diff --git a/electrum/lnchan.py b/electrum/lnchan.py
index 5fc5e4aba..18bf0b61a 100644
--- a/electrum/lnchan.py
+++ b/electrum/lnchan.py
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ from .lnutil import ScriptHtlc, SENT, RECEIVED, PaymentFailure, calc_onchain_fee
 from .transaction import Transaction, TxOutput, construct_witness
 from .simple_config import SimpleConfig, FEERATE_FALLBACK_STATIC_FEE
 
+class ChannelJsonEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
+    def default(self, o):
+        if isinstance(o, bytes):
+            return binascii.hexlify(o).decode("ascii")
+        if isinstance(o, RevocationStore):
+            return o.serialize()
+        return super(ChannelJsonEncoder, self)
 
 RevokeAndAck = namedtuple("RevokeAndAck", ["per_commitment_secret", "next_per_commitment_point"])
 
@@ -685,14 +692,7 @@ class Channel(PrintError):
     def serialize(self):
         namedtuples_to_dict = lambda v: {i: j._asdict() if isinstance(j, tuple) else j for i, j in v._asdict().items()}
         serialized_channel = {k: namedtuples_to_dict(v) if isinstance(v, tuple) else v for k, v in self.to_save().items()}
-        class MyJsonEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
-            def default(self, o):
-                if isinstance(o, bytes):
-                    return binascii.hexlify(o).decode("ascii")
-                if isinstance(o, RevocationStore):
-                    return o.serialize()
-                return super(MyJsonEncoder, self)
-        dumped = MyJsonEncoder().encode(serialized_channel)
+        dumped = ChannelJsonEncoder().encode(serialized_channel)
         roundtripped = json.loads(dumped)
         reconstructed = Channel(roundtripped)
         if reconstructed.to_save() != self.to_save():
diff --git a/electrum/lnworker.py b/electrum/lnworker.py
index 9ff10ba72..d35599c35 100644
--- a/electrum/lnworker.py
+++ b/electrum/lnworker.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import time
 from typing import Optional, Sequence, Tuple, List, Dict, TYPE_CHECKING
 import threading
 import socket
+import json
 
 import dns.resolver
 import dns.exception
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ from .lntransport import LNResponderTransport
 from .lnbase import Peer
 from .lnaddr import lnencode, LnAddr, lndecode
 from .ecc import der_sig_from_sig_string
-from .lnchan import Channel
+from .lnchan import Channel, ChannelJsonEncoder
 from .lnutil import (Outpoint, calc_short_channel_id, LNPeerAddr,
                      get_compressed_pubkey_from_bech32, extract_nodeid,
                      PaymentFailure, split_host_port, ConnStringFormatError,
@@ -405,11 +406,13 @@ class LNWorker(PrintError):
         self.wallet.storage.write()
 
     def list_channels(self):
+        encoder = ChannelJsonEncoder()
         with self.lock:
             # we output the funding_outpoint instead of the channel_id because lnd uses channel_point (funding outpoint) to identify channels
             for channel_id, chan in self.channels.items():
                 yield {
-                    'htlcs': chan.log[LOCAL],
+                    'local_htlcs':  json.loads(encoder.encode(chan.log[LOCAL ])),
+                    'remote_htlcs': json.loads(encoder.encode(chan.log[REMOTE])),
                     'channel_id': bh2u(chan.short_channel_id),
                     'channel_point': chan.funding_outpoint.to_str(),
                     'state': chan.get_state(),