diff --git a/apps/cli/src/commands/bookmarks.ts b/apps/cli/src/commands/bookmarks.ts
index b3ab5f22..40442ec1 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/commands/bookmarks.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/commands/bookmarks.ts
@@ -58,17 +58,23 @@ bookmarkCmd
   .action(async (opts) => {
     const api = getAPIClient();
 
+    const results: object[] = [];
+
     const promises = [
       ...opts.link.map((url) =>
         api.bookmarks.createBookmark
           .mutate({ type: "link", url })
-          .then(printBookmark)
+          .then((bookmark: ZBookmark) => {
+            results.push(normalizeBookmark(bookmark));
+          })
           .catch(printError(`Failed to add a link bookmark for url "${url}"`)),
       ),
       ...opts.note.map((text) =>
         api.bookmarks.createBookmark
           .mutate({ type: "text", text })
-          .then(printBookmark)
+          .then((bookmark: ZBookmark) => {
+            results.push(normalizeBookmark(bookmark));
+          })
           .catch(
             printError(
               `Failed to add a text bookmark with text "${text.substring(0, 50)}"`,
@@ -82,7 +88,9 @@ bookmarkCmd
       promises.push(
         api.bookmarks.createBookmark
           .mutate({ type: "text", text })
-          .then(printBookmark)
+          .then((bookmark: ZBookmark) => {
+            results.push(normalizeBookmark(bookmark));
+          })
           .catch(
             printError(
               `Failed to add a text bookmark with text "${text.substring(0, 50)}"`,
@@ -91,8 +99,8 @@ bookmarkCmd
       );
     }
 
-    // TODO: if you choose JSON output, the output would be multiple JSONs and not a single one, so it would not be parsable --> change behavior?
     await Promise.allSettled(promises);
+    printObject(results);
   });
 
 bookmarkCmd
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/lib/output.ts b/apps/cli/src/lib/output.ts
index 50000408..34d86461 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/lib/output.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/lib/output.ts
@@ -27,21 +27,8 @@ export function printObject(
  */
 export function printStatusMessage(success: boolean, message: unknown): void {
   const status = success ? "Success" : "Error";
-  if (getGlobalOptions().json) {
-    console.log(
-      JSON.stringify(
-        {
-          status,
-          message,
-        },
-        null,
-        4,
-      ),
-    );
-  } else {
-    const colorFunction = success ? chalk.green : chalk.red;
-    console.log(colorFunction(`${status}: ${message}`));
-  }
+  const colorFunction = success ? chalk.green : chalk.red;
+  console.error(colorFunction(`${status}: ${message}`));
 }
 
 /**