diff --git a/core.php b/core.php
index a8e563c..486f4aa 100644
--- a/core.php
+++ b/core.php
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ switch($_GET["action"])
 			<p><a href='index.php?action=view&page=$page'>Click here to go back.</a>"));
 		}
 		unset($pageindex->$page); //delete the page from the page index
-		file_put_contents("./pageindex.json", json_encode($pageindex)); //save the new page index
+		file_put_contents("./pageindex.json", json_encode($pageindex, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT)); //save the new page index
 		unlink("./$page.md"); //delete the page from the disk
 
 		exit(renderpage("Deleting $page - $sitename", "<p>$page has been deleted. <a href='index.php'>Go back to the main page</a>.</p>"));
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 8419994..fabed4b 100755
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ switch($_GET["action"])
 			<p><a href='index.php?action=view&page=$page'>Click here to go back.</a>"));
 		}
 		unset($pageindex->$page); //delete the page from the page index
-		file_put_contents("./pageindex.json", json_encode($pageindex)); //save the new page index
+		file_put_contents("./pageindex.json", json_encode($pageindex, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT)); //save the new page index
 		unlink("./$page.md"); //delete the page from the disk
 
 		exit(renderpage("Deleting $page - $sitename", "<p>$page has been deleted. <a href='index.php'>Go back to the main page</a>.</p>"));