diff --git a/src/commands/poll.ts b/src/commands/poll.ts
index 1a994450..35f0db08 100644
--- a/src/commands/poll.ts
+++ b/src/commands/poll.ts
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ export const run: CommandFunction = async (_client, message, args, context) => {
         await additionalMessageData.upsertForMessage(
             pollMessage,
             "DELAYED_POLL",
-            delayedPollData,
+            JSON.stringify(delayedPollData),
         );
         delayedPolls.push(delayedPollData);
     }
diff --git a/src/storage/additionalMessageData.ts b/src/storage/additionalMessageData.ts
index 69449e8d..fd5142ee 100644
--- a/src/storage/additionalMessageData.ts
+++ b/src/storage/additionalMessageData.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import type { Message, Snowflake } from "discord.js";
-import { sql } from "kysely";
 
 import type { AdditionalMessageData, DataUsage } from "./model.js";
-import type { JsonObject } from "../types.js";
 import db from "./db.js";
 
 export async function getForMessage(
@@ -15,22 +13,19 @@ export async function getForMessage(
             "Cannot associate data with message outside of a guild",
         );
     }
-    const res = await ctx
+
+    return await ctx
         .selectFrom("additionalMessageData")
         .where("messageId", "=", message.id)
         .where("usage", "=", usage)
         .selectAll()
         .executeTakeFirst();
-
-    return res === undefined
-        ? undefined
-        : { ...res, customData: JSON.parse(res.payload) as JsonObject };
 }
 
 export async function upsertForMessage(
     message: Message,
     usage: DataUsage,
-    payload: JsonObject,
+    payload: string,
     ctx = db(),
 ) {
     if (!message.guild) {
@@ -46,11 +41,11 @@ export async function upsertForMessage(
             channelId: message.channelId,
             messageId: message.id,
             usage,
-            payload: JSON.stringify(payload),
+            payload,
         })
         .onConflict(oc =>
             oc.columns(["guildId", "channelId", "messageId"]).doUpdateSet({
-                payload: JSON.stringify(payload),
+                payload,
             }),
         )
         .execute();
diff --git a/src/storage/migrations/01-message-data-tag.ts b/src/storage/migrations/01-message-data-tag.ts
index 14350e2f..0ebaf2d4 100644
--- a/src/storage/migrations/01-message-data-tag.ts
+++ b/src/storage/migrations/01-message-data-tag.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
         .addColumn("channelId", "text", c => c.notNull())
         .addColumn("messageId", "text", c => c.notNull())
         .addColumn("usage", "integer", c => c.notNull())
-        .addColumn("payload", "json", c => c.notNull())
+        .addColumn("payload", "text", c => c.notNull())
         .addColumn("createdAt", "timestamp", c =>
             c.notNull().defaultTo(sql`CURRENT_TIMESTAMP`),
         )
diff --git a/src/storage/model.ts b/src/storage/model.ts
index b5d9556f..6294e3a9 100644
--- a/src/storage/model.ts
+++ b/src/storage/model.ts
@@ -259,8 +259,9 @@ export interface AdditionalMessageDataTable {
     channelId: Snowflake;
     messageId: Snowflake;
     usage: DataUsage;
-    // TODO: JSON types are currently not supported by the DB driver
-    payload: ColumnType<string, string, string>; // JsonObject;
+
+    /** Just a string, so the specific use-case can decide on how to save the data. */
+    payload: string;
 
     createdAt: ColumnType<string, never, never>;
     updatedAt: ColumnType<string, never, never>;