diff --git a/frame.go b/frame.go
index 58a94cd..20e6255 100644
--- a/frame.go
+++ b/frame.go
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 // by writing "adapters" to various devices/formats (xbee, sqlite, network socket, socketcan)
 package gotelem
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"time"
-)
 
 // Frame represents a protocol-agnostic CAN frame. The Id can be standard or extended,
 // but if it is extended, the Kind should be EFF.
@@ -64,31 +59,3 @@ type CanTransciever interface {
 	CanSource
 }
 
-// CanWriter
-type CanWriter struct {
-	output *os.File
-}
-
-// send writes the frame to the file.
-func (cw *CanWriter) Send(f *Frame) error {
-	ts := time.Now().Unix()
-
-	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(cw.output, "%d %X %X\n", ts, f.Id, f.Data)
-	return err
-}
-
-func (cw *CanWriter) Close() error {
-	return cw.output.Close()
-}
-
-func OpenCanWriter(name string) (*CanWriter, error) {
-	f, err := os.Create(name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	cw := &CanWriter{
-		output: f,
-	}
-	return cw, nil
-}
diff --git a/skylab_logger.go b/skylab_logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d622f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skylab_logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package gotelem
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kschamplin/gotelem/skylab"
+)
+
+// CanWriter
+type CanWriter struct {
+	output *os.File
+	cd candumpJSON
+	jsonBuf []byte
+}
+
+// send writes the frame to the file.
+func (cw *CanWriter) Send(f *Frame) (err error) {
+	cw.cd.Timestamp = float64(time.Now().Unix())
+
+	cw.cd.Id = uint64(f.Id)
+
+	cw.cd.Data, err = skylab.FromCanFrame(f.Id, f.Data)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	out, err := json.Marshal(cw.cd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintln(cw.output, string(out))
+	return err
+}
+
+func (cw *CanWriter) Close() error {
+	return cw.output.Close()
+}
+
+func OpenCanWriter(name string) (*CanWriter, error) {
+	f, err := os.Create(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	cw := &CanWriter{
+		output: f,
+	}
+	return cw, nil
+}
+
+type candumpJSON struct {
+	Timestamp float64       `json:"ts"`
+	Id        uint64        `json:"id"`
+	Data      skylab.Packet `json:"data"`
+}