diff --git a/kontor-scripts/add_link.py b/kontor-scripts/add_link.py
index 34c654a..9f16b47 100644
--- a/kontor-scripts/add_link.py
+++ b/kontor-scripts/add_link.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ read file with URLs and store in DB
 import logging.config
 import requests
 import yaml
+import json
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
 from pathlib import Path
 from platformdirs import PlatformDirs
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ class AddLinkMessage(MessagingHandler):
 
     def on_sendable(self, event: Event):
         self.log.info("send message")
-        event.sender.send(Message(body=self.url, address=self.address, content_type="text/json"))
+        json_content = json.dumps(self.url)
+        event.sender.send(Message(body=json_content, address=self.address, content_type="text/json"))
         event.connection.close()
         event.sender.close()
 
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     logger = get_logger(args.verbose, args.config)
     logger.info('kontor.add_link started')
     link: str = args.url
-    data = {"url": link}
+    data = {"\"url\"": "\"" + link+ "\""}
     if args.api:
         if args.video:
             request: str = "http://127.0.0.1:8800/api/video/files"