diff --git a/sdgb-cli/src/utils/helpers/mod.rs b/sdgb-cli/src/utils/helpers/mod.rs
index 726450e..95c7b5e 100644
--- a/sdgb-cli/src/utils/helpers/mod.rs
+++ b/sdgb-cli/src/utils/helpers/mod.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ where
 
     let data = read_cache::<D>(definition)?;
     let writer = BufWriter::new(file);
-    serde_json::to_writer(writer, &data)?;
+    serde_json::to_writer_pretty(writer, &data)?;
     info!("dumped {} records", data.len());
 
     Ok(())