diff --git a/bin/status2html.sh b/bin/status2html.sh
index a6b2cb2da..c2b20fff2 100755
--- a/bin/status2html.sh
+++ b/bin/status2html.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ shopt -s globstar	# enable ** to match all files and zero or more directories an
 
 # set variables referenced in the usage message
 #
-export VERSION="1.3.1 2024-04-16"
+export VERSION="1.4 2024-04-18"
 NAME=$(basename "$0")
 export NAME
 export V_FLAG=0
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ esac
     #
     echo '# status.json'
     echo '```'
-    cat "$STATUS_JSON"
+    sed -e 's/^/    /' "$STATUS_JSON"
     echo '```'
 } | if [[ -z $NOOP ]]; then
     cat >> "$TMP_FILE"
diff --git a/status.html b/status.html
index 9afeb8020..3d9c26329 100644
--- a/status.html
+++ b/status.html
@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@
 <p>The IOCCC is <strong>NOT</strong> accepting new submissions at this time. See the <a href="years.html">IOCCC winning entries page</a> for the entires that have won the IOCCC.</p>
 <p>Watch both <a href="status.html">the IOCCC status page</a> and the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ioccc"><span class="citation" data-cites="IOCCC">@IOCCC</span> mastodon feed</a> for information about future IOCCC openings.</p>
 <h1 id="status.json">status.json</h1>
-<pre><code>{
-    &quot;no_comment&quot; : &quot;mandatory comment: because comments were removed from the original JSON spec&quot;,
-    &quot;IOCCC_status_version&quot; : &quot;1.0 2024-03-09&quot;,
-    &quot;contest_status&quot; : &quot;closed&quot;,
-    &quot;news_update&quot; : &quot;2024-04-12T18:22:04+00:00&quot;,
-    &quot;status_update&quot; : &quot;2024-03-31T05:02:06+00:00&quot;
-}</code></pre>
+<pre><code>    {
+        &quot;no_comment&quot; : &quot;mandatory comment: because comments were removed from the original JSON spec&quot;,
+        &quot;IOCCC_status_version&quot; : &quot;1.0 2024-03-09&quot;,
+        &quot;contest_status&quot; : &quot;closed&quot;,
+        &quot;news_update&quot; : &quot;2024-04-18T22:49:50+00:00&quot;,
+        &quot;status_update&quot; : &quot;2024-03-31T05:02:06+00:00&quot;
+    }</code></pre>
 
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diff --git a/status.json b/status.json
index 8b589cae8..6328cba1d 100644
--- a/status.json
+++ b/status.json
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
     "no_comment" : "mandatory comment: because comments were removed from the original JSON spec",
     "IOCCC_status_version" : "1.0 2024-03-09",
     "contest_status" : "closed",
-    "news_update" : "2024-04-12T18:22:04+00:00",
+    "news_update" : "2024-04-18T22:49:50+00:00",
     "status_update" : "2024-03-31T05:02:06+00:00"
 }