diff --git a/litecord/blueprints/icons.py b/litecord/blueprints/icons.py
index 106e80e..7434bad 100644
--- a/litecord/blueprints/icons.py
+++ b/litecord/blueprints/icons.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ async def _get_guild_splash(guild_id: int, icon_file: str):
     return await send_icon('splash', guild_id, icon_hash, ext=ext)
 
 
-@bp.route('/banners/<int:channel_id>/<icon_file>', methods=['GET'])
+@bp.route('/banners/<int:guild_id>/<icon_file>', methods=['GET'])
 async def _get_guild_banner(guild_id: int, icon_file: str):
     icon_hash, ext = splitext_(icon_file)
     return await send_icon('banner', guild_id, icon_hash, ext=ext)
diff --git a/litecord/gateway/websocket.py b/litecord/gateway/websocket.py
index c2977b7..4cc22aa 100644
--- a/litecord/gateway/websocket.py
+++ b/litecord/gateway/websocket.py
@@ -74,7 +74,16 @@ def decode_json(data: str):
 
 
 def encode_etf(payload) -> str:
-    return earl.pack(payload)
+    # The thing with encoding ETF is that with json we have LitecordJSONEncoder
+    # which takes care of converting e.g datetime objects to their ISO
+    # representation.
+
+    # so, to keep things working, i'll to a json pass on the payload, then send
+    # the decoded payload back to earl.
+
+    sanitized = encode_json(payload)
+    sanitized = decode_json(sanitized)
+    return earl.pack(sanitized)
 
 
 def _etf_decode_dict(data):