diff --git a/lib/utils/mu-sexp.cc b/lib/utils/mu-sexp.cc
index 4ebfd70c..ecca2b10 100644
--- a/lib/utils/mu-sexp.cc
+++ b/lib/utils/mu-sexp.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** Copyright (C) 2022 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
+** Copyright (C) 2022-2023 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
 **
 ** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 ** under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ Sexp::to_json_string(Format fopts) const
 			auto it{list().begin()};
 			bool first{true};
 			while (it != list().end()) {
-				sstrm << (first ? "" : ",") << quote(it->string()) << ":";
+				sstrm << (first ? "" : ",")  << quote(it->symbol()) << ":";
 				++it;
 				sstrm << it->to_json_string();
 				++it;
diff --git a/mu/mu-options.cc b/mu/mu-options.cc
index 4f8dc752..a96f868e 100644
--- a/mu/mu-options.cc
+++ b/mu/mu-options.cc
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ sub_find(CLI::App& sub, Options& opts)
 			{ Format::Sexp,
 			  {"sexp", "S-expressions"}
 			},
+			{ Format::Json,
+			  {"json", "JSON"}
+			},
 			{ Format::XQuery,
 			  {"xquery", "Show Xapian query (for debugging)"}
 			},