diff --git a/acls.go b/acls.go
index 1a597c24..194da12f 100644
--- a/acls.go
+++ b/acls.go
@@ -247,13 +247,7 @@ func expandAlias(
 		for _, namespace := range owners {
 			machines := filterMachinesByNamespace(machines, namespace)
 			for _, machine := range machines {
-				if len(machine.HostInfo) == 0 {
-					continue
-				}
-				hi, err := machine.GetHostInfo()
-				if err != nil {
-					return ips, err
-				}
+				hi := machine.GetHostInfo()
 				for _, t := range hi.RequestTags {
 					if alias == t {
 						ips = append(ips, machine.IPAddresses.ToStringSlice()...)
@@ -315,15 +309,8 @@ func excludeCorrectlyTaggedNodes(
 	}
 	// for each machine if tag is in tags list, don't append it.
 	for _, machine := range nodes {
-		if len(machine.HostInfo) == 0 {
-			out = append(out, machine)
+		hi := machine.GetHostInfo()
 
-			continue
-		}
-		hi, err := machine.GetHostInfo()
-		if err != nil {
-			return out, err
-		}
 		found := false
 		for _, t := range hi.RequestTags {
 			if containsString(tags, t) {
diff --git a/grpcv1.go b/grpcv1.go
index 60e181df..bbda19fd 100644
--- a/grpcv1.go
+++ b/grpcv1.go
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ package headscale
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/gen/go/headscale/v1"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
-	"gorm.io/datatypes"
 	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
 )
 
@@ -262,13 +260,8 @@ func (api headscaleV1APIServer) GetMachineRoute(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	routes, err := machine.RoutesToProto()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	return &v1.GetMachineRouteResponse{
-		Routes: routes,
+		Routes: machine.RoutesToProto(),
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -286,13 +279,8 @@ func (api headscaleV1APIServer) EnableMachineRoutes(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	routes, err := machine.RoutesToProto()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	return &v1.EnableMachineRoutesResponse{
-		Routes: routes,
+		Routes: machine.RoutesToProto(),
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -379,13 +367,6 @@ func (api headscaleV1APIServer) DebugCreateMachine(
 		Hostname:    "DebugTestMachine",
 	}
 
-	log.Trace().Caller().Interface("hostinfo", hostinfo).Msg("")
-
-	hostinfoJson, err := json.Marshal(hostinfo)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	newMachine := Machine{
 		MachineKey: request.GetKey(),
 		Name:       request.GetName(),
@@ -395,7 +376,7 @@ func (api headscaleV1APIServer) DebugCreateMachine(
 		LastSeen:             &time.Time{},
 		LastSuccessfulUpdate: &time.Time{},
 
-		HostInfo: datatypes.JSON(hostinfoJson),
+		HostInfo: HostInfo(hostinfo),
 	}
 
 	// log.Trace().Caller().Interface("machine", newMachine).Msg("")
diff --git a/poll.go b/poll.go
index 21aa3b33..1ae8cd0d 100644
--- a/poll.go
+++ b/poll.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package headscale
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
-	"gorm.io/datatypes"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
 	"tailscale.com/types/key"
@@ -85,12 +83,8 @@ func (h *Headscale) PollNetMapHandler(ctx *gin.Context) {
 		Str("machine", machine.Name).
 		Msg("Found machine in database")
 
-	hostinfo, err := json.Marshal(req.Hostinfo)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
 	machine.Name = req.Hostinfo.Hostname
-	machine.HostInfo = datatypes.JSON(hostinfo)
+	machine.HostInfo = HostInfo(*req.Hostinfo)
 	machine.DiscoKey = DiscoPublicKeyStripPrefix(req.DiscoKey)
 	now := time.Now().UTC()
 
@@ -114,18 +108,7 @@ func (h *Headscale) PollNetMapHandler(ctx *gin.Context) {
 	// The intended use is for clients to discover the DERP map at start-up
 	// before their first real endpoint update.
 	if !req.ReadOnly {
-		endpoints, err := json.Marshal(req.Endpoints)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Error().
-				Caller().
-				Str("func", "PollNetMapHandler").
-				Err(err).
-				Msg("Failed to mashal requested endpoints for the client")
-			ctx.String(http.StatusInternalServerError, ":(")
-
-			return
-		}
-		machine.Endpoints = datatypes.JSON(endpoints)
+		machine.Endpoints = req.Endpoints
 		machine.LastSeen = &now
 	}
 	h.db.Updates(machine)
diff --git a/routes.go b/routes.go
index 0065a03f..e8de299b 100644
--- a/routes.go
+++ b/routes.go
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package headscale
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
-
-	"gorm.io/datatypes"
 	"inet.af/netaddr"
 )
 
@@ -23,12 +20,7 @@ func (h *Headscale) GetAdvertisedNodeRoutes(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	hostInfo, err := machine.GetHostInfo()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return &hostInfo.RoutableIPs, nil
+	return &machine.HostInfo.RoutableIPs, nil
 }
 
 // Deprecated: use machine function instead
@@ -43,27 +35,7 @@ func (h *Headscale) GetEnabledNodeRoutes(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	data, err := machine.EnabledRoutes.MarshalJSON()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	routesStr := []string{}
-	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &routesStr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	routes := make([]netaddr.IPPrefix, len(routesStr))
-	for index, routeStr := range routesStr {
-		route, err := netaddr.ParseIPPrefix(routeStr)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		routes[index] = route
-	}
-
-	return routes, nil
+	return machine.EnabledRoutes, nil
 }
 
 // Deprecated: use machine function instead
@@ -135,12 +107,7 @@ func (h *Headscale) EnableNodeRoute(
 		return errRouteIsNotAvailable
 	}
 
-	routes, err := json.Marshal(enabledRoutes)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	machine.EnabledRoutes = datatypes.JSON(routes)
+	machine.EnabledRoutes = enabledRoutes
 	h.db.Save(&machine)
 
 	return nil