diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d705f45..bb3fb710 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 
 - fix deb and rpm bundle [79e4d5d](https://github.com/ffplayout/ffplayout/pull/217/commits/79e4d5dda05e715df96a38070466ea7a4c8378b2)
 - rearrange custom filters (fix missing output mapping on multiple outputs) [9cb3a62](https://github.com/ffplayout/ffplayout/pull/217/commits/9cb3a6206938adcf1fbe4ce0ec763cad9e812c76)
-- use mp2 for loudnorm_ingest to prevent number of samples in frame too big error [45197c2](https://github.com/ffplayout/ffplayout/pull/218/commits/45197c276df1c0394c26b030991b7e0e5490b0ce)
+- switch decoder audio codec to pcm_bluray [8b3a80f](https://github.com/ffplayout/ffplayout/pull/218/commits/8b3a80f5602eda240c6a59178c33886c9e81cb1d)
+- deserialize drawtext message with struct object and add single quotes around values
 
 ## Development
 
diff --git a/ffplayout-engine/src/rpc/mod.rs b/ffplayout-engine/src/rpc/mod.rs
index f92c6782..08a99043 100644
--- a/ffplayout-engine/src/rpc/mod.rs
+++ b/ffplayout-engine/src/rpc/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{process::exit, sync::atomic::Ordering};
+use std::{fmt, process::exit, sync::atomic::Ordering};
 
 mod zmq_cmd;
 
@@ -8,16 +8,92 @@ use jsonrpc_http_server::{
     jsonrpc_core::{IoHandler, Params, Value},
     AccessControlAllowOrigin, DomainsValidation, Response, RestApi, ServerBuilder,
 };
+use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde_json::{json, Map};
 use simplelog::*;
 
 use ffplayout_lib::utils::{
-    get_delta, get_filter_from_json, get_sec, sec_to_time, write_status, Ingest, Media,
-    OutputMode::*, PlayerControl, PlayoutConfig, PlayoutStatus, ProcessControl,
+    get_delta, get_sec, sec_to_time, write_status, Ingest, Media, OutputMode::*, PlayerControl,
+    PlayoutConfig, PlayoutStatus, ProcessControl,
 };
 
 use zmq_cmd::zmq_send;
 
+#[derive(Default, Deserialize, Clone)]
+struct TextFilter {
+    text: Option<String>,
+    x: Option<String>,
+    y: Option<String>,
+    fontsize: Option<String>,
+    line_spacing: Option<String>,
+    fontcolor: Option<String>,
+    alpha: Option<String>,
+    r#box: Option<String>,
+    boxcolor: Option<String>,
+    boxborderw: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for TextFilter {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        let mut s = format!("text='{}'", self.text.clone().unwrap_or_default());
+
+        if let Some(v) = &self.x {
+            if !v.is_empty() {
+                s.push_str(&format!(":x='{v}'"));
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(v) = &self.y {
+            if !v.is_empty() {
+                s.push_str(&format!(":y='{v}'"));
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(v) = &self.fontsize {
+            if !v.is_empty() {
+                s.push_str(&format!(":fontsize={v}"));
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(v) = &self.line_spacing {
+            if !v.is_empty() {
+                s.push_str(&format!(":line_spacing={v}"));
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(v) = &self.fontcolor {
+            if !v.is_empty() {
+                s.push_str(&format!(":fontcolor={v}"));
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(v) = &self.alpha {
+            if !v.is_empty() {
+                s.push_str(&format!(":alpha='{v}'"));
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(v) = &self.r#box {
+            if !v.is_empty() {
+                s.push_str(&format!(":box={v}"));
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(v) = &self.boxcolor {
+            if !v.is_empty() {
+                s.push_str(&format!(":boxcolor={v}"));
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(v) = &self.boxborderw {
+            if !v.is_empty() {
+                s.push_str(&format!(":boxborderw={v}"));
+            }
+        }
+
+        write!(f, "{}", s)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Covert JSON string to ffmpeg filter command.
+fn filter_from_json(raw_text: serde_json::Value) -> String {
+    let filter: TextFilter = serde_json::from_value(raw_text).unwrap_or_default();
+
+    filter.to_string()
+}
+
 /// map media struct to json object
 fn get_media_map(media: Media) -> Value {
     json!({
@@ -83,7 +159,7 @@ pub fn json_rpc_server(
                 && &map["control"] == "text"
                 && map.contains_key("message")
             {
-                let filter = get_filter_from_json(map["message"].to_string());
+                let filter = filter_from_json(map["message"].clone());
 
                 // TODO: in Rust 1.65 use let_chains instead
                 if !filter.is_empty() && config.text.zmq_stream_socket.is_some() {
diff --git a/lib/src/utils/mod.rs b/lib/src/utils/mod.rs
index 45d9d629..9a5caca4 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -282,21 +282,6 @@ pub fn json_writer(path: &PathBuf, data: JsonPlaylist) -> Result<(), Error> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Covert JSON string to ffmpeg filter command.
-pub fn get_filter_from_json(raw_text: String) -> String {
-    let re1 = Regex::new(r#""|}|\{"#).unwrap();
-    let re2 = Regex::new(r#"id:[0-9]+,?|name:[^,]?,?"#).unwrap();
-    let re3 = Regex::new(r#"text:([^,]*)"#).unwrap();
-    let text = re1.replace_all(&raw_text, "");
-    let text = re2.replace_all(&text, "").clone();
-    let filter = re3
-        .replace_all(&text, "text:'$1'")
-        .replace(':', "=")
-        .replace(',', ":");
-
-    filter
-}
-
 /// Write current status to status file in temp folder.
 ///
 /// The status file is init in main function and mostly modified in RPC server.