diff --git a/src/opnsense/scripts/pkg_updatecheck.sh b/src/opnsense/scripts/pkg_updatecheck.sh
index ca8a9ddae..9fee98306 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/scripts/pkg_updatecheck.sh
+++ b/src/opnsense/scripts/pkg_updatecheck.sh
@@ -233,3 +233,8 @@ if [ "$pkg_running" == "" ]; then
 else
   # pkg is already running, quitting
 fi
+
+# output json data
+if [ -f $package_json_output ]; then 
+      cat $package_json_output
+fi