diff --git a/secretvalue_funcs.go b/secretvalue_funcs.go
index 7571968..c559100 100644
--- a/secretvalue_funcs.go
+++ b/secretvalue_funcs.go
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package gosecret
 
+import (
+	`fmt`
+)
+
 /*
 	MarshalJSON converts a SecretValue to a JSON representation.
 	For compat reasons, the MarshalText is left "unmolested" (i.e. renders to a Base64 value).
@@ -7,7 +11,7 @@ package gosecret
 */
 func (s *SecretValue) MarshalJSON() (b []byte, err error) {
 
-	b = []byte(string(*s))
+	b = []byte(fmt.Sprintf("\"%v\"", string(*s)))
 
 	return
 }
diff --git a/types.go b/types.go
index 582b9ef..9cce73d 100644
--- a/types.go
+++ b/types.go
@@ -169,5 +169,5 @@ type Secret struct {
 	session *Session
 }
 
-// SecretValue is a custom type that handles JSON encoding/decoding a little more easily.
+// SecretValue is a custom type that handles JSON encoding a little more easily.
 type SecretValue []byte