yyjsn.AddInt("op", (int)VoiceGatewayOp::Identify);
+        yyjsn.CreateBlock();
+        std::string* str = new std::string(std::to_string(ServerID));
+        yyjsn.AddString("server_id", str->c_str());
+        std::string* str2 = new std::string(std::to_string(UserID));
+        yyjsn.AddString("user_id", str2->c_str());
+        yyjsn.AddString("session_id", SessionID.c_str());
+        yyjsn.AddString("token", Token.c_str());
+        yyjsn.AddBool("video", Video);
+
+        YYJsonArray yyjsnarr;
+        YYJsonDocument yyjsn2;
+        yyjsn2.CreateDoc();
+        yyjsn2.AddString("type", "video");
+        yyjsn2.AddString("rid", "100");
+        yyjsn2.AddInt("quality", 100);
+        yyjsnarr.AddBlock(yyjsn2.GetMutableRoot());
+
+        yyjsn.AddArray("streams", yyjsnarr.GetArray());
+        yyjsn.PushBlock("d");
+
+        return yyjsn.BuildJson();
+    }
+
     friend void to_json(nlohmann::json &j, const VoiceIdentifyMessage &m);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/yyjson_util.cpp b/src/yyjson_util.cpp
index 3d936e6..cc8261a 100644
--- a/src/yyjson_util.cpp
+++ b/src/yyjson_util.cpp
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ void YYJsonDocument::AddInt(const char* name, std::optional<int> value)
 
 }
 
+void YYJsonDocument::AddUInt64(const char* name, uint64_t value)
+{
+    if(BuildingMode)
+    {
+        yyjson_mut_obj_add_uint(mutdoc,DataBlocks[currentBlockIndex],name,value);
+    }
+}
+
 //void YYJsonDocument::AddBool(const char* name, bool value)
 //{
 //    if(BuildingMode)
diff --git a/src/yyjson_util.h b/src/yyjson_util.h
index ed3c5c9..ff69fb3 100644
--- a/src/yyjson_util.h
+++ b/src/yyjson_util.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public:
     void AddString(const char* name, std::optional<std::string> value);
     //void AddInt(const char* name, int value);
     void AddInt(const char* name, std::optional<int> value);
+    void AddUInt64(const char* name, uint64_t value);
     //void AddBool(const char* name, bool value);
     void AddBool(const char* name, std::optional<bool> value);
     void AddBlock(const char* name, yyjson_mut_val* block);