diff --git a/examples/Python 2.7/Client_Simple.py b/examples/Python 2.7/Client_Simple.py
index 227e15d..a60931f 100644
--- a/examples/Python 2.7/Client_Simple.py	
+++ b/examples/Python 2.7/Client_Simple.py	
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ def main():
                         __message   = subscriber.recv(zmq.NOBLOCK)
                         __message   = zlib.decompress(__message)
                         __json      = simplejson.loads(__message)
-         
-                        print __json
+
+                        # call dumps() to ensure double quotes in output
+                        print simplejson.dumps(__json)
                         sys.stdout.flush()
                 else:
                     print 'Disconnect from EDDN (After timeout)'
diff --git a/examples/Python 3.4/Client_Simple.py b/examples/Python 3.4/Client_Simple.py
index 43c9849..4eb4a93 100644
--- a/examples/Python 3.4/Client_Simple.py	
+++ b/examples/Python 3.4/Client_Simple.py	
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ def main():
                 __message   = zlib.decompress(__message)
                 __json      = simplejson.loads(__message)
                 
-                
-                print (__json)
+                # call dumps() to ensure double quotes in output
+                print(simplejson.dumps(__json))
                 sys.stdout.flush()
                 
         except zmq.ZMQError as e: