diff --git a/quartz/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip78AppData/AppSpecificDataEvent.kt b/quartz/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip78AppData/AppSpecificDataEvent.kt
index 1f543dd3d..aaa0a86e6 100644
--- a/quartz/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip78AppData/AppSpecificDataEvent.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip78AppData/AppSpecificDataEvent.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ class AppSpecificDataEvent(
     content: String,
     sig: HexKey,
 ) : BaseAddressableEvent(id, pubKey, createdAt, KIND, tags, content, sig) {
+    override fun isContentEncoded() = true
+
     companion object {
         const val KIND = 30078
         const val ALT = "Arbitrary app data"