diff --git a/internal/pkg/api/node/list.go b/internal/pkg/api/node/list.go
index e19bd1a5..2ffa66d2 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/api/node/list.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/api/node/list.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func NodeList(nodeGet *wwapiv1.GetNodeList) (nodeList wwapiv1.NodeList, err erro
 
 		var buf []byte
 		if nodeGet.Type == wwapiv1.GetNodeList_JSON {
-			buf, _ = json.Marshal(nodeResp)
+			buf, _ = json.MarshalIndent(nodeResp, "", "  ")
 		}
 		if nodeGet.Type == wwapiv1.GetNodeList_YAML {
 			buf, _ = yaml.Marshal(nodeResp)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/api/profile/list.go b/internal/pkg/api/profile/list.go
index 697ef8a3..0d833573 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/api/profile/list.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/api/profile/list.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func ProfileList(ShowOpt *wwapiv1.GetProfileList) (profileList wwapiv1.ProfileLi
 			profileMap[profile.Id.Get()] = profile
 		}
 
-		buf, _ := json.Marshal(profileMap)
+		buf, _ := json.MarshalIndent(profileMap, "", "  ")
 		profileList.Output = append(profileList.Output, string(buf))
 	} else {
 		profileList.Output = append(profileList.Output,