diff --git a/pynizelib.py b/pynizelib.py
index 51567a2..04be42d 100644
--- a/pynizelib.py
+++ b/pynizelib.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import sys
 import os
 import re
 import copy
-import pprint
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from json import JSONEncoder
 
 """
 Library for PinYin-izing a either a file or a block of text. Sadly, python > 2.7 is required...
@@ -22,14 +22,9 @@ TRANS = 4
 TRANSL_HANZI = 5
 
 
-def pinyinize(hanzitf, sqlitef, mode = PINYIN, simplified=PRIMARY, traditional=FALLBACK, original = True):
+def pinyinize(hanzitf, sqlitef, simplified=PRIMARY, traditional=FALLBACK, original = True, json = False):
     """
     Will pinyin-ize either a string or a file (open(foo,"X")) given as "hanzitf".
-    Pinyinization can be controlled by the mode parameter. The following
-    are possible:
-
-    
-    With the defined return-value semantics.
 
     The pinyinization can be controlled via the simplified, traditional
     and original paramters. simplified and traditional can be set on
@@ -42,6 +37,18 @@ def pinyinize(hanzitf, sqlitef, mode = PINYIN, simplified=PRIMARY, traditional=F
     something as simplified, then traditional is attempt.  If original
     is set to True instead of False, then the original input hanzi
     is copied to output.
+
+    The json parameter makes the function return its data "json" formatted for use in web systems
+
+    The return value is a OrderedDict, the recognized input sequences
+    are the keys, the values are lists of lists. The Structure is:
+    {'input_str[n:m]': [
+                          [ 'pinyin', 'translation' ],
+                          [ 'pinyin', 'translation' ],
+                          ...
+                          [ ' ', '' ]                  # space at the end so you can nicely #print these
+                       ],
+    ...
     """
 
     if type(hanzitf)==file:
@@ -50,13 +57,13 @@ def pinyinize(hanzitf, sqlitef, mode = PINYIN, simplified=PRIMARY, traditional=F
     elif type(hanzitf)==str:
         hanzi = hanzitf
     else:
-        print "hanzitf was neither text nor file, was: %s"%type(hanzitf)
+        #print "hanzitf was neither text nor file, was: %s"%type(hanzitf)
         return
     
     hanzi.strip().lower()
 
     if not os.path.exists(sqlitef):
-        print "sqlite database file not found"
+        #print "sqlite database file not found"
         return None
 
     slconn = sqlite3.connect(sqlitef)
@@ -65,14 +72,14 @@ def pinyinize(hanzitf, sqlitef, mode = PINYIN, simplified=PRIMARY, traditional=F
     finres = OrderedDict()
 
     while hzwork:
-        print "\nhzwork still %s"%hzwork
+        #print "\nhzwork still %s"%hzwork
         tmpstr = ""
         lastres = ""
 
         for c in copy.deepcopy(hzwork):
             tmpstr += hzwork[0]
 
-            print "checking for %s (%s)"%(tmpstr,tmpstr.__repr__())
+            #print "checking for %s (%s)"%(tmpstr,tmpstr.__repr__())
             sqlstr_s = 'SELECT pinyin, dict FROM entries WHERE simplified="%s";'%tmpstr
             sqlstr_t = 'SELECT pinyin, dict FROM entries WHERE traditional="%s";'%tmpstr
             res_s = None
@@ -93,35 +100,30 @@ def pinyinize(hanzitf, sqlitef, mode = PINYIN, simplified=PRIMARY, traditional=F
                 if not res_t and simplified == FALLBACK:
                     res = res_s
             
-            print "res are: %s"%res
+            #print "res are: %s"%res
 
             # now for the result work...
             if res: # sequence of chars not found, using last result
-                print res[0]
-                lastres = [res[0]]
+                #print res[0]
+                lastres = [ list(res[0]) ]
                 hzwork.pop(0)
-                print "found and consumed %s"%res[0][0]
+                #print "found and consumed %s"%res[0][0]
             elif not res and not lastres: # first char not found, using fallback barf
                 if original:
-                    lastres = [('%s', 'no translation / string found, using input')]%tmpstr
+                    lastres = [['%s', 'no translation / string found, using input']]%tmpstr
                     hzwork.pop(0)
-                    print "%s not found, adding raw and breaking"%tmpstr
+                    #print "%s not found, adding raw and breaking"%tmpstr
                 break
             else:
-                print "got empty result, breaking"
-                lastres.append( (" ","") )
+                #print "got empty result, breaking"
+                lastres.append( [" ",""] )
                 break
 
         finres[tmpstr] = lastres
-        print "appending and deleting lastres %s, finres now: %s"%(lastres,finres)
-
-    pprint.pprint(finres)
-    print "\n\n\n"
-    for k,v in finres.iteritems():
-        print k
-        for i in v:
-            print v
-            print v[0]
-            print v[1]
-        print ""
-    return finres
+        #print "appending and deleting lastres %s, finres now: %s"%(lastres,finres)
+
+    if not json:
+        return finres
+    else:
+        enc = JSONEncoder()
+        return enc.encode( finres )