diff --git a/src/middleware/render.js b/src/middleware/render.js
index b3c5cdb814..4d6476dc34 100644
--- a/src/middleware/render.js
+++ b/src/middleware/render.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ module.exports = function (middleware) {
 						if (req.route && req.route.path === '/api/') {
 							options.title = '[[pages:home]]';
 						}
-
+						req.app.set('json spaces', global.env === 'development' || req.query.pretty ? 4 : 0);
 						return res.json(options);
 					}