diff --git a/lib/pastebinner.rb b/lib/pastebinner.rb
index ba2545a..db7f9af 100755
--- a/lib/pastebinner.rb
+++ b/lib/pastebinner.rb
@@ -126,14 +126,8 @@ class Pastebinner
         url: @scraping_api_url + ENDPOINTS[:scrape_item_meta] + "?i=#{unique_paste_key}")
     end
 
-    def encode_json(raw_paste_text)
-      # raw_paste_text should be a RestClient response.body or a string
-      time = Time.new
-      hashed_data =
-        {
-          "date": time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
-          "text": raw_paste_text
-        }
+    def encode_json(raw_paste_text, raw_paste_metadata)
+      hashed_data = { "paste_metadata": raw_paste_metadata, "paste_text": raw_paste_text }
       hashed_data.to_json
     end