diff --git a/checks/check_extra742 b/checks/check_extra742
index 309f75d5..745c09c0 100644
--- a/checks/check_extra742
+++ b/checks/check_extra742
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ extra742(){
 
   textInfo "Looking for secrets in CloudFormation output across all regions... "
   for regx in $REGIONS; do
-    CFN_STACKS=$($AWSCLI cloudformation describe-stacks $PROFILE_OPT --region $regx)
+    CFN_STACKS=$($AWSCLI cloudformation describe-stacks $PROFILE_OPT --region $regx --output json)
     LIST_OF_CFN_STACKS=$(echo $CFN_STACKS | jq -r '.Stacks[].StackName')
     if [[ $LIST_OF_CFN_STACKS ]];then
       for stack in $LIST_OF_CFN_STACKS; do