diff --git a/cmd/ovp8xx/cmd/getinit.go b/cmd/ovp8xx/cmd/getinit.go
index 528bb12..7bb70a9 100644
--- a/cmd/ovp8xx/cmd/getinit.go
+++ b/cmd/ovp8xx/cmd/getinit.go
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ func getInitCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if result, err = o3r.GetInit(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	helper.printJSONResult(result.String())
+	if err = helper.printJSONResult(result.String()); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/ovp8xx/cmd/helper.go b/cmd/ovp8xx/cmd/helper.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6f9877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/ovp8xx/cmd/helper.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type helperConfig struct {
+	pretty   bool
+	host     string
+	pointers []string
+}
+
+func (c *helperConfig) printJSONResult(data string) error {
+	var message string = data
+	if c.pretty {
+		var js json.RawMessage
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &js); err != nil {
+			return errors.New("malformed json")
+		}
+		jsonIndented, err := json.MarshalIndent(js, "", "  ")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		message = string(jsonIndented)
+	}
+	fmt.Print(message)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *helperConfig) hostname() string {
+	return c.host
+}
+
+func (c *helperConfig) jsonPointers() []string {
+	return c.pointers
+}
+
+func NewHelper(cmd *cobra.Command) (helperConfig, error) {
+	var conf = helperConfig{}
+	var err error
+	conf.pretty, err = cmd.Flags().GetBool("pretty")
+	if err != nil {
+		return conf, err
+	}
+	conf.host, err = rootCmd.PersistentFlags().GetString("ip")
+	if err != nil {
+		return conf, err
+	}
+	// Pointers can be empty
+	conf.pointers, _ = cmd.Flags().GetStringSlice("pointer")
+	return conf, nil
+}