diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6dbd941..5888ee3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ clean:
 %.o: %.c *.h
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
 
-adsbus: adsbus.o backend.o airspy_adsb.o common.o
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o adsbus adsbus.o backend.o airspy_adsb.o common.o $(LIBS)
+adsbus: adsbus.o backend.o client.o airspy_adsb.o json.o common.o
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o adsbus adsbus.o backend.o client.o airspy_adsb.o json.o common.o $(LIBS)
diff --git a/adsbus.c b/adsbus.c
index 08aa1fa..9c7867f 100644
--- a/adsbus.c
+++ b/adsbus.c
@@ -5,31 +5,37 @@
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
 
 #include "common.h"
+#include "backend.h"
+#include "client.h"
 #include "airspy_adsb.h"
+#include "json.h"
 
 
-struct opts {
-	bool dump;
-};
+static bool add_dump(char *format) {
+	struct serializer *serializer = client_get_serializer(format);
+	if (!serializer) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Unknown dump format: %s\n", format);
+		return false;
+	}
+	client_add(1, serializer);
+	return true;
+}
 
-struct client {
-	int placeholder;
-};
-
-
-static int parse_opts(int argc, char *argv[], struct opts *opts) {
+static bool parse_opts(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	int opt;
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "d")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "d:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		  case 'd':
-			  opts->dump = true;
+				if (!add_dump(optarg)) {
+					return false;
+				}
 				break;
 
 			default:
-				return -1;
+				return false;
 		}
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static int loop(int epoll_fd) {
@@ -62,16 +68,7 @@ static int loop(int epoll_fd) {
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	hex_init();
 	airspy_adsb_init();
-
-	struct opts opts = {
-		.dump = false,
-	};
-	if (parse_opts(argc, argv, &opts) ||
-	    argc - optind < 2 ||
-			(argc - optind) % 2 != 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s -d localhost 30006 [ remotehost 30002 ... ]\n", argv[0]);
-		return EXIT_FAILURE;
-	}
+	json_init();
 
 	int epoll_fd = epoll_create1(0);
   if (epoll_fd == -1) {
@@ -79,6 +76,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
+	if (!parse_opts(argc, argv) ||
+	    argc - optind < 2 ||
+			(argc - optind) % 2 != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [ -d format ] localhost 30006 [ remotehost 30002 ... ]\n", argv[0]);
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
+
 	int nbackends = (argc - optind) / 2;
 	struct backend backends[nbackends];
 	for (int i = 0, j = optind; i < nbackends && j < argc; i++, j += 2) {
diff --git a/backend.c b/backend.c
index 3b6f9e0..f9f8e4b 100644
--- a/backend.c
+++ b/backend.c
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <uuid/uuid.h>
 
 #include "airspy_adsb.h"
+#include "client.h"
 #include "backend.h"
 
 
@@ -31,11 +31,7 @@ void backend_init(struct backend *backend) {
 bool backend_connect(char *node, char *service, struct backend *backend, int epoll_fd) {
 	assert(backend->type == PEER_BACKEND);
 
-	{
-		uuid_t uuid;
-		uuid_generate(uuid);
-		uuid_unparse(uuid, backend->id);
-	}
+	uuid_gen(backend->id);
 
 	struct addrinfo *addrs;
 
@@ -106,6 +102,7 @@ bool backend_read(struct backend *backend) {
 
 	struct packet packet;
 	while (backend->parser(backend, &packet)) {
+		client_write(&packet);
 	}
 
 	if (backend->buf.length == BUF_LEN_MAX) {
diff --git a/backend.h b/backend.h
index 8bad0a7..68e3ac3 100644
--- a/backend.h
+++ b/backend.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
 #include "common.h"
 
 
diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91186d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client.c
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <strings.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "json.h"
+#include "client.h"
+
+struct client {
+	char id[UUID_LEN];
+	int fd;
+	struct client *next;
+};
+
+typedef size_t (*serializer)(struct packet *, char *);
+struct serializer {
+	char *name;
+	serializer serialize;
+	struct client *client_head;
+} serializers[] = {
+	{
+		.name = "json",
+		.serialize = json_serialize,
+		.client_head = NULL,
+	},
+};
+#define NUM_SERIALIZERS (sizeof(serializers) / sizeof(*serializers))
+
+
+struct serializer *client_get_serializer(char *name) {
+	for (int i = 0; i < NUM_SERIALIZERS; i++) {
+		if (strcasecmp(serializers[i].name, name) == 0) {
+			return &serializers[i];
+		}
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static bool client_hello(int fd, struct serializer *serializer) {
+	char buf[SERIALIZE_LEN];
+	size_t len = serializer->serialize(NULL, buf);
+	if (len == 0) {
+		return true;
+	}
+	if (write(fd, buf, len) != len) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to write hello to client\n");
+		return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+void client_add(int fd, struct serializer *serializer) {
+	if (!client_hello(fd, serializer)) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	struct client *client = malloc(sizeof(*client));
+	assert(client);
+
+	uuid_gen(client->id);
+	client->fd = fd;
+	client->next = serializer->client_head;
+	serializer->client_head = client;
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s (%s): New client\n", client->id, serializer->name);
+}
+
+void client_write(struct packet *packet) {
+	for (int i = 0; i < NUM_SERIALIZERS; i++) {
+		struct serializer *serializer = &serializers[i];
+		if (serializer->client_head == NULL) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		char buf[SERIALIZE_LEN];
+		size_t len = serializer->serialize(packet, buf);
+		if (len == 0) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		struct client *client = serializer->client_head, *prev_client = NULL;
+		while (client) {
+			if (write(client->fd, buf, len) == len) {
+				prev_client = client;
+				client = client->next;
+			} else {
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s (%s): Client disconnected\n", client->id, serializer->name);
+				if (prev_client) {
+					prev_client->next = client->next;
+				} else {
+					serializer->client_head = client->next;
+				}
+				struct client *del = client;
+				client = client->next;
+				free(del);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/client.h b/client.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8aae8d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+#define SERIALIZE_LEN 256
+
+
+struct serializer *client_get_serializer(char *);
+void client_add(int, struct serializer *);
+void client_write(struct packet *);
diff --git a/common.c b/common.c
index 2989fef..798e8b0 100644
--- a/common.c
+++ b/common.c
@@ -3,14 +3,11 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <uuid/uuid.h>
 
 #include "common.h"
 
 
-#define MLAT_MHZ 120
-#define RSSI_MAX UINT32_MAX
-
-
 void buf_init(struct buf *buf) {
 	buf->start = 0;
 	buf->length = 0;
@@ -69,6 +66,7 @@ uint32_t rssi_scale_in(uint32_t value, uint32_t max) {
 
 
 static uint8_t hex_table[256] = {0};
+static char hex_char_table[16] = { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', };
 
 void hex_init() {
 	for (int i = '0'; i <= '9'; i++) {
@@ -99,3 +97,18 @@ uint64_t hex_to_int(char *in, size_t bytes) {
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
+
+void hex_from_bin(char *out, char *in, size_t bytes) {
+	uint8_t *in2 = (uint8_t *) in;
+	for (size_t i = 0, j = 0; i < bytes; i++, j += 2) {
+		out[j] = hex_char_table[in2[i] >> 4];
+		out[j + 1] = hex_char_table[in2[i] & 0xf];
+	}
+}
+
+
+void uuid_gen(char *out) {
+	uuid_t uuid;
+	uuid_generate(uuid);
+	uuid_unparse(uuid, out);
+}
diff --git a/common.h b/common.h
index ec7c7be..e000f6a 100644
--- a/common.h
+++ b/common.h
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ struct packet {
 
 //////// mlat
 
+#define MLAT_MHZ 120
+#define MLAT_MAX UINT64_MAX
+#define RSSI_MAX UINT32_MAX
+
 struct mlat_state {
 	uint64_t timestamp_last;
 	uint64_t timestamp_generation;
@@ -67,8 +71,10 @@ uint32_t rssi_scale_in(uint32_t, uint32_t);
 void hex_init();
 void hex_to_bin(char *, char *, size_t);
 uint64_t hex_to_int(char *, size_t);
+void hex_from_bin(char *, char *, size_t);
 
 
-///////// misc
+///////// uuid
 
 #define UUID_LEN 37
+void uuid_gen(char *);
diff --git a/json.c b/json.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5718c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json.c
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "client.h"
+#include "json.h"
+
+
+// Hobo JSON to avoid overhead. Assumes that we can't get quotes in the data.
+
+void json_init() {
+}
+
+static size_t json_hello(char *buf) {
+	int len = snprintf(buf, SERIALIZE_LEN,
+	                   "{\"mlat_timestamp_mhz\":%ju,\"mlat_timestamp_max\":%ju,\"rssi_max\":%ju}\n",
+					       		 (uintmax_t) MLAT_MHZ,
+							       (uintmax_t) MLAT_MAX,
+						         (uintmax_t) RSSI_MAX);
+	assert(len < SERIALIZE_LEN);
+	return len;
+}
+
+static size_t json_serialize_mode_s_short(struct packet *packet, char *buf) {
+	char hexbuf[14];
+	hex_from_bin(hexbuf, packet->data, 7);
+	int len = snprintf(buf, SERIALIZE_LEN,
+	                   "{\"payload\":\"%.14s\",\"mlat_timestamp\":%ju,\"rssi\":%ju}\n",
+					           hexbuf,
+					           (uintmax_t) packet->mlat_timestamp,
+					           (uintmax_t) packet->rssi);
+	assert(len < SERIALIZE_LEN);
+	return len;
+}
+
+static size_t json_serialize_mode_s_long(struct packet *packet, char *buf) {
+	char hexbuf[28];
+	hex_from_bin(hexbuf, packet->data, 14);
+	int len = snprintf(buf, SERIALIZE_LEN,
+	                   "{\"payload\":\"%.28s\",\"mlat_timestamp\":%ju,\"rssi\":%ju}\n",
+					           hexbuf,
+					           (uintmax_t) packet->mlat_timestamp,
+					           (uintmax_t) packet->rssi);
+	assert(len < SERIALIZE_LEN);
+	return len;
+}
+
+size_t json_serialize(struct packet *packet, char *buf) {
+	if (!packet) {
+		return json_hello(buf);
+	}
+
+	switch (packet->type) {
+		case MODE_AC:
+			return 0;
+
+		case MODE_S_SHORT:
+			return json_serialize_mode_s_short(packet, buf);
+
+		case MODE_S_LONG:
+			return json_serialize_mode_s_long(packet, buf);
+	}
+	
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/json.h b/json.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..813f447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+
+void json_init();
+size_t json_serialize(struct packet *, char *);