diff --git a/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb b/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb
index 2af2023fd..39e358433 100644
--- a/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ module PostsHelper
     return nil unless Danbooru.config.enable_post_search_counts
 
     msg = "#{params[:id]},#{session.id}"
-    msg = ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier.new(Danbooru.config.reportbooru_key, digest: "SHA256").generate(msg)
+    msg = ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier.new(Danbooru.config.reportbooru_key, serializer: JSON, digest: "SHA256").generate(msg)
     return render("posts/partials/show/view_count", msg: msg)
   end
 
diff --git a/app/logical/post_view_count_service.rb b/app/logical/post_view_count_service.rb
index 4dd4137f3..1da1a6e8e 100644
--- a/app/logical/post_view_count_service.rb
+++ b/app/logical/post_view_count_service.rb
@@ -27,5 +27,7 @@ class PostViewCountService
     else
       return nil
     end
+  rescue JSON::ParserError
+    nil
   end
 end