diff --git a/src/daemon/rpc_command_executor.cpp b/src/daemon/rpc_command_executor.cpp
index 167e24ed3..11e3a2252 100644
--- a/src/daemon/rpc_command_executor.cpp
+++ b/src/daemon/rpc_command_executor.cpp
@@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ bool t_rpc_command_executor::print_transaction(crypto::hash transaction_hash) {
   std::string fail_message = "Problem fetching transaction";
 
   req.txs_hashes.push_back(epee::string_tools::pod_to_hex(transaction_hash));
+  req.decode_as_json = false;
   if (m_is_rpc)
   {
     if (!m_rpc_client->rpc_request(req, res, "/gettransactions", fail_message.c_str()))