diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b21a856..bd10428 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ cf usage-report -o voyager
 cf usage-report -o voyager -o tenzing [-o orgName...]
 
 # report using different formats
-cf usage-report -o voyager -o tenzing --format string
 cf usage-report -o voyager -o tenzing --format table
+cf usage-report -o voyager -o tenzing --format string
+cf usage-report -o voyager -o tenzing --format json
 ```
 
 `--format table`:
@@ -61,6 +62,14 @@ org tenzing is consuming 0 MB of 83968 MB
 across 2 org(s), you have 45 billable AIs, 37 are canonical AIs (30 running, 7 stopped), 8 are SCS instances
 ```
 
+`--format json`:
+
+This example is going to be a bit cluttered, so it's recommended using `jq` to parse the output. Then it could be used for parsing and interacting with other systems, like `cf-mgmt`:
+
+```json
+{"SummaryReport":{"OrgReports":[{"AppInstancesCount":37,"AppsCount":28,"BillableAppInstancesCount":40,"BillableServicesCount":13,"MemoryQuota":83968,"MemoryUsage":60416,"Name":"voyager","RunningAppInstancesCount":30,"RunningAppsCount":21,"ServicesCount":16,"ServicesSuiteForPivotalPlatformCount":7,"SpringCloudServicesCount":3,"StoppedAppInstancesCount":7,"StoppedAppsCount":7,"SpaceReports":[{"AppInstancesCount":18,"AppsCount":16,"BillableAppInstancesCount":20,"BillableServicesCount":7,"MemoryQuota":-1,"MemoryUsage":25600,"Name":"dev","RunningAppInstancesCount":13,"RunningAppsCount":11,"ServicesCount":9,"ServicesSuiteForPivotalPlatformCount":4,"SpringCloudServicesCount":2,"StoppedAppInstancesCount":5,"StoppedAppsCount":5},{"AppInstancesCount":19,"AppsCount":12,"BillableAppInstancesCount":20,"BillableServicesCount":6,"MemoryQuota":-1,"MemoryUsage":34816,"Name":"test","RunningAppInstancesCount":17,"RunningAppsCount":10,"ServicesCount":7,"ServicesSuiteForPivotalPlatformCount":3,"SpringCloudServicesCount":1,"StoppedAppInstancesCount":2,"StoppedAppsCount":2}]},{"AppInstancesCount":0,"AppsCount":21,"BillableAppInstancesCount":5,"BillableServicesCount":18,"MemoryQuota":83968,"MemoryUsage":0,"Name":"tenzing","RunningAppInstancesCount":0,"RunningAppsCount":0,"ServicesCount":23,"ServicesSuiteForPivotalPlatformCount":9,"SpringCloudServicesCount":5,"StoppedAppInstancesCount":0,"StoppedAppsCount":21,"SpaceReports":[{"AppInstancesCount":0,"AppsCount":8,"BillableAppInstancesCount":2,"BillableServicesCount":6,"MemoryQuota":-1,"MemoryUsage":0,"Name":"dev","RunningAppInstancesCount":0,"RunningAppsCount":0,"ServicesCount":8,"ServicesSuiteForPivotalPlatformCount":3,"SpringCloudServicesCount":2,"StoppedAppInstancesCount":0,"StoppedAppsCount":8},{"AppInstancesCount":0,"AppsCount":9,"BillableAppInstancesCount":2,"BillableServicesCount":6,"MemoryQuota":-1,"MemoryUsage":0,"Name":"test","RunningAppInstancesCount":0,"RunningAppsCount":0,"ServicesCount":8,"ServicesSuiteForPivotalPlatformCount":3,"SpringCloudServicesCount":2,"StoppedAppInstancesCount":0,"StoppedAppsCount":9},{"AppInstancesCount":0,"AppsCount":4,"BillableAppInstancesCount":1,"BillableServicesCount":6,"MemoryQuota":-1,"MemoryUsage":0,"Name":"integration","RunningAppInstancesCount":0,"RunningAppsCount":0,"ServicesCount":7,"ServicesSuiteForPivotalPlatformCount":3,"SpringCloudServicesCount":1,"StoppedAppInstancesCount":0,"StoppedAppsCount":4}]}],"AppInstancesCount":37,"AppsCount":49,"BillableAppInstancesCount":45,"BillableServicesCount":31,"MemoryQuota":167936,"MemoryUsage":60416,"Name":"voyagertenzing","RunningAppInstancesCount":30,"RunningAppsCount":21,"ServicesCount":39,"ServicesSuiteForPivotalPlatformCount":16,"SpringCloudServicesCount":8,"StoppedAppInstancesCount":7,"StoppedAppsCount":28},"Format":"json"}
+```
+
 ## use in pivotal licensing
 
 This plugin's usefulness for reporting things Pivotal's licensing on AI/SI packs and such is definitely a work in progress
diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 059f10c..b2c4aab 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ tasks:
       # TODO wasteful; maybe ability to specify multiple formats on a single run...?
       - cf usage-report -o voyager -o tenzing --format string
       - cf usage-report -o voyager -o tenzing --format table
+      - cf usage-report -o voyager -o tenzing --format json
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ee7f414..888008e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ func (cmd *UsageReportCmd) GetMetadata() plugin.PluginMetadata {
 		Name: "cf-usage-report-plugin",
 		Version: plugin.VersionType{
 			Major: 2,
-			Minor: 9,
-			Build: 2,
+			Minor: 10,
+			Build: 0,
 		},
 		Commands: []plugin.Command{
 			{
diff --git a/models/report.go b/models/report.go
index 9683114..49e39c2 100644
--- a/models/report.go
+++ b/models/report.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package models
 
-// Report -
+// Report should be present in all reports at all levels,
+// e.g. summary level, org level, space level, etc.
+// this allows us to calculate common data at discrete layers and be
+// confident it'll be available when presenting the data
 type Report struct {
 	AppInstancesCount                    int
 	AppsCount                            int
diff --git a/models/summary_report.go b/models/summary_report.go
index ee76f85..e9f4b13 100644
--- a/models/summary_report.go
+++ b/models/summary_report.go
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ package models
 import "bytes"
 
 // SummaryReport holds an aggregated view of multiple OrgReports
+// It effectively serves as the entrypoint into aggregating the data
+// in preparation for it being presented
 type SummaryReport struct {
 	OrgReports []OrgReport
-	orgsRef    []Org
 	Report
 }
 
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ func NewSummaryReport(orgs []Org) *SummaryReport {
 	}
 
 	self := &SummaryReport{
-		orgsRef:    orgs,
 		OrgReports: orgReports,
 	}
 
diff --git a/presenters/json_presenter.go b/presenters/json_presenter.go
index ce91321..27d08a7 100644
--- a/presenters/json_presenter.go
+++ b/presenters/json_presenter.go
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 package presenters
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 func (p *Presenter) asJSON() {
-	log.Fatalln("uhhh... TODO. You probably shouldn't have used interfaces for the reporters, you should 've used structs. But it made sense at the time.")
+	j, err := json.Marshal(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err)
+	}
+
+	// TODO maybe there's a cleaner way of outputting this than just a println
+	fmt.Println(string(j))
 }