diff --git a/JString.cpp b/JString.cpp
index 0a7b450..5687249 100644
--- a/JString.cpp
+++ b/JString.cpp
@@ -169,5 +169,39 @@ namespace coreutils {
       }
       reset();
    }
+
+   MString JString::pretty() {
+      MString output;
+      reset();
+      char ch;
+      int index = 0;
+      while(!eod()) {
+	 ch = nextChar();
+	 if(ch == '{') {
+	    index += 3;
+	    std::cout << "{\n";
+	    for(int ix = 0; ix < index; ++ix)
+	      std::cout << ' ';
+	 }
+	 else if(ch == ':') {
+	    std::cout << ": ";
+	 }	 
+	 else if(ch == '}') {
+	    index -= 3;
+	    std::cout << '\n';
+	    for(int ix = 0; ix < index; ++ix)
+	      std::cout << ' ';
+	    std::cout << ch << '\n';
+	 }	 
+	 else if(ch == ',') {
+	    std::cout << ",\n";
+	    for(int ix = 0; ix < index; ++ix)
+	      std::cout << ' ';
+	 }
+	 else
+	   std::cout << ch;
+      }
+      return output;      
+   }
       
 }
diff --git a/JString.h b/JString.h
index 357b5b4..3897af6 100644
--- a/JString.h
+++ b/JString.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ namespace coreutils {
 	    return jstring.find(key).str();
 	 }
 
-	 Proxy& operator=(coreutils::ZString value) {
+	 Proxy& operator=(coreutils::MString value) {	    
 	    jstring.set(key, value);
 	    return *this;
 	 }
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ namespace coreutils {
       }
       
       JString & operator=(coreutils:: ZString value);
+
+      MString pretty();
       
     private:
       void removeWhitespace();
diff --git a/testing/jstring_test b/testing/jstring_test
index 8f70ab9..22f23c7 100755
Binary files a/testing/jstring_test and b/testing/jstring_test differ
diff --git a/testing/jstring_test.cpp b/testing/jstring_test.cpp
index 0a23e1e..06e9230 100644
--- a/testing/jstring_test.cpp
+++ b/testing/jstring_test.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    test1["object1"] = "{\"attr1\":\"value1\",\"attr2\":\"value2\",\"attr3\":\"value3\"}";
    test1["object1.attr2"] = "{\"xattr1\":\"xvalue1\",\"xattr2\":\"xvalue2\",\"xattr3\":\"xvalue3\"}";
    test1["object1.attr3"] = "Im not an object";
+//   test1["age"] = 64; future
 
    std::cout << test1 << std::endl;
 
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    test9 = test1["object1"];
    std::cout << test9 << std::endl;
    std::cout << test9["attr3"] << std::endl;
+
+   std::cout << test1.pretty() << std::endl;
    
    return 0;
 }