diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0dc9035..7e39711 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -425,6 +425,12 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "904dfeac50f3cdaba28fc6f57fdcddb75f49ed61346676a78c4ffe55877802fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.21.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4a4ddaa51a5bc52a6948f74c06d20aaaddb71924eab79b8c97a8c556e942d6a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitfield"
 version = "0.13.2"
@@ -999,6 +1005,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-process",
  "async-trait",
  "backtrace",
+ "base64 0.21.0",
  "capnp",
  "capnp-rpc",
  "chrono",
@@ -1467,7 +1474,7 @@ version = "7.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6ea9fe3952d32674a14e0975009a3547af9ea364995b5ec1add2e23c2ae523ab"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.13.0",
  "byteorder",
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "flate2",
@@ -2541,7 +2548,7 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4b18820d944b33caa75a71378964ac46f58517c92b6ae5f762636247c09e78fb"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.13.0",
  "blake2b_simd",
  "constant_time_eq",
  "crossbeam-utils",
@@ -2583,7 +2590,7 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1ee86d63972a7c661d1536fefe8c3c8407321c3df668891286de28abcd087360"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.13.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2592,7 +2599,7 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0864aeff53f8c05aa08d86e5ef839d3dfcf07aeba2db32f12db0ef716e87bd55"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.13.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3135,7 +3142,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-stream",
  "async-trait",
  "axum",
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.13.0",
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 349534b..8e8125d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ backtrace = "0.3.65"
 miette = { version = "4.7.1", features = ["fancy"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.31"
 toml = "0.5.8"
+base64 = "0.21"
 
 # Well-known paths/dirs for e.g. cache
 dirs = "4.0.0"
diff --git a/bffhd/actors/process.rs b/bffhd/actors/process.rs
index 330325f..ee5a26b 100644
--- a/bffhd/actors/process.rs
+++ b/bffhd/actors/process.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use futures_util::future::BoxFuture;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+use base64::Engine;
 
 use crate::actors::Actor;
 use crate::db::ArchivedValue;
@@ -39,25 +40,30 @@ impl Actor for Process {
             .args(self.args.iter())
             .arg(&self.name);
 
-        match &state.as_ref().inner.state {
-            ArchivedStatus::Free => {
-                command.arg("free");
-            }
-            ArchivedStatus::InUse(by) => {
-                command.arg("inuse").arg(by.id.as_str());
-            }
-            ArchivedStatus::ToCheck(by) => {
-                command.arg("tocheck").arg(by.id.as_str());
-            }
-            ArchivedStatus::Blocked(by) => {
-                command.arg("blocked").arg(by.id.as_str());
-            }
-            ArchivedStatus::Disabled => {
-                command.arg("disabled");
-            }
-            ArchivedStatus::Reserved(by) => {
-                command.arg("reserved").arg(by.id.as_str());
+        if state.as_ref().raw.is_empty() {
+            match &state.as_ref().inner.state {
+                ArchivedStatus::Free => {
+                    command.arg("free");
+                }
+                ArchivedStatus::InUse(by) => {
+                    command.arg("inuse").arg(by.id.as_str());
+                }
+                ArchivedStatus::ToCheck(by) => {
+                    command.arg("tocheck").arg(by.id.as_str());
+                }
+                ArchivedStatus::Blocked(by) => {
+                    command.arg("blocked").arg(by.id.as_str());
+                }
+                ArchivedStatus::Disabled => {
+                    command.arg("disabled");
+                }
+                ArchivedStatus::Reserved(by) => {
+                    command.arg("reserved").arg(by.id.as_str());
+                }
             }
+        } else {
+            let b64 = base64::prelude::BASE64_STANDARD_NO_PAD.encode(&state.as_ref().raw);
+            command.arg("raw").arg(b64);
         }
 
         let name = self.name.clone();