diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index 42ec655..ac2042d 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -259,12 +259,11 @@ void Server::handle_get_directory(const httplib::Request& /*req*/, httplib::Resp
         res.set_content(response.dump(), "application/json");
         return;
     }
-
+    
+    // output the labeltags as an array of label:tag pairs
     nlohmann::json entries_array = nlohmann::json::array();
     for (const auto& entry : entries) {
-        for (const auto & labeltag : entry.labeltags) {
-            entries_array.push_back({{"labeltag", labeltag}, {"hash", entry.hash}});
-        }
+        entries_array.push_back({{"labeltags", entry.labeltags}, {"hash", entry.hash}});
     }
 
     nlohmann::json response = {{"result", "success"}, {"entries", entries_array}};