diff --git a/samy.ps1 b/samy.ps1
index 720253d..9b0b966 100644
--- a/samy.ps1
+++ b/samy.ps1
@@ -1324,23 +1324,59 @@ $jsContent
   }
 
 function Send-JSON {
-      param($Context, $Object)
-      if (-not $Context -or -not $Context.Response) {
-          return
-      }
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        $Context,
+        $Object
+    )
 
-      # If caller gave us $null, reply with an empty array instead of blowing up
-      if ($null -eq $Object) {
-          $Object = @()
-      }
+    if (-not $Context -or -not $Context.Response) {
+        return
+    }
+
+    try {
+        # 🔹 Normalize $Object so we never feed $null to GetBytes
+        if ($null -eq $Object) {
+            Write-LogHybrid "Send-JSON called with `$null object; returning empty JSON array." Warning Printers -LogToEvent
+            $json = '[]'
+        }
+        else {
+            # If ConvertTo-Json fails, force an empty array string instead of bubbling $null
+            try {
+                $json = $Object | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5 -ErrorAction Stop
+            }
+            catch {
+                Write-LogHybrid "Send-JSON serialization failed: $($_.Exception.Message); returning empty JSON array." Error Printers -LogToEvent
+                $json = '[]'
+            }
+        }
+
+        # 🔹 Final safety: ensure we always pass a *string* to GetBytes
+        $json = [string]$json
+
+        $bytes = [Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($json)
+        $Context.Response.ContentType     = 'application/json'
+        $Context.Response.ContentLength64 = $bytes.Length
+        $Context.Response.OutputStream.Write($bytes, 0, $bytes.Length)
+        $Context.Response.OutputStream.Close()
+    }
+    catch {
+        # Last-resort error handling – don't let the whole request crash
+        Write-LogHybrid "Send-JSON fatal error: $($_.Exception.Message)" Error Printers -LogToEvent
+        try {
+            $fallback = '[]'
+            $bytes = [Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($fallback)
+            $Context.Response.ContentType     = 'application/json'
+            $Context.Response.ContentLength64 = $bytes.Length
+            $Context.Response.OutputStream.Write($bytes, 0, $bytes.Length)
+            $Context.Response.OutputStream.Close()
+        }
+        catch {
+            # If even this fails, just give up silently – we've already logged it.
+        }
+    }
+}
 
-      $json = $Object | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5
-      $bytes = [Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($json)
-      $Context.Response.ContentType     = 'application/json'
-      $Context.Response.ContentLength64 = $bytes.Length
-      $Context.Response.OutputStream.Write($bytes,0,$bytes.Length)
-      $Context.Response.OutputStream.Close()
-  }
   #endregion HTTP responder helpers
 
   function Invoke-TasksCompleted {