diff --git a/lib/PayPal/Common/PayPalModel.php b/lib/PayPal/Common/PayPalModel.php
index 1f294a04..ec1939aa 100644
--- a/lib/PayPal/Common/PayPalModel.php
+++ b/lib/PayPal/Common/PayPalModel.php
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ public function toJSON($options = 0)
         // Because of PHP Version 5.3, we cannot use JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES option
         // Instead we would use the str_replace command for now.
         // TODO: Replace this code with return json_encode($this->toArray(), $options | 64); once we support PHP >= 5.4
+        if (version_compare(phpversion(), '5.4.0', '>=') === true) {
+            return json_encode($this->toArray(), $options | 64);
+        }
         return str_replace('\\/', '/', json_encode($this->toArray(), $options));
     }
 
@@ -255,6 +258,6 @@ public function toJSON($options = 0)
      */
     public function __toString()
     {
-        return json_encode($this->toArray());
+        return $this->toJSON(128);
     }
 }