diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmInvoker.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmInvoker.java
index 7da0a15b9..473e6bac0 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmInvoker.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmInvoker.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
 import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.apache.http.entity.mime.MultipartEntity;
 import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.StringBody;
-import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
@@ -185,13 +184,12 @@ public class ActFmInvoker {
         }
     }
 
-    public JSONObject postSync(JSONArray data, MultipartEntity entity, boolean changesHappened, String tok) throws IOException,
+    public JSONObject postSync(String data, MultipartEntity entity, boolean changesHappened, String tok) throws IOException,
     ActFmServiceException {
         try {
-            String dataString = data.toString();
             String timeString = DateUtilities.timeToIso8601(DateUtilities.now(), true);
 
-            Object[] params = { "token", tok, "data", dataString, "time", timeString };
+            Object[] params = { "token", tok, "data", data, "time", timeString };
 
             if (changesHappened) {
                 String gcm = Preferences.getStringValue(GCMIntentService.PREF_REGISTRATION);
@@ -206,7 +204,7 @@ public class ActFmInvoker {
             if (SYNC_DEBUG)
                 Log.e("act-fm-post", request);
             entity.addPart("token", new StringBody(tok));
-            entity.addPart("data", new StringBody(dataString));
+            entity.addPart("data", new StringBody(data));
             entity.addPart("time", new StringBody(timeString));
 
             String response = restClient.post(request, entity);
diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncThread.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncThread.java
index 93e7953d7..06c3efd05 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncThread.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncThread.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import com.todoroo.andlib.utility.Preferences;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.messages.BriefMe;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.messages.ChangesHappened;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.messages.ClientToServerMessage;
-import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.messages.JSONPayloadArray;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.messages.JSONPayloadBuilder;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.messages.NameMaps;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.messages.ReplayOutstandingEntries;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.messages.ReplayTaskListMetadataOutstanding;
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ public class ActFmSyncThread {
                 }
 
                 if (!messageBatch.isEmpty() && checkForToken()) {
-                    JSONPayloadArray payload = new JSONPayloadArray();
+                    JSONPayloadBuilder payload = new JSONPayloadBuilder();
                     MultipartEntity entity = new MultipartEntity();
                     boolean containsChangesHappened = false;
                     for (int i = 0; i < messageBatch.size(); i++) {
@@ -306,15 +306,14 @@ public class ActFmSyncThread {
                         messageBatch.clear();
                         continue;
                     }
-                    System.err.println("PAYLOAD: " + payload.toString());
 
                     setupNotification();
 
-                    payload.put(getClientVersion());
+                    payload.addJSONObject(getClientVersion());
 
                     JSONArray errors = null;
                     try {
-                        JSONObject response = actFmInvoker.postSync(payload, entity, containsChangesHappened, token);
+                        JSONObject response = actFmInvoker.postSync(payload.closeAndReturnString(), entity, containsChangesHappened, token);
                         // process responses
                         String time = response.optString("time");
                         JSONArray serverMessagesJson = response.optJSONArray("messages");
diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/JSONPayloadArray.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/JSONPayloadBuilder.java
similarity index 69%
rename from astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/JSONPayloadArray.java
rename to astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/JSONPayloadBuilder.java
index 9e40a8b1e..942a1aba4 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/JSONPayloadArray.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/JSONPayloadBuilder.java
@@ -1,22 +1,33 @@
 package com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.messages;
 
 import org.apache.http.entity.mime.MultipartEntity;
-import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
-public class JSONPayloadArray extends JSONArray {
+public class JSONPayloadBuilder {
 
     private final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("["); //$NON-NLS-1$
+    private final StringBuilder temp = new StringBuilder();
 
     private int messageCount = 0;
 
     public boolean addMessage(ClientToServerMessage<?> message, MultipartEntity entity) {
         try {
             JSONObject serialized = message.serializeToJSON(entity);
-            if (serialized != null) {
-                sb.append(serialized.toString())
+            return addJSONObject(serialized);
+        } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean addJSONObject(JSONObject obj) {
+        try {
+            temp.delete(0, temp.length());
+            if (obj != null) {
+                temp.append(obj)
                 .append(","); //$NON-NLS-1$
 
+                sb.append(temp);
+
                 messageCount++;
                 return true;
             } else {