diff --git a/src/pocketbook/server.clj b/src/pocketbook/server.clj
index ebd8a2e..5478266 100644
--- a/src/pocketbook/server.clj
+++ b/src/pocketbook/server.clj
@@ -66,15 +66,12 @@
       (swap! sse-clients update group disj ch))))
 
 (defn- sse-notify!
-  "Send an SSE event to all listeners of the given groups."
+  "Send an SSE event to all listeners of the given groups.
+   After the initial response, http-kit send! takes a plain string body."
   [groups]
   (doseq [group groups
           ch (get @sse-clients group)]
-    (http/send! ch {:status 200
-                    :headers {"Content-Type"  "text/event-stream"
-                              "Cache-Control" "no-cache"}
-                    :body    (str "data: " group "\n\n")}
-                false)))  ;; false = don't close, keep streaming
+    (http/send! ch (str "data: " group "\n\n") false)))
 
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