2 files changed, 17 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/config.cc b/src/libutil/config.cc
index 3cf720bce..faa5cdbeb 100644
--- a/src/libutil/config.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/config.cc
@@ -137,11 +137,7 @@ nlohmann::json Config::toJSON()
     auto res = nlohmann::json::object();
     for (auto & s : _settings)
         if (!s.second.isAlias) {
-            auto obj = nlohmann::json::object();
-            obj.emplace("description", s.second.setting->description);
-            obj.emplace("aliases", s.second.setting->aliases);
-            obj.emplace("value", s.second.setting->toJSON());
-            res.emplace(s.first, obj);
+            res.emplace(s.first, s.second.setting->toJSON());
         }
     return res;
 }
@@ -168,17 +164,19 @@ void AbstractSetting::setDefault(const std::string & str)
 
 nlohmann::json AbstractSetting::toJSON()
 {
-    return to_string();
+    return nlohmann::json(toJSONObject());
 }
 
-void AbstractSetting::convertToArg(Args & args, const std::string & category)
+std::map<std::string, nlohmann::json> AbstractSetting::toJSONObject()
 {
+    std::map<std::string, nlohmann::json> obj;
+    obj.emplace("description", description);
+    obj.emplace("aliases", aliases);
+    return obj;
 }
 
-template<typename T>
-nlohmann::json BaseSetting<T>::toJSON()
+void AbstractSetting::convertToArg(Args & args, const std::string & category)
 {
-    return value;
 }
 
 template<typename T>
@@ -259,11 +257,6 @@ template<> std::string BaseSetting<Strings>::to_string() const
     return concatStringsSep(" ", value);
 }
 
-template<> nlohmann::json BaseSetting<Strings>::toJSON()
-{
-    return value;
-}
-
 template<> void BaseSetting<StringSet>::set(const std::string & str)
 {
     value = tokenizeString<StringSet>(str);
@@ -274,11 +267,6 @@ template<> std::string BaseSetting<StringSet>::to_string() const
     return concatStringsSep(" ", value);
 }
 
-template<> nlohmann::json BaseSetting<StringSet>::toJSON()
-{
-    return value;
-}
-
 template class BaseSetting<int>;
 template class BaseSetting<unsigned int>;
 template class BaseSetting<long>;
diff --git a/src/libutil/config.hh b/src/libutil/config.hh
index 2b4265806..be23076b0 100644
--- a/src/libutil/config.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/config.hh
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@ protected:
 
     virtual std::string to_string() const = 0;
 
-    virtual nlohmann::json toJSON();
+    nlohmann::json toJSON();
+
+    virtual std::map<std::string, nlohmann::json> toJSONObject();
 
     virtual void convertToArg(Args & args, const std::string & category);
 
@@ -251,7 +253,12 @@ public:
 
     void convertToArg(Args & args, const std::string & category) override;
 
-    nlohmann::json toJSON() override;
+    std::map<std::string, nlohmann::json> toJSONObject() override
+    {
+        auto obj = AbstractSetting::toJSONObject();
+        obj.emplace("value", value);
+        return obj;
+    }
 };
 
 template<typename T>