diff --git a/src/commands/activate.ts b/src/commands/activate.ts
index 4b1a0053..b59780ec 100644
--- a/src/commands/activate.ts
+++ b/src/commands/activate.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export async function handler(
 
   checkConfigForCredentials(config);
 
-  printActivateConfig(config);
+  printActivateConfig(config, flags.outputFormat);
 
   const details = config.buildSid
     ? `(${config.buildSid})`
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export async function handler(
       `Activated new build ${details} on ${config.targetEnvironment ||
         'production'}`
     );
-    printActivateResult(result);
+    printActivateResult(result, flags.outputFormat);
   } catch (err) {
     handleError(err, spinner);
   }
diff --git a/src/commands/deploy.ts b/src/commands/deploy.ts
index cc152b32..a8b4b787 100644
--- a/src/commands/deploy.ts
+++ b/src/commands/deploy.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ export async function handler(
   externalCliOptions?: ExternalCliOptions
 ): Promise<void> {
   setLogLevelByName(flags.logLevel);
-
   const cwd = flags.cwd ? path.resolve(flags.cwd) : process.cwd();
   flags.cwd = cwd;
   const command = getFullCommand(flags);
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ export async function handler(
 
   checkConfigForCredentials(config);
 
-  printConfigInfo(config);
+  printConfigInfo(config, flags.outputFormat);
 
   const spinner = getOraSpinner('Deploying Function').start();
   try {
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ export async function handler(
     const result = await client.deployLocalProject(config);
     spinner.text = 'Serverless project successfully deployed\n';
     spinner.succeed();
-    printDeployedResources(config, result);
+    printDeployedResources(config, result, flags.outputFormat);
     const { serviceSid, buildSid } = result;
     await saveLatestDeploymentData(
       config.cwd,
diff --git a/src/commands/list-templates.ts b/src/commands/list-templates.ts
index b15855e3..ee421c70 100644
--- a/src/commands/list-templates.ts
+++ b/src/commands/list-templates.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { Arguments } from 'yargs';
 import { fetchListOfTemplates } from '../templating/actions';
 import { getOraSpinner, setLogLevelByName } from '../utils/logger';
-import { writeOutput } from '../utils/output';
 import { baseCliOptions, BaseFlags } from './shared';
 import { CliInfo } from './types';
+import { printTemplates } from '../printers/list-templates';
 
 export async function handler(flags: Arguments<BaseFlags>): Promise<void> {
   setLogLevelByName(flags.logLevel);
@@ -21,11 +20,7 @@ export async function handler(flags: Arguments<BaseFlags>): Promise<void> {
 
   spinner.stop();
 
-  templates.forEach(template => {
-    writeOutput(
-      chalk`‣ ${template.name} ({cyan ${template.id}})\n  {dim ${template.description}}`
-    );
-  });
+  printTemplates(templates, flags.outputFormat);
 }
 
 export const cliInfo: CliInfo = { options: { ...baseCliOptions } };
diff --git a/src/commands/list.ts b/src/commands/list.ts
index 875c5d7b..220d3fe4 100644
--- a/src/commands/list.ts
+++ b/src/commands/list.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ export async function handler(
   externalCliOptions?: ExternalCliOptions
 ): Promise<void> {
   setLogLevelByName(flags.logLevel);
-
   let config: ListConfig;
   try {
     config = await getConfigFromFlags(flags, externalCliOptions);
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ export async function handler(
   try {
     const client = new TwilioServerlessApiClient(config);
     const result = await client.list({ ...config });
-    printListResult(result, config);
+    printListResult(result, config, flags.outputFormat);
   } catch (err) {
     handleError(err);
   }
diff --git a/src/commands/logs.ts b/src/commands/logs.ts
index dcc0e169..eedcea58 100644
--- a/src/commands/logs.ts
+++ b/src/commands/logs.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ export async function handler(
   externalCliOptions?: ExternalCliOptions
 ): Promise<void> {
   setLogLevelByName(flags.logLevel);
-
   let config: LogsConfig;
   try {
     config = await getConfigFromFlags(flags, externalCliOptions);
@@ -68,11 +67,11 @@ export async function handler(
     if (flags.tail) {
       const stream = await client.getLogsStream({ ...config });
       stream.on('data', (log: LogApiResource) => {
-        printLog(log, config.outputFormat);
+        printLog(log, flags.outputFormat);
       });
     } else {
       const result = (await client.getLogs({ ...config })) as LogApiResource[];
-      printLogs(result, config, config.outputFormat);
+      printLogs(result, flags.outputFormat);
     }
   } catch (err) {
     handleError(err);
@@ -100,13 +99,6 @@ export const cliInfo: CliInfo = {
       type: 'boolean',
       describe: 'Continuously stream the logs',
     },
-    'output-format': {
-      type: 'string',
-      alias: 'o',
-      default: '',
-      describe: 'Output the log in a different format',
-      choices: ['', 'json'],
-    },
     env: {
       type: 'string',
       describe:
diff --git a/src/commands/new.ts b/src/commands/new.ts
index 1655a994..9558e3f3 100644
--- a/src/commands/new.ts
+++ b/src/commands/new.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { setLogLevelByName, logger } from '../utils/logger';
 import { baseCliOptions, BaseFlags, ExternalCliOptions } from './shared';
 import { CliInfo } from './types';
 import { getFullCommand } from './utils';
+import { printNewResult } from '../printers/new';
 
 export type NewCliFlags = Arguments<
   BaseFlags & {
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ export async function handler(
 
   try {
     await downloadTemplate(flags.template, sanitizedNamespace, targetDirectory);
+    printNewResult(sanitizedNamespace, flags.template);
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error(error.message, error.name);
   }
diff --git a/src/commands/shared.ts b/src/commands/shared.ts
index dd8cf7da..a62845b5 100644
--- a/src/commands/shared.ts
+++ b/src/commands/shared.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import { Options } from 'yargs';
 import { LoggingLevel, LoggingLevelNames } from '../utils/logger';
 
+export type OutputFormat = 'json' | 'pretty' | undefined;
+
 export type BaseFlags = {
   logLevel: LoggingLevelNames;
+  outputFormat: OutputFormat;
 };
 
 export type SharedFlags = BaseFlags & {
@@ -36,6 +39,13 @@ export const baseCliOptions: { [key: string]: Options } = {
     describe: 'Level of logging messages.',
     choices: Object.keys(LoggingLevel),
   },
+  'output-format': {
+    type: 'string',
+    default: 'pretty',
+    alias: 'o',
+    describe: 'Format of command output.',
+    choices: ['json', 'pretty'],
+  },
 };
 
 export const sharedApiRelatedCliOptions: { [key: string]: Options } = {
diff --git a/src/config/logs.ts b/src/config/logs.ts
index 6c880fbd..1aa85d5f 100644
--- a/src/config/logs.ts
+++ b/src/config/logs.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ export type LogsConfig = ClientConfig &
     accountSid: string;
     authToken: string;
     properties?: string[];
-    outputFormat?: string;
   };
 
 export type LogsCliFlags = Arguments<
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ export type LogsCliFlags = Arguments<
     serviceSid?: string;
     functionSid?: string;
     tail: boolean;
-    outputFormat?: string;
   }
 >;
 
@@ -64,7 +62,6 @@ export async function getConfigFromFlags(
 
   const command = getFullCommand(flags);
   const serviceSid = checkForValidServiceSid(command, flags.serviceSid);
-  const outputFormat = flags.outputFormat || externalCliOptions?.outputFormat;
   const region = flags.region;
   const edge = flags.edge;
 
@@ -74,7 +71,6 @@ export async function getConfigFromFlags(
     authToken,
     environment,
     serviceSid,
-    outputFormat,
     filterByFunction: flags.functionSid,
     tail: flags.tail,
     region,
diff --git a/src/printers/activate.ts b/src/printers/activate.ts
index c211994a..ac9948d9 100644
--- a/src/printers/activate.ts
+++ b/src/printers/activate.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 import { ActivateConfig, ActivateResult } from '@twilio-labs/serverless-api';
 import { stripIndent } from 'common-tags';
 import { logger } from '../utils/logger';
-import { writeOutput } from '../utils/output';
+import { writeOutput, writeJSONOutput } from '../utils/output';
 import { getTwilioConsoleDeploymentUrl, redactPartOfString } from './utils';
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 import terminalLink = require('terminal-link');
+import { OutputFormat } from '../commands/shared';
 
-export function printActivateConfig(config: ActivateConfig) {
+export function printActivateConfig(
+  config: ActivateConfig,
+  outputFormat: OutputFormat
+) {
+  if (outputFormat === 'json') {
+    return;
+  }
   const message = chalk`
     {cyan.bold Account} ${config.accountSid}
     {cyan.bold Token}   ${redactPartOfString(config.authToken)}
@@ -14,7 +21,15 @@ export function printActivateConfig(config: ActivateConfig) {
   logger.info(stripIndent(message) + '\n');
 }
 
-export function printActivateResult(result: ActivateResult) {
+export function printActivateResult(
+  result: ActivateResult,
+  outputFormat: OutputFormat
+) {
+  if (outputFormat === 'json') {
+    writeJSONOutput(result, null, '\t');
+    return;
+  }
+
   logger.info(chalk.cyan.bold('\nActive build available at:'));
   writeOutput(result.domain);
 
diff --git a/src/printers/deploy.ts b/src/printers/deploy.ts
index d8dd139a..c361eb7c 100644
--- a/src/printers/deploy.ts
+++ b/src/printers/deploy.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ import { stripIndent } from 'common-tags';
 import terminalLink from 'terminal-link';
 import { MergeExclusive } from 'type-fest';
 import { logger } from '../utils/logger';
-import { writeOutput } from '../utils/output';
+import { writeOutput, writeJSONOutput } from '../utils/output';
 import {
   getTwilioConsoleDeploymentUrl,
   printObjectWithoutHeaders,
   redactPartOfString,
   shouldPrettyPrint,
 } from './utils';
+import { OutputFormat } from '../commands/shared';
 
 function sortByAccess<
   T extends MergeExclusive<AssetResource, FunctionResource>
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ function prettyPrintConfigInfo(config: DeployLocalProjectConfig) {
   }
 
   logger.info('\nDeploying functions & assets to the Twilio Runtime');
-  writeOutput(
+  logger.info(
     chalk`
 {bold.cyan Account}\t\t${config.accountSid}
 {bold.cyan Token}\t\t${redactPartOfString(config.authToken)}
@@ -171,7 +172,13 @@ function prettyPrintDeployedResources(
   }
 }
 
-export function printConfigInfo(config: DeployLocalProjectConfig) {
+export function printConfigInfo(
+  config: DeployLocalProjectConfig,
+  outputFormat: OutputFormat
+) {
+  if (outputFormat === 'json') {
+    return;
+  }
   if (shouldPrettyPrint) {
     prettyPrintConfigInfo(config);
   } else {
@@ -181,8 +188,13 @@ export function printConfigInfo(config: DeployLocalProjectConfig) {
 
 export function printDeployedResources(
   config: DeployLocalProjectConfig,
-  result: DeployResult
+  result: DeployResult,
+  outputFormat: OutputFormat
 ) {
+  if (outputFormat === 'json') {
+    writeJSONOutput(result);
+    return;
+  }
   if (shouldPrettyPrint) {
     prettyPrintDeployedResources(config, result);
   } else {
diff --git a/src/printers/list-templates.ts b/src/printers/list-templates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6bc2cd3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/printers/list-templates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import chalk from 'chalk';
+import { Template } from '../templating/data';
+import { writeOutput, writeJSONOutput } from '../utils/output';
+import { OutputFormat } from '../commands/shared';
+import { shouldPrettyPrint } from './utils';
+
+function prettyPrintTemplates(templates: Template[]) {
+  templates.forEach(template => {
+    writeOutput(
+      chalk`‣ ${template.name} ({cyan ${template.id}})\n  {dim ${template.description}}`
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+function plainPrintTemplates(templates: Template[]) {
+  templates.forEach(template => {
+    writeOutput(`${template.name} (${template.id})\n  ${template.description}`);
+  });
+}
+
+export function printTemplates(
+  templates: Template[],
+  outputFormat: OutputFormat
+) {
+  if (outputFormat === 'json') {
+    writeJSONOutput(templates);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (shouldPrettyPrint) {
+    prettyPrintTemplates(templates);
+  } else {
+    plainPrintTemplates(templates);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/printers/list.ts b/src/printers/list.ts
index bce8ffd4..cd439c7a 100644
--- a/src/printers/list.ts
+++ b/src/printers/list.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ import logSymbols from 'log-symbols';
 import title from 'title';
 import { ListConfig } from '../config/list';
 import { logger } from '../utils/logger';
-import { writeOutput } from '../utils/output';
+import { writeOutput, writeJSONOutput } from '../utils/output';
 import { redactPartOfString, shouldPrettyPrint, windowSize } from './utils';
+import { OutputFormat } from '../commands/shared';
 
 type KeyMaps = {
   [key in ListOptions]: string[];
@@ -313,7 +314,15 @@ function printListResultTerminal(result: ListResult, config: ListConfig): void {
   writeOutput(output);
 }
 
-export function printListResult(result: ListResult, config: ListConfig): void {
+export function printListResult(
+  result: ListResult,
+  config: ListConfig,
+  outputFormat: OutputFormat
+): void {
+  if (outputFormat === 'json') {
+    writeJSONOutput(result);
+    return;
+  }
   if (shouldPrettyPrint && !config.properties && !config.extendedOutput) {
     printListResultTerminal(result, config);
   } else {
diff --git a/src/printers/logs.ts b/src/printers/logs.ts
index 15bda668..2a56d332 100644
--- a/src/printers/logs.ts
+++ b/src/printers/logs.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 import { LogList, LogApiResource } from '@twilio-labs/serverless-api';
 import { LogsConfig } from '../config/logs';
 import { writeOutput } from '../utils/output';
+import { OutputFormat } from '../commands/shared';
 
 export function printLogs(
   result: LogApiResource[],
-  config: LogsConfig,
-  outputFormat?: string
+  outputFormat: OutputFormat
 ) {
   result.forEach(log => printLog(log, outputFormat));
 }
 
-export function printLog(log: LogApiResource, outputFormat?: string) {
+export function printLog(log: LogApiResource, outputFormat: OutputFormat) {
   if (outputFormat === 'json') {
     writeOutput(JSON.stringify(log));
   } else {
diff --git a/src/printers/new.ts b/src/printers/new.ts
index e69de29b..c26ba5f7 100644
--- a/src/printers/new.ts
+++ b/src/printers/new.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import chalk from 'chalk';
+import { logger } from '../utils/logger';
+import { join } from 'path';
+
+export function printNewResult(namespace: string, templateName: string) {
+  logger.info(
+    chalk`{green SUCCESS} Downloaded new template into the "${namespace}" subdirectories.`
+  );
+  logger.info(
+    `Check ${join(
+      'readmes',
+      namespace,
+      `${templateName}.md`
+    )} for template instructions.`
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/templating/actions.ts b/src/templating/actions.ts
index 4cdd03af..bef2fb3d 100644
--- a/src/templating/actions.ts
+++ b/src/templating/actions.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-import chalk from 'chalk';
-import { logger } from '../utils/logger';
 import { getTemplateFiles } from './data';
 import { writeFiles } from './filesystem';
-import path from 'path';
 
 export async function downloadTemplate(
   templateName: string,
@@ -10,18 +7,7 @@ export async function downloadTemplate(
   targetDirectory: string
 ): Promise<void> {
   const files = await getTemplateFiles(templateName);
-
   await writeFiles(files, targetDirectory, namespace, templateName);
-  logger.info(
-    chalk`{green SUCCESS} Downloaded new template into the "${namespace}" subdirectories.`
-  );
-  logger.info(
-    `Check ${path.join(
-      'readmes',
-      namespace,
-      `${templateName}.md`
-    )} for template instructions.`
-  );
 }
 
 export { fetchListOfTemplates } from './data';
diff --git a/src/utils/output.ts b/src/utils/output.ts
index 113eb6a6..b10db1a0 100644
--- a/src/utils/output.ts
+++ b/src/utils/output.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 export function writeOutput(...args: any[]) {
   console.log(...args);
 }
+
+export function writeJSONOutput(...args: any[]) {
+  writeOutput(JSON.stringify(args, null, '\t'));
+}