diff --git a/lib/pastebinner.rb b/lib/pastebinner.rb
index 5b35206..14b3445 100755
--- a/lib/pastebinner.rb
+++ b/lib/pastebinner.rb
@@ -127,8 +127,14 @@ class Pastebinner
     end
 
     def encode_json(raw_paste_text)
-    # add in a method here that will add serialize the raw paste data in json, and add in two keys i think should be good enough to send off to a db? 
-    # full_text: text, #paste_key_name: paste_key
+      # 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
+        }
+      hashed_data.to_json
     end
 
     # keep this method private so we are not letting anyone run any method in our program