diff --git a/src/wiktextract_wrapper.py b/src/wiktextract_wrapper.py
index e741d680ea973817f6f5454427c551d4c9e085d8..9ec8e61c7a84d5459a7c7b0b530b04f17190e91e 100644
--- a/src/wiktextract_wrapper.py
+++ b/src/wiktextract_wrapper.py
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ class Wiktextract:
         if not page:
             return None
         result = parse_page(self.wxr, title, page.body)
-        return self.convert(result)
+        
+        converted_result = self.convert(result)
+
+        return json.dumps(converted_result)
         #return result
 
     def convert(self, data_format1):