diff --git a/qbolt/boltdb.cpp b/qbolt/boltdb.cpp
index 9d85af8..653304c 100644
--- a/qbolt/boltdb.cpp
+++ b/qbolt/boltdb.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ bool BoltDB::pumpNext(GoInt64 jobRef, QString& errorOut, NameReciever cb)
     return (errorOut.length() == 0);
 }
 
-bool BoltDB::getStatsJSON(std::function<void(QString)> onSuccess, std::function<void(QString)> onError)
+bool BoltDB::getStatsJSON(std::function<void(QByteArray)> onSuccess, std::function<void(QString)> onError)
 {
     auto statresp = Bolt_DBStats(this->gmsDbRef);
 
@@ -88,9 +88,8 @@ bool BoltDB::getStatsJSON(std::function<void(QString)> onSuccess, std::function<
         return false;
 
     } else if (statresp.r0 == REAL_MESSAGE) {
-        QString json = QString::fromUtf8(statresp.r1, statresp.r2);
+        onSuccess(QByteArray(statresp.r1, statresp.r2));
         free(statresp.r1);
-        onSuccess(json);
         return true;
 
     } else {
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ bool BoltDB::getStatsJSON(std::function<void(QString)> onSuccess, std::function<
     }
 }
 
-bool BoltDB::getBucketStatsJSON(QStringList bucketPath, std::function<void(QString)> onSuccess, std::function<void(QString)> onError)
+bool BoltDB::getBucketStatsJSON(QStringList bucketPath, std::function<void(QByteArray)> onSuccess, std::function<void(QString)> onError)
 {
     GoSliceManagedWrapper sliceWrapper(&bucketPath);
     auto statresp = Bolt_BucketStats(this->gmsDbRef, sliceWrapper.slice);
@@ -111,9 +110,8 @@ bool BoltDB::getBucketStatsJSON(QStringList bucketPath, std::function<void(QStri
         return false;
 
     } else if (statresp.r0 == REAL_MESSAGE) {
-        QString json = QString::fromUtf8(statresp.r1, statresp.r2);
+        onSuccess(QByteArray(statresp.r1, statresp.r2));
         free(statresp.r1);
-        onSuccess(json);
         return true;
 
     } else {
diff --git a/qbolt/boltdb.h b/qbolt/boltdb.h
index 2836396..ebeeed2 100644
--- a/qbolt/boltdb.h
+++ b/qbolt/boltdb.h
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ public:
 
     bool listBuckets(QStringList bucketPath, QString& errorOut, NameReciever cb);
 
-    bool getStatsJSON(std::function<void(QString)> onSuccess, std::function<void(QString)> onError);
+    bool getStatsJSON(std::function<void(QByteArray)> onSuccess, std::function<void(QString)> onError);
 
-    bool getBucketStatsJSON(QStringList bucketPath, std::function<void(QString)> onSuccess, std::function<void(QString)> onError);
+    bool getBucketStatsJSON(QStringList bucketPath, std::function<void(QByteArray)> onSuccess, std::function<void(QString)> onError);
 
     ~BoltDB();
 
diff --git a/qbolt/mainwindow.cpp b/qbolt/mainwindow.cpp
index 3e775b7..329ef89 100644
--- a/qbolt/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/qbolt/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QMessageBox>
+#include <QJsonDocument>
 
 MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
     QMainWindow(parent),
@@ -177,8 +178,9 @@ void MainWindow::on_bucketTree_currentItemChanged(QTreeWidgetItem *current, QTre
 
         auto *bdb = GET_BDB(current);
         bdb->getStatsJSON(
-            [=](QString j) {
-                ui->databasePropertiesArea->setPlainText(j);
+            [=](QByteArray j) {
+                auto doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(j);
+                ui->databasePropertiesArea->setPlainText(QString::fromUtf8(doc.toJson(QJsonDocument::Indented)));
             },
             [=](QString error) {
                 ui->databasePropertiesArea->setPlainText(tr("Error retrieving database statistics: %1").arg(error));
@@ -201,8 +203,9 @@ void MainWindow::on_bucketTree_currentItemChanged(QTreeWidgetItem *current, QTre
 
         bdb->getBucketStatsJSON(
             browse,
-            [=](QString j) {
-                ui->bucketPropertiesArea->setPlainText(j);
+            [=](QByteArray j) {
+                auto doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(j);
+                ui->bucketPropertiesArea->setPlainText(QString::fromUtf8(doc.toJson(QJsonDocument::Indented)));
             },
             [=](QString error) {
                 ui->bucketPropertiesArea->setPlainText(tr("Error retrieving bucket statistics: %1").arg(error));