diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c577ae4ca..006edebfe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ Flags:
   -x, --exclude-ext strings          ignore file extensions (overrides include-ext) [comma separated list: e.g. go,java,js]
   -n, --exclude-file strings         ignore files with matching names (default [package-lock.json,Cargo.lock,yarn.lock,pubspec.lock,Podfile.lock])
       --file-gc-count int            number of files to parse before turning the GC on (default 10000)
-  -f, --format string                set output format [tabular, wide, json, csv, csv-stream, cloc-yaml, html, html-table, sql, sql-insert, openmetrics] (default "tabular")
+  -f, --format string                set output format [tabular, wide, json, json2, csv, csv-stream, cloc-yaml, html, html-table, sql, sql-insert, openmetrics] (default "tabular")
       --format-multi string          have multiple format output overriding --format [e.g. tabular:stdout,csv:file.csv,json:file.json]
       --gen                          identify generated files
       --generated-markers strings    string markers in head of generated files (default [do not edit,<auto-generated />])
diff --git a/SCC-OUTPUT-REPORT.html b/SCC-OUTPUT-REPORT.html
index 9e4c0969c..77cd324c5 100644
--- a/SCC-OUTPUT-REPORT.html
+++ b/SCC-OUTPUT-REPORT.html
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 	<tbody><tr>
 		<th>Go</th>
 		<th>30</th>
-		<th>9298</th>
-		<th>1451</th>
+		<th>9335</th>
+		<th>1458</th>
 		<th>453</th>
-		<th>7394</th>
-		<th>1513</th>
-		<th>394637</th>
-		<th>3912</th>
+		<th>7424</th>
+		<th>1516</th>
+		<th>395688</th>
+		<th>3929</th>
 	</tr><tr>
 		<td>processor/workers_test.go</td>
 		<td></td>
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@
 	</tr><tr>
 		<td>processor/formatters.go</td>
 		<td></td>
-		<td>1463</td>
-		<td>193</td>
+		<td>1500</td>
+		<td>200</td>
 		<td>43</td>
-		<td>1227</td>
-		<td>277</td>
-	    <td>44617</td>
-		<td>709</td>
+		<td>1257</td>
+		<td>280</td>
+	    <td>45661</td>
+		<td>727</td>
 	</tr><tr>
 		<td>processor/formatters_test.go</td>
 		<td></td>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 		<td>6</td>
 		<td>362</td>
 		<td>10</td>
-	    <td>8483</td>
+	    <td>8490</td>
 		<td>242</td>
 	</tr><tr>
 		<td>cmd/badges/main.go</td>
@@ -220,16 +220,6 @@
 		<td>20</td>
 	    <td>949</td>
 		<td>31</td>
-	</tr><tr>
-		<td>processor/filereader.go</td>
-		<td></td>
-		<td>52</td>
-		<td>10</td>
-		<td>10</td>
-		<td>32</td>
-		<td>6</td>
-	    <td>1329</td>
-		<td>37</td>
 	</tr><tr>
 		<td>cmd/badges/simplecache_test.go</td>
 		<td></td>
@@ -240,6 +230,16 @@
 		<td>9</td>
 	    <td>1041</td>
 		<td>30</td>
+	</tr><tr>
+		<td>processor/filereader.go</td>
+		<td></td>
+		<td>52</td>
+		<td>10</td>
+		<td>10</td>
+		<td>32</td>
+		<td>6</td>
+	    <td>1329</td>
+		<td>37</td>
 	</tr><tr>
 		<td>processor/cocomo.go</td>
 		<td></td>
@@ -324,15 +324,15 @@
 	<tfoot><tr>
 		<th>Total</th>
 		<th>30</th>
-		<th>9298</th>
-		<th>1451</th>
+		<th>9335</th>
+		<th>1458</th>
 		<th>453</th>
-		<th>7394</th>
-		<th>1513</th>
-    	<th>394637</th>
-		<th>3912</th>
+		<th>7424</th>
+		<th>1516</th>
+    	<th>395688</th>
+		<th>3929</th>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
-		<th colspan="9">Estimated Cost to Develop (organic) $220,759<br>Estimated Schedule Effort (organic) 7.75 months<br>Estimated People Required (organic) 2.53<br></th>
+		<th colspan="9">Estimated Cost to Develop (organic) $221,699<br>Estimated Schedule Effort (organic) 7.76 months<br>Estimated People Required (organic) 2.54<br></th>
 	</tr></tfoot>
 	</table></body></html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 52a2575ec..600aaf58e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func main() {
 		"format",
 		"f",
 		"tabular",
-		"set output format [tabular, wide, json, csv, csv-stream, cloc-yaml, html, html-table, sql, sql-insert, openmetrics]",
+		"set output format [tabular, wide, json, json2, csv, csv-stream, cloc-yaml, html, html-table, sql, sql-insert, openmetrics]",
 	)
 	flags.StringSliceVarP(
 		&processor.AllowListExtensions,
diff --git a/processor/formatters.go b/processor/formatters.go
index 41274fc63..03b2d9288 100644
--- a/processor/formatters.go
+++ b/processor/formatters.go
@@ -240,6 +240,39 @@ func toJSON(input chan *FileJob) string {
 	return string(jsonString)
 }
 
+type Json2 struct {
+	LanguageSummary         []LanguageSummary `json:"languageSummary"`
+	EstimatedCost           float64           `json:"estimatedCost"`
+	EstimatedScheduleMonths float64           `json:"estimatedScheduleMonths"`
+	EstimatedPeople         float64           `json:"estimatedPeople"`
+}
+
+func toJSON2(input chan *FileJob) string {
+	startTime := makeTimestampMilli()
+	language := aggregateLanguageSummary(input)
+	language = sortLanguageSummary(language)
+
+	var sumCode int64
+	for _, l := range language {
+		sumCode += l.Code
+	}
+
+	cost, schedule, people := esstimateCostScheduleMonths(sumCode)
+
+	jsonString, _ := json.Marshal(Json2{
+		LanguageSummary:         language,
+		EstimatedCost:           cost,
+		EstimatedScheduleMonths: schedule,
+		EstimatedPeople:         people,
+	})
+
+	if Debug {
+		printDebug(fmt.Sprintf("milliseconds to build formatted string: %d", makeTimestampMilli()-startTime))
+	}
+
+	return string(jsonString)
+}
+
 func toCSV(input chan *FileJob) string {
 	if Files {
 		return toCSVFiles(input)
@@ -751,6 +784,8 @@ func fileSummarize(input chan *FileJob) string {
 		return fileSummarizeLong(input)
 	case strings.ToLower(Format) == "json":
 		return toJSON(input)
+	case strings.ToLower(Format) == "json2":
+		return toJSON2(input)
 	case strings.ToLower(Format) == "cloc-yaml" || strings.ToLower(Format) == "cloc-yml":
 		return toClocYAML(input)
 	case strings.ToLower(Format) == "csv":
@@ -804,6 +839,8 @@ func fileSummarizeMulti(input chan *FileJob) string {
 				val = fileSummarizeLong(i)
 			case "json":
 				val = toJSON(i)
+			case "json2":
+				val = toJSON2(i)
 			case "cloc-yaml":
 				val = toClocYAML(i)
 			case "cloc-yml":
diff --git a/test-all.sh b/test-all.sh
index 4ad6521ac..c6b87a138 100755
--- a/test-all.sh
+++ b/test-all.sh
@@ -647,6 +647,15 @@ else
     exit
 fi
 
+if ./scc -f json2 | grep -q "Bytes"; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}PASSED json2 bytes check"
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}======================================================="
+    echo -e "FAILED json bytes check"
+    echo -e "=======================================================${NC}"
+    exit
+fi
+
 if ./scc | grep -q "megabytes"; then
     echo -e "${GREEN}PASSED bytes check"
 else