diff --git a/modules/websocket/emws_peer.cpp b/modules/websocket/emws_peer.cpp
index 5f3cb768520..3bd132bc730 100644
--- a/modules/websocket/emws_peer.cpp
+++ b/modules/websocket/emws_peer.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Error EMWSPeer::_send(const uint8_t *p_buffer, int p_buffer_size, bool p_binary)
 }
 
 Error EMWSPeer::send(const uint8_t *p_buffer, int p_buffer_size, WriteMode p_mode) {
-	return _send(p_buffer, p_buffer_size, p_mode == WRITE_MODE_TEXT);
+	return _send(p_buffer, p_buffer_size, p_mode == WRITE_MODE_BINARY);
 }
 
 Error EMWSPeer::put_packet(const uint8_t *p_buffer, int p_buffer_size) {