diff --git a/cmd/tendermint/gen_validator.go b/cmd/tendermint/gen_validator.go
index 344d61bf..37f0e299 100644
--- a/cmd/tendermint/gen_validator.go
+++ b/cmd/tendermint/gen_validator.go
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 	"github.com/tendermint/go-wire"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
 
 func gen_validator() {
 
 	privValidator := types.GenPrivValidator()
-	privValidatorJSONBytes := wire.JSONBytes(privValidator)
+	privValidatorJSONBytes := wire.JSONBytesPretty(privValidator)
 	fmt.Printf(`Generated a new validator!
 Paste the following JSON into your %v file
 
diff --git a/cmd/tendermint/show_validator.go b/cmd/tendermint/show_validator.go
index 52082b00..e6c68e31 100644
--- a/cmd/tendermint/show_validator.go
+++ b/cmd/tendermint/show_validator.go
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-
 package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 	"github.com/tendermint/go-wire"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
 
 func show_validator() {
 	privValidatorFile := config.GetString("priv_validator_file")
 	privValidator := types.LoadOrGenPrivValidator(privValidatorFile)
-	fmt.Println(string(wire.JSONBytes(privValidator.PubKey)))
+	fmt.Println(string(wire.JSONBytesPretty(privValidator.PubKey)))
 }
diff --git a/types/genesis.go b/types/genesis.go
index 2c5fc827..9c81bc2d 100644
--- a/types/genesis.go
+++ b/types/genesis.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type GenesisDoc struct {
 
 // Utility method for saving GenensisDoc as JSON file.
 func (genDoc *GenesisDoc) SaveAs(file string) error {
-	genDocBytes := wire.JSONBytes(genDoc)
+	genDocBytes := wire.JSONBytesPretty(genDoc)
 	return WriteFile(file, genDocBytes, 0644)
 }
 
diff --git a/types/priv_validator.go b/types/priv_validator.go
index 69f7527e..30fdfff7 100644
--- a/types/priv_validator.go
+++ b/types/priv_validator.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (privVal *PrivValidator) save() {
 	if privVal.filePath == "" {
 		PanicSanity("Cannot save PrivValidator: filePath not set")
 	}
-	jsonBytes := wire.JSONBytes(privVal)
+	jsonBytes := wire.JSONBytesPretty(privVal)
 	err := WriteFileAtomic(privVal.filePath, jsonBytes, 0600)
 	if err != nil {
 		// `@; BOOM!!!