diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/JsonProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/JsonProvider.java
index 1fed4d43..29cf2b6e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/JsonProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/JsonProvider.java
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
 import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Context;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
 import javax.ws.rs.ext.MessageBodyReader;
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ import org.apache.http.HttpHeaders;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectWriter;
 
 @Provider
 @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
@@ -30,6 +33,9 @@ public class JsonProvider implements MessageBodyReader<Object>, MessageBodyWrite
 
 	private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper().configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
 
+	@Context
+	private HttpServletRequest request;
+
 	@Override
 	public void writeTo(Object value, Class<?> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType,
 			MultivaluedMap<String, Object> httpHeaders, OutputStream entityStream) throws IOException {
@@ -38,10 +44,29 @@ public class JsonProvider implements MessageBodyReader<Object>, MessageBodyWrite
 		httpHeaders.putSingle(HttpHeaders.CACHE_CONTROL, CACHE_CONTROL_VALUE);
 		httpHeaders.putSingle(HttpHeaders.PRAGMA, CACHE_CONTROL_VALUE);
 
-		getMapper().writeValue(entityStream, value);
+		ObjectWriter writer = getMapper().writer();
+		if (hasPrettyPrint(annotations)) {
+			writer = writer.withDefaultPrettyPrinter();
+		}
+		writer.writeValue(entityStream, value);
 
 	}
 
+	private boolean hasPrettyPrint(Annotation[] annotations) {
+		boolean prettyPrint = false;
+
+		for (Annotation annotation : annotations) {
+			if (PrettyPrint.class.equals(annotation.annotationType())) {
+				prettyPrint = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (!prettyPrint && request != null) {
+			prettyPrint = Boolean.parseBoolean(request.getParameter("pretty"));
+		}
+		return prettyPrint;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public Object readFrom(Class<Object> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType,
 			MultivaluedMap<String, String> httpHeaders, InputStream entityStream) throws IOException, WebApplicationException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/PrettyPrint.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/PrettyPrint.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5498d48a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/PrettyPrint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.commafeed.frontend.rest;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+@Target({ ElementType.METHOD })
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface PrettyPrint {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/AdminREST.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/AdminREST.java
index 2bcda43f..7d1dac29 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/AdminREST.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/AdminREST.java
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ public class AdminREST extends AbstractREST {
 
 	@Path("/metrics")
 	@GET
+	@PrettyPrint
 	@ApiOperation(value = "Retrieve server metrics")
 	public Response getMetrics() {
 		return Response.ok(metrics).build();