diff --git a/log.go b/log.go
index 7732d7d..e570561 100644
--- a/log.go
+++ b/log.go
@@ -336,13 +336,17 @@ func (el *eventLogger) Event(ctx context.Context, event string, metadata ...Logg
 	accum["system"] = e.system
 	accum["time"] = FormatRFC3339(time.Now())
 
-	out, err := json.Marshal(accum)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	encoder := json.NewEncoder(&buf)
+	encoder.SetEscapeHTML(false)
+	encoder.SetIndent("", "  ")
+	err = encoder.Encode(accum)
 	if err != nil {
 		el.Errorf("ERROR FORMATTING EVENT ENTRY: %s", err)
 		return
 	}
 
-	writer.WriterGroup.Write(append(out, '\n'))
+	writer.WriterGroup.Write(buf.Bytes())
 }
 
 // DEPRECATED
diff --git a/tracer/recorder.go b/tracer/recorder.go
index 60ed1f8..0107103 100644
--- a/tracer/recorder.go
+++ b/tracer/recorder.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package loggabletracer
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -65,6 +67,18 @@ func (r *LoggableSpanRecorder) RecordSpan(span RawSpan) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	tags := make(map[string]interface{}, len(span.Tags))
+	for k, v := range span.Tags {
+		switch vt := v.(type) {
+		case bool, string, int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint64:
+			tags[k] = v
+		case []byte:
+			base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(vt)
+		default:
+			tags[k] = fmt.Sprint(v)
+		}
+	}
+
 	spanlog := &LoggableSpan{
 		TraceID:      span.Context.TraceID,
 		SpanID:       span.Context.SpanID,
@@ -72,15 +86,19 @@ func (r *LoggableSpanRecorder) RecordSpan(span RawSpan) {
 		Operation:    span.Operation,
 		Start:        span.Start,
 		Duration:     span.Duration,
-		Tags:         span.Tags,
+		Tags:         tags,
 		Logs:         sl,
 	}
 
-	out, err := json.Marshal(spanlog)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	encoder := json.NewEncoder(&buf)
+	encoder.SetEscapeHTML(false)
+	encoder.SetIndent("", "  ")
+	err := encoder.Encode(spanlog)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ERROR FORMATTING SPAN ENTRY: %s\n", err)
 		return
 	}
 
-	writer.WriterGroup.Write(append(out, '\n'))
+	writer.WriterGroup.Write(buf.Bytes())
 }