diff --git a/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/scenarios/TestReport.java b/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/scenarios/TestReport.java
index b700d556..016633a7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/scenarios/TestReport.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/scenarios/TestReport.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.scenarios;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import net.hostsharing.hsadminng.system.SystemProcess;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -23,9 +25,11 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 public class TestReport {
 
     public static final File BUILD_DOC_SCENARIOS = new File("build/doc/scenarios");
-    private final static File markdownLogFile = new File(BUILD_DOC_SCENARIOS, ".last-debug-log.md");
     public static final SimpleDateFormat MM_DD_YYYY_HH_MM_SS = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
 
+    private static final File markdownLogFile = new File(BUILD_DOC_SCENARIOS, ".last-debug-log.md");
+    private static final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
     private final Map<String, ?> aliases;
     private final PrintWriter markdownLog; // records everything for debugging purposes
     private File markdownReportFile;
@@ -76,6 +80,11 @@ public class TestReport {
         printLine("\n" +output + "\n");
     }
 
+    @SneakyThrows
+    public void printJson(final String json) {
+        printLine(prettyJson(json));
+    }
+
     void silent(final Runnable code) {
         silent++;
         code.run();
@@ -100,6 +109,14 @@ public class TestReport {
         return convertedTestMethodName.replaceAll(": should ", ": ");
     }
 
+    private static String prettyJson(final String json) throws JsonProcessingException {
+        if (json == null) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        final var jsonNode = objectMapper.readTree(json);
+        return "// pretty json\n" + objectMapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(jsonNode);
+    }
+
     private String asClickableLink(final File file) {
         return file.toURI().toString().replace("file:/", "file:///");
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/scenarios/UseCase.java b/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/scenarios/UseCase.java
index 5da51293..a64052d8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/scenarios/UseCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/scenarios/UseCase.java
@@ -379,14 +379,12 @@ public abstract class UseCase<T extends UseCase<?>> {
             // the request
             testReport.printLine("```");
             testReport.printLine(httpMethod.name() + " " + uri);
-            testReport.printLine((requestBody != null ? requestBody.trim() : ""));
+            testReport.printJson(requestBody);
 
             // the response
             testReport.printLine("=> status: " + status + " " + (locationUuid != null ? locationUuid : ""));
             if (httpMethod == HttpMethod.GET || status.isError()) {
-                final var jsonNode = objectMapper.readTree(response.body());
-                final var prettyJson = objectMapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(jsonNode);
-                testReport.printLine(prettyJson);
+                testReport.printJson(response.body());
             }
             testReport.printLine("```");
             testReport.printLine("");