diff --git a/cmd/apps/getapp.go b/cmd/apps/getapp.go
index c698ccf0c..129eaf866 100644
--- a/cmd/apps/getapp.go
+++ b/cmd/apps/getapp.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var GetCmd = &cobra.Command{
 				return err
 			}
 			// print the item
-			return apiclient.PrettyPrint(outBytes)
+			return apiclient.PrettyPrint("json", outBytes)
 		}
 
 		_, err = apps.ListApps(productName)
diff --git a/internal/apiclient/clifile.go b/internal/apiclient/clifile.go
index 1a177ff88..c1680d4ee 100644
--- a/internal/apiclient/clifile.go
+++ b/internal/apiclient/clifile.go
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func GetPreferences() (err error) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return PrettyPrint(output)
+	return PrettyPrint("json", output)
 }
 
 // WritePreferencesFile
diff --git a/internal/apiclient/httpclient.go b/internal/apiclient/httpclient.go
index 5b0f9e3d7..4cb4ddfa4 100644
--- a/internal/apiclient/httpclient.go
+++ b/internal/apiclient/httpclient.go
@@ -323,16 +323,19 @@ func HttpClient(params ...string) (respBody []byte, err error) {
 }
 
 // PrettyPrint method prints formatted json
-func PrettyPrint(body []byte) error {
+func PrettyPrint(contentType string, body []byte) error {
 	if GetCmdPrintHttpResponseSetting() && ClientPrintHttpResponse.Get() {
 		var prettyJSON bytes.Buffer
-		err := json.Indent(&prettyJSON, body, "", "\t")
-		if err != nil {
-			clilog.Error.Println("error parsing response: ", err)
-			return err
-		}
+		//pretty print only json responses with body
+		if strings.Contains(contentType, "json") && len(body) > 0 {
+			err := json.Indent(&prettyJSON, body, "", "\t")
+			if err != nil {
+				clilog.Error.Println("error parsing response: ", err)
+				return err
+			}
 
-		clilog.HttpResponse.Println(prettyJSON.String())
+			clilog.HttpResponse.Println(prettyJSON.String())
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -438,7 +441,7 @@ func handleResponse(resp *http.Response) (respBody []byte, err error) {
 		return nil, errors.New(getErrorMessage(resp.StatusCode))
 	}
 
-	return respBody, PrettyPrint(respBody)
+	return respBody, PrettyPrint(resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"), respBody)
 }
 
 func getErrorMessage(statusCode int) string {
diff --git a/internal/client/env/env.go b/internal/client/env/env.go
index 741862e55..872e1c8a4 100644
--- a/internal/client/env/env.go
+++ b/internal/client/env/env.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func GetAllDeployments() (respBody []byte, err error) {
 	payload := "{" + strings.Join(deployments, ",") + "}"
 
 	apiclient.ClientPrintHttpResponse.Set(apiclient.GetCmdPrintHttpResponseSetting())
-	err = apiclient.PrettyPrint([]byte(payload))
+	err = apiclient.PrettyPrint("json", []byte(payload))
 	return []byte(payload), err
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/client/operations/operations.go b/internal/client/operations/operations.go
index bff691f42..eccf34d5d 100644
--- a/internal/client/operations/operations.go
+++ b/internal/client/operations/operations.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func filterOperation(respBody []byte, state string, completeState OperationCompl
 	}
 
 	if apiclient.GetPrintOutput() {
-		apiclient.PrettyPrint(operationsRespBody)
+		apiclient.PrettyPrint("json", operationsRespBody)
 	}
 	return operationsRespBody, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/client/products/products.go b/internal/client/products/products.go
index d64c13a2c..30041b337 100644
--- a/internal/client/products/products.go
+++ b/internal/client/products/products.go
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ func ListFilter(filter map[string]string) (respBody []byte, err error) {
 
 	respBody, err = json.Marshal(outprds)
 	apiclient.ClientPrintHttpResponse.Set(apiclient.GetCmdPrintHttpResponseSetting())
-	_ = apiclient.PrettyPrint(respBody)
+	_ = apiclient.PrettyPrint("json", respBody)
 
 	return respBody, err
 }