diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/commands/freebase/PreviewProtographCommand.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/commands/freebase/PreviewProtographCommand.java
index 737c573ae..a203aadcb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/commands/freebase/PreviewProtographCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/commands/freebase/PreviewProtographCommand.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class PreviewProtographCommand extends Command {
                 nodeFactory.flush();
                 
                 sb.append(", \"mqllike\" : ");
-                sb.append(sb.toString());
+                sb.append(stringWriter.toString());
             }
 
             sb.append(" }");
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/protograph/transpose/MqlwriteLikeTransposedNodeFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/protograph/transpose/MqlwriteLikeTransposedNodeFactory.java
index c9de3b7eb..f69aafb05 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/protograph/transpose/MqlwriteLikeTransposedNodeFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/protograph/transpose/MqlwriteLikeTransposedNodeFactory.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.json.JSONWriter;
 
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.model.Cell;
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.model.Recon;
@@ -43,7 +44,18 @@ public class MqlwriteLikeTransposedNodeFactory implements TransposedNodeFactory
     
     @Override
     public void flush() throws IOException {
-    	writer.write(getJSON().toString());
+    	try {
+        	JSONWriter jsonWriter = new JSONWriter(writer);
+        	
+        	jsonWriter.array();
+        	for (JSONObject obj : rootObjects) {
+        		jsonWriter.value(obj);
+        	}
+        	jsonWriter.endArray();
+        	
+		} catch (JSONException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
     	writer.flush();
     }