diff --git a/plugins/action-copy-grpcurl/src/index.ts b/plugins/action-copy-grpcurl/src/index.ts
index bec5dde0..b332957d 100644
--- a/plugins/action-copy-grpcurl/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/action-copy-grpcurl/src/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export const plugin: PluginDefinition = {
       async onSelect(ctx, args) {
         const rendered_request = await ctx.grpcRequest.render({
           grpcRequest: args.grpcRequest,
-          purpose: 'preview',
+          purpose: 'send',
         });
         const data = await convert(rendered_request, args.protoFiles);
         await ctx.clipboard.copyText(data);
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export async function convert(request: Partial<GrpcRequest>, allProtoFiles: stri
 
   // Add form params
   if (request.message) {
-    xs.push('-d', `${quote(JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(request.message)))}`);
+    xs.push('-d', quote(request.message));
     xs.push(NEWLINE);
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/action-copy-grpcurl/tests/index.test.ts b/plugins/action-copy-grpcurl/tests/index.test.ts
index 31910c98..51d43d02 100644
--- a/plugins/action-copy-grpcurl/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/action-copy-grpcurl/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -151,7 +151,26 @@ describe('exporter-curl', () => {
       [
         `grpcurl -import-path '/'`,
         `-proto '/foo.proto'`,
-        `-d '{"foo":"bar","baz":1}'`,
+        `-d '{\n  "foo": "bar",\n  "baz": 1\n}'`,
+        'yaak.app',
+      ].join(' \\\n  '),
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('Sends data with unresolved template tags', async () => {
+    expect(
+      await convert(
+        {
+          url: 'https://yaak.app',
+          message: '{"timestamp": ${[ faker "timestamp" ]}, "foo": "bar"}',
+        },
+        ['/foo.proto'],
+      ),
+    ).toEqual(
+      [
+        `grpcurl -import-path '/'`,
+        `-proto '/foo.proto'`,
+        `-d '{"timestamp": \${[ faker "timestamp" ]}, "foo": "bar"}'`,
         'yaak.app',
       ].join(' \\\n  '),
     );