[BUG] MQTT commands don't work

[briodan]

Describe the bug
I cant get MQTT commands to work from Home Assistant

To Reproduce
I have setup MQTT on the device and I see it publish sensor and connection data to MQTT however MQTT commands do not get picked up by the device

this is the command I issue for a reload, note HA translates " to " when pasted into the GUI and will not allow payload: "{"reload": true}", i have also tried payload: "{reload': true}" with no success.

action: mqtt.publish
data:
  evaluate_payload: false
  qos: 0
  retain: false
  topic: wallpanel/los1_wp/command
  payload: "{\"reload\": true}"

Smartphone (please complete the following information):

• Device: ThinkSmart View
• OS: Android 8.10 (Lineage OS)
• Applicaiton version: v0.12.0 build 0