diff --git a/src/lib/log.js b/src/lib/log.js
index 664ea3b14..64c0692c2 100644
--- a/src/lib/log.js
+++ b/src/lib/log.js
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Log.parseLevels = function (input) {
 Log.join = function (arrayish) {
   return _.map(arrayish, function (item) {
     if (_.isPlainObject(item)) {
-      return _.inspect(item) + '\n';
+      return JSON.stringify(item, null, 2) + '\n';
     } else {
       return item.toString();
     }
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/log.js b/test/unit/specs/log.js
index 8976c01bd..345938864 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/log.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/log.js
@@ -97,7 +97,13 @@ describe('Log class', function () {
       expect(Log.join(['foo', 'bar'])).to.eql('foo bar');
     });
     it('stringifies objects', function () {
-      expect(Log.join([{ foo: 'bar' }])).to.eql('{ foo: \'bar\' }\n');
+      expect(Log.join([{ foo: 'bar' }])).to.eql('{\n  "foo": "bar"\n}\n');
+    });
+
+    it('fully stringifies deeply nested objects', function() {
+      var object = { foo: { bar: { baz: 'value' } } };
+      var expected = '{\n  "bar": {\n    "baz": "value"\n  }\n}\n';
+      expect(Log.join(object)).to.eql(expected);
     });
   });