diff --git a/src/console.cpp b/src/console.cpp
index 4854e1b66..55a259410 100644
--- a/src/console.cpp
+++ b/src/console.cpp
@@ -397,11 +397,9 @@ void EMSESPShell::add_console_commands() {
                 ok = Command::call(device_type, cmd, arguments[2].c_str(), atoi(arguments[3].c_str()), output);
             }
 
-            if (ok) {
-                shell.print(F("output: "));
+            if (ok && output.size()) {
                 serializeJson(doc, shell);
                 shell.println();
-                shell.println();
             }
         },
         [&](Shell & shell __attribute__((unused)), const std::vector<std::string> & arguments) -> std::vector<std::string> {