diff --git a/json.lua b/json.lua
index 711ef78..c97294e 100644
--- a/json.lua
+++ b/json.lua
@@ -383,6 +383,58 @@ function json.decode(str)
   end
   return res
 end
+-- if "inline_vectors_on" is  set to true, the vectors will be on the same line
+-- the input is an a json string without newlines - the one generated by encode
+function json.beautify (str, inline_vectors_on)
+  if inline_vectors_on==nil then inline_vectors_on=false end
+  
+  local str_res=''
+  local indent=0
+  local start_line=false
+  in_vector=0
+  for i=1 ,#str-1 do 
+    c=str:sub(i,i)
+    nc=str:sub(i+1,i+1)
+    if c=='{' then
+      
+      str_res=str_res ..  '{\n'
+        indent=    indent+1
+        start_line=true
+      elseif c=='}' then
+        if nc=="," then
+          str_res=str_res ..  '}'
+        elseif nc=="}" then
+          indent=indent-1
+          str_res=str_res ..  '}\n' ..  ("\t"):rep(indent)
+          
+        else
+          str_res=str_res ..  '}\n'
+        end
+        indent=    indent-1
+        start_line=true
+      elseif c==','  then
+        if inline_vectors_on and in_vector >0 then
+          str_res=str_res .. ','
+        else
+          start_line=true
+          str_res=str_res .. ',\n'
+        end
+      else
+        if start_line then
+          start_line=false
+          str_res=str_res .. ("\t"):rep(indent) .. c
+        else
+          if c=="[" then in_vector=in_vector+1 
+        elseif c=="]" then in_vector=in_vector-1
+      end
+      
+      str_res=str_res .. c
+    end
+  end
+end
+str_res=str_res .. str:sub(#str,#str)
+return str_res
+end
 
 
 return json