diff --git a/lib/rspec_api_documentation/writers/combined_json_writer.rb b/lib/rspec_api_documentation/writers/combined_json_writer.rb
index 1eea5f5e..a77f0c1a 100644
--- a/lib/rspec_api_documentation/writers/combined_json_writer.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec_api_documentation/writers/combined_json_writer.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ def self.write(index, configuration)
         File.open(configuration.docs_dir.join("combined.json"), "w+") do |f|
           examples = []
           index.examples.each do |rspec_example|
-            examples << JsonExample.new(rspec_example, configuration).to_json
+            examples << Formatter.to_json(JsonExample.new(rspec_example, configuration))
           end
 
           f.write "["
diff --git a/lib/rspec_api_documentation/writers/formatter.rb b/lib/rspec_api_documentation/writers/formatter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11c70dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rspec_api_documentation/writers/formatter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module RspecApiDocumentation
+  module Writers
+    module Formatter
+
+      def self.to_json(object)
+        JSON.pretty_generate(object.as_json)
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/rspec_api_documentation/writers/json_iodocs_writer.rb b/lib/rspec_api_documentation/writers/json_iodocs_writer.rb
index ca3e28ba..072e1a8b 100644
--- a/lib/rspec_api_documentation/writers/json_iodocs_writer.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec_api_documentation/writers/json_iodocs_writer.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'rspec_api_documentation/writers/formatter'
+
 module RspecApiDocumentation
   module Writers
     class JsonIodocsWriter
@@ -17,10 +19,10 @@ def self.write(index, configuration)
 
       def write
         File.open(docs_dir.join("apiconfig.json"), "w+") do |file|
-          file.write ApiConfig.new(configuration).to_json
+          file.write Formatter.to_json(ApiConfig.new(configuration))
         end
         File.open(docs_dir.join("#{api_key}.json"), "w+") do |file|
-          file.write JsonIndex.new(index, configuration).to_json
+          file.write Formatter.to_json(JsonIndex.new(index, configuration))
         end
       end
     end
@@ -39,16 +41,16 @@ def examples
         @index.examples.map { |example| JsonExample.new(example, @configuration) }
       end
 
-      def to_json
+      def as_json(opts = nil)
         sections.inject({:endpoints => []}) do |h, section|
           h[:endpoints].push(
             :name => section[:resource_name],
             :methods => section[:examples].map do |example|
-              example.to_json
+              example.as_json(opts)
             end
           )
           h
-        end.to_json
+        end
       end
     end
 
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ def parameters
         params
       end
 
-      def to_json
+      def as_json(opts = nil)
          {
           :MethodName => description,
           :Synopsis => explanation,
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ def initialize(configuration)
         @api_key = configuration.api_name.parameterize
       end
 
-      def to_json
+      def as_json(opts = nil)
         {
           @api_key.to_sym => {
             :name => @configuration.api_name,
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ def to_json
             :publicPath => "",
             :baseURL => @configuration.curl_host
           }
-        }.to_json
+        }
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/rspec_api_documentation/writers/json_writer.rb b/lib/rspec_api_documentation/writers/json_writer.rb
index 6cd81eb9..da3d5851 100644
--- a/lib/rspec_api_documentation/writers/json_writer.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec_api_documentation/writers/json_writer.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'rspec_api_documentation/writers/formatter'
+
 module RspecApiDocumentation
   module Writers
     class JsonWriter
@@ -16,13 +18,13 @@ def self.write(index, configuration)
 
       def write
         File.open(docs_dir.join("index.json"), "w+") do |f|
-          f.write JsonIndex.new(index, configuration).to_json
+          f.write Formatter.to_json(JsonIndex.new(index, configuration))
         end
         index.examples.each do |example|
           json_example = JsonExample.new(example, configuration)
           FileUtils.mkdir_p(docs_dir.join(json_example.dirname))
           File.open(docs_dir.join(json_example.dirname, json_example.filename), "w+") do |f|
-            f.write json_example.to_json
+            f.write Formatter.to_json(json_example)
           end
         end
       end
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ def examples
         @index.examples.map { |example| JsonExample.new(example, @configuration) }
       end
 
-      def to_json
+      def as_json(opts = nil)
         sections.inject({:resources => []}) do |h, section|
           h[:resources].push(
             :name => section[:resource_name],
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ def to_json
             }
           )
           h
-        end.to_json
+        end
       end
     end
 
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ def filename
         "#{basename}.json"
       end
 
-      def as_json
+      def as_json(opts = nil)
         {
           :resource => resource_name,
           :http_method => http_method,
@@ -94,10 +96,6 @@ def as_json
         }
       end
 
-      def to_json
-        as_json.to_json
-      end
-
       def requests
         super.map do |hash|
           if @host