diff --git a/bin/cfg b/bin/cfg
index 0ec463c..d4ffaab 100755
--- a/bin/cfg
+++ b/bin/cfg
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ if ($result instanceof Settings) $result = $result->toArray();
 switch ($argv->find('action'))
 {
 case 'show':
-	echo json_encode($result, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT).PHP_EOL;
+	$out = (is_string($result)) ? $result : json_encode($result, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
+	echo $out.PHP_EOL;
 	break;
 	
 case 'write':