diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 583a17f..d6a4135 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itoa"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "112c678d4050afce233f4f2852bb2eb519230b3cf12f33585275537d7e41578d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -168,11 +174,50 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ryu"
+version = "1.0.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3f6f92acf49d1b98f7a81226834412ada05458b7364277387724a237f062695"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde"
+version = "1.0.138"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1578c6245786b9d168c5447eeacfb96856573ca56c9d68fdcf394be134882a47"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.138"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "023e9b1467aef8a10fb88f25611870ada9800ef7e22afce356bb0d2387b6f27c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_json"
+version = "1.0.82"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "82c2c1fdcd807d1098552c5b9a36e425e42e9fbd7c6a37a8425f390f781f7fa7"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "skyums-protocol"
 version = "1.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "rand",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "structopt",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f71406c..d872ffa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ license = "Zlib"
 [dependencies]
 rand = "0.8"
 structopt = "0.3"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 81d34eb..91dcda6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 extern crate rand;
 
 use structopt::StructOpt;
+use serde::{Serialize,Deserialize};
 
 // define the commandline parameters
 #[derive(StructOpt)]
@@ -33,18 +34,24 @@ struct Opt
 {
 	#[structopt(short, long, default_value="100", help = "The number of inmates in the problem")]
 	size:u32,
+	#[structopt(long, help = "Print to stdout the JSON for the results")]
+	json:bool,
 }
 
 // define the prisoner data
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct Prisoner
 {
+	// prisoner id number
+	id:u32,
 	// if the prisoner found his number
 	found:bool,
 	// number of attempt he found it in
 	attempts:u32,
 }
 
-fn main() {
+fn main()
+{
 	// read the commandline parameters
 	let opts = Opt::from_args();
 
@@ -77,6 +84,8 @@ fn main() {
 	{
 		// create the prisoner for index `i`
 		let mut prisoner_i = Prisoner {
+			// assign the id number
+			id: i,
 			// assume the prisoner does not find his box
 			found: false,
 			// set number of attempts to 0
@@ -108,12 +117,20 @@ fn main() {
 	}
 
 	// if any prisoner has not found their number
-	if prisoners.iter().any(|i| !i.found)
+	if !opts.json
 	{
-		println!("failure");
+		if prisoners.iter().any(|i| !i.found)
+		{
+			println!("failure");
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			println!("success");
+		}
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		println!("success");
+		let out_json = serde_json::to_string(&prisoners).unwrap();
+		println!("{}", out_json);
 	}
 }