diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 753bb94..b8a76e1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -111,16 +111,50 @@ treeview --help
 
 ```json
 {
-  "/Users/ved/projects/my-app": {
-    "public": {},
-    "src": {
-      "components": {},
-      "pages": {},
-      "utils": {}
+  "path": "/Users/ved/projects/my-app",
+  "name": "my-app",
+  "type": "directory",
+  "children": [
+    {
+      "path": "/Users/ved/projects/my-app/src",
+      "name": "src",
+      "type": "directory",
+      "children": [
+        {
+          "path": "/Users/ved/projects/my-app/src/components",
+          "name": "components",
+          "type": "directory",
+          "children": []
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "/Users/ved/projects/my-app/src/pages",
+          "name": "pages",
+          "type": "directory",
+          "children": []
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "/Users/ved/projects/my-app/src/utils",
+          "name": "utils",
+          "type": "directory",
+          "children": []
+        }
+      ]
     },
-    "tests": {}
-  }
+    {
+      "path": "/Users/ved/projects/my-app/public",
+      "name": "public",
+      "type": "directory",
+      "children": []
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "/Users/ved/projects/my-app/tests",
+      "name": "tests",
+      "type": "directory",
+      "children": []
+    }
+  ]
 }
+
 ```
 
 ---
diff --git a/src/tree.js b/src/tree.js
index 5392e6d..f6b290a 100644
--- a/src/tree.js
+++ b/src/tree.js
@@ -99,12 +99,10 @@ function printTree(
  * Recursively stores the folder structure in nested json object, ignoring items based on ignoreConfig.
  * If dirsOnly is true, files will be skipped.
  */
-function printTreeAsJson(
+function treeAsJson(
   dirPath,
   ignoreConfig = { exactMatches: [], globPatterns: [] },
-  dirsOnly = false,
-  jsonTree = {}
-  
+  dirsOnly = false
 ) {
   let items = fs
     .readdirSync(dirPath)
@@ -116,16 +114,25 @@ function printTreeAsJson(
       return fs.statSync(fullPath).isDirectory();
     });
   }
-
+  let currLevel = []
   items.forEach((item, index) => {
     const fullPath = path.join(dirPath, item);
     if (fs.statSync(fullPath).isDirectory()) {
-      jsonTree[item]=printTreeAsJson(fullPath, ignoreConfig, dirsOnly,{});
+      currLevel.push({
+        "path": fullPath,
+        "name": item,
+        "type": "directory",
+        "children": treeAsJson(fullPath, ignoreConfig, dirsOnly)
+      })
     }else{
-      jsonTree[item]="FILE"
+      currLevel.push({
+        "path": fullPath,
+        "name": item,
+        "type": "file"
+      })
     }
   });
-  return jsonTree;
+  return currLevel;
 }
 
 
@@ -140,9 +147,16 @@ function runTree(
   asJson = false
 ) {
   const ignoreConfig = getIgnoreList(startPath, additionalFiles, additionalPatterns);
-    if (asJson){
-    const tree = { [startPath]: printTreeAsJson(startPath, ignoreConfig, dirsOnly) };
-    console.log(JSON.stringify(tree, null, 2));
+  if (asJson){
+    const tree = {
+      "path": startPath,
+      "name": path.basename(startPath),
+      "type": "directory",
+      "children": treeAsJson(startPath, ignoreConfig, dirsOnly)
+    }
+
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(tree, null, 2))
+    
   }
   else{
     console.log(startPath);