diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 2d377dd..c15ff60 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.10"
+    kotlin("plugin.serialization") version "1.9.10"
     alias(libs.plugins.shadow)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/command/ListPatchesCommand.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/command/ListPatchesCommand.kt
index 0c3eee5..124a49e 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/command/ListPatchesCommand.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/command/ListPatchesCommand.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ package app.revanced.cli.command
 import app.revanced.patcher.PatchBundleLoader
 import app.revanced.patcher.patch.Patch
 import app.revanced.patcher.patch.options.PatchOption
-import kotlinx.serialization.json.*
+import kotlinx.serialization.encodeToString
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import picocli.CommandLine.*
 import picocli.CommandLine.Help.Visibility.ALWAYS
 import java.io.File
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ internal object ListPatchesCommand : Runnable {
 
     @Option(
         names = ["-j", "--json"],
-        description = ["Output in machine-readable format."],
+        description = ["Output in machine-readable format. Implies -diopv"],
         showDefaultValue = ALWAYS
     )
     private var asJson: Boolean = false
@@ -136,41 +137,9 @@ internal object ListPatchesCommand : Runnable {
     }
 
     private fun formatJson(patches: List<IndexedValue<Patch<*>>>): String {
-        fun Patch.CompatiblePackage.asJson(): JsonObject = buildJsonObject {
-            put("name", name)
-            if (withVersions) versions?.let {
-                put("compatible_versions", JsonArray(it.map(::JsonPrimitive)))
-            }
-        }
-
-        fun PatchOption<*>.asJson(): JsonObject = buildJsonObject {
-            put("title", title)
-            description?.let { put("description", it) }
-            put("key", key)
-            default?.let { put("default", it.toString()) }
-            values?.let { values ->
-                put("valid", JsonObject(values.mapValues { entry -> JsonPrimitive(entry.value.toString()) }))
-            }
-        }
-
-        fun IndexedValue<Patch<*>>.asJson(): JsonObject = let { (index, patch) ->
-            buildJsonObject {
-                if (withIndex) put("index", index)
-                put("name", patch.name)
-                if (withDescriptions) patch.description?.let { put("description", it) }
-                if (withOptions && patch.options.isNotEmpty()) {
-                    put("options", JsonArray(patch.options.values.map(PatchOption<*>::asJson)))
-                }
-                if (withPackages) {
-                    patch.compatiblePackages?.let {
-                        put("compatible_packages", JsonArray(it.map(Patch.CompatiblePackage::asJson)))
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        val json = JsonArray(patches.map(IndexedValue<Patch<*>>::asJson))
-        return json.toString()
+        val data = patches.map { app.revanced.cli.serialization.Patch(it) }
+        val format = Json { encodeDefaults = false }
+        return format.encodeToString(data)
     }
 
     override fun run() {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/serialization/schema.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/serialization/schema.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba0b023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/cli/serialization/schema.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package app.revanced.cli.serialization
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+@Serializable
+data class CompatiblePackage(
+    val name: String,
+    @SerialName("compatible_versions")
+    val compatibleVersions: Set<String> = setOf()
+) {
+    constructor(from: app.revanced.patcher.patch.Patch.CompatiblePackage) : this(
+        from.name,
+        from.versions.orEmpty()
+    )
+}
+
+@Serializable
+data class PatchOption(
+    val title: String?,
+    val description: String? = null,
+    val key: String,
+    val default: String? = null,
+    val valid: Map<String, String?> = mapOf(),
+) {
+    constructor(from: app.revanced.patcher.patch.options.PatchOption<*>) : this(
+        from.title,
+        from.description,
+        from.key,
+        from.default?.toString(),
+        from.values?.mapValues { it.value.toString() }.orEmpty()
+    )
+}
+
+@Serializable
+data class Patch(
+    val index: Int,
+    val description: String? = null,
+    val options: List<PatchOption> = listOf(),
+    @SerialName("compatible_packages")
+    val compatiblePackages: List<CompatiblePackage> = listOf(),
+) {
+    constructor(from: IndexedValue<app.revanced.patcher.patch.Patch<*>>) : this(
+        from.index,
+        from.value.description,
+        from.value.options.values.map(::PatchOption),
+        from.value.compatiblePackages?.map(::CompatiblePackage).orEmpty(),
+    )
+}
+