diff --git a/public/scripts/components/TerminalPanelComponent.js b/public/scripts/components/TerminalPanelComponent.js
index 30b0871..50403d1 100644
--- a/public/scripts/components/TerminalPanelComponent.js
+++ b/public/scripts/components/TerminalPanelComponent.js
@@ -129,8 +129,22 @@
                     this._appendLine('[open] WebSocket connection established');
                 });
                 ws.addEventListener('message', (evt) => {
-                    const data = typeof evt.data === 'string' ? evt.data : '[binary]';
-                    this._appendLine(data);
+                    let dataStr = typeof evt.data === 'string' ? evt.data : '[binary]';
+                    // Decode any HTML entities so JSON isn't shown as " etc.
+                    dataStr = this._decodeHtmlEntities(dataStr);
+                    // Try to pretty-print JSON if applicable
+                    const trimmed = dataStr.trim();
+                    if ((trimmed.startsWith('{') && trimmed.endsWith('}')) || (trimmed.startsWith('[') && trimmed.endsWith(']'))) {
+                        try {
+                            const obj = JSON.parse(trimmed);
+                            const pretty = JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2);
+                            this._appendLine(pretty);
+                            return;
+                        } catch (_) {
+                            // fall through if not valid JSON
+                        }
+                    }
+                    this._appendLine(dataStr);
                 });
                 ws.addEventListener('error', (evt) => {
                     this._appendLine('[error] WebSocket error');
@@ -170,6 +184,16 @@
             if (bodyEl) bodyEl.scrollTop = bodyEl.scrollHeight;
         }
 
+        _decodeHtmlEntities(text) {
+            try {
+                const div = document.createElement('div');
+                div.innerHTML = text;
+                return div.textContent || div.innerText || '';
+            } catch (_) {
+                return text;
+            }
+        }
+
         _adjustRightOffset() {
             try {
                 const drawer = document.querySelector('.details-drawer');