diff --git a/modules/api/api.py b/modules/api/api.py
index 7e8522a2..5912d289 100644
--- a/modules/api/api.py
+++ b/modules/api/api.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Api:
         self.app.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/extra-single-image", self.extras_single_image_api, methods=["POST"], response_model=ExtrasSingleImageResponse)
         self.app.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/extra-batch-images", self.extras_batch_images_api, methods=["POST"], response_model=ExtrasBatchImagesResponse)
         self.app.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/png-info", self.pnginfoapi, methods=["POST"], response_model=PNGInfoResponse)
-        self.app.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/progress", self.progressapi, methods=["GET"])
+        self.app.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/progress", self.progressapi, methods=["GET"], response_model=ProgressResponse)
 
     def text2imgapi(self, txt2imgreq: StableDiffusionTxt2ImgProcessingAPI):
         sampler_index = sampler_to_index(txt2imgreq.sampler_index)
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class Api:
         # copy from check_progress_call of ui.py
 
         if shared.state.job_count == 0:
-            return ProgressResponse(progress=0, eta_relative=0, state=shared.state.js())
+            return ProgressResponse(progress=0, eta_relative=0, state=shared.state.dict())
 
         # avoid dividing zero
         progress = 0.01
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class Api:
 
         progress = min(progress, 1)
 
-        return ProgressResponse(progress=progress, eta_relative=eta_relative, state=shared.state.js())
+        return ProgressResponse(progress=progress, eta_relative=eta_relative, state=shared.state.dict())
 
     def launch(self, server_name, port):
         self.app.include_router(self.router)
diff --git a/modules/api/models.py b/modules/api/models.py
index 709ab5a6..0ab85ec5 100644
--- a/modules/api/models.py
+++ b/modules/api/models.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import inspect
 from click import prompt
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, Json, create_model
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, create_model
 from typing import Any, Optional
 from typing_extensions import Literal
 from inflection import underscore
@@ -160,4 +160,4 @@ class PNGInfoResponse(BaseModel):
 class ProgressResponse(BaseModel):
     progress: float = Field(title="Progress", description="The progress with a range of 0 to 1")
     eta_relative: float = Field(title="ETA in secs")
-    state: Json = Field(title="State", description="The current state snapshot")
+    state: dict = Field(title="State", description="The current state snapshot")
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index 0f4c035d..f7b0990c 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class State:
     def get_job_timestamp(self):
         return datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")  # shouldn't this return job_timestamp?
 
-    def js(self):
+    def dict(self):
         obj = {
             "skipped": self.skipped,
             "interrupted": self.skipped,
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class State:
             "sampling_steps": self.sampling_steps,
         }
 
-        return json.dumps(obj)
+        return obj
 
 
 state = State()