diff --git a/rpc/error.go b/rpc/error.go
index 7f46231..4d3640a 100644
--- a/rpc/error.go
+++ b/rpc/error.go
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@ import (
 
 func respondError(ctx context.Context, c *websocket.Conn, id string, code int64, err error, data any) {
 	slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "Responding to Websocket Request With Error", "err", err, "id", id, "code", code, "data", data)
-	rData := []byte{}
+	var rData []byte
 	if data != nil {
 		rData, err = json.Marshal(data)
 		if err != nil {
 			slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "Error Marshalling Error Data", "err", err)
 			return
 		}
+	} else {
+		rData = []byte("\"\"")
 	}
 
 	raw := json.RawMessage(rData)
diff --git a/rpc/request.go b/rpc/request.go
index 8496b94..37fa0f3 100644
--- a/rpc/request.go
+++ b/rpc/request.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (s *server) handleRequest(ctx context.Context, c *websocket.Conn, data []by
 		return
 	}
 
-	rData := json.RawMessage{}
+	var rData json.RawMessage
 	if data != nil {
 		rData, err = json.Marshal(result)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ func (s *server) handleRequest(ctx context.Context, c *websocket.Conn, data []by
 			slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "Marshalling Response Data", "err", err)
 			return
 		}
+	} else {
+		rData = []byte("\"\"")
 	}
 	slog.InfoContext(ctx, "response data", "rdata", rData)