diff --git a/src/state.ts b/src/state.ts
index e60af2e..fd611de 100644
--- a/src/state.ts
+++ b/src/state.ts
@@ -34,17 +34,15 @@ export class FileStateBackend implements StateBackend {
   constructor(private path: string) {}
 
   async read(): Promise<State> {
-    const decoder = new TextDecoder();
-    const data = await Deno.readFile(this.path);
-    const json = JSON.parse(decoder.decode(data));
+    const data = await Deno.readTextFile(this.path);
+    const json = JSON.parse(data);
     return json;
   }
 
   async write(newState: State): Promise<void> {
-    const encoder = new TextEncoder();
-    const data = encoder.encode(JSON.stringify(newState, undefined, 2));
+    const data = JSON.stringify(newState, undefined, 2);
     const swapPath = `${this.path}.swap`;
-    await Deno.writeFile(swapPath, data);
+    await Deno.writeTextFile(swapPath, data);
     await Deno.rename(swapPath, this.path);
   }
 }