diff --git a/ingest/admin.py b/ingest/admin.py
index 02eb883..3ecc069 100644
--- a/ingest/admin.py
+++ b/ingest/admin.py
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
+from django.utils.html import escape, mark_safe
 from django.contrib import admin
 
+import json
+
 from .models import DecompressedEvent
 
 
 @admin.register(DecompressedEvent)
 class DecompressedEventAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_display = ["timestamp", "project"]
+    exclude = ["data"]
+
+    readonly_fields = [
+        'pretty_data',
+    ]
+
+    def pretty_data(self, obj):
+        return mark_safe("<pre>" + escape(json.dumps(json.loads(obj.data), indent=2)) + "</pre>")
+    pretty_data.short_description = "Data"
diff --git a/ingest/views.py b/ingest/views.py
index 7ec0c30..2fb45fa 100644
--- a/ingest/views.py
+++ b/ingest/views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import json  # TODO consider faster APIs
+
 from rest_framework import permissions, status
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
@@ -19,7 +21,10 @@ class BaseIngestAPIView(APIView):
     http_method_names = ["post"]
 
     def process_event(self, event_data, request, project):
-        DecompressedEvent.objects.create(project=project, data=event_data)
+        DecompressedEvent.objects.create(
+            project=project,
+            data=json.dumps(event_data),  # TODO don't parse-then-print for BaseIngestion
+        )
 
 
 class IngestEventAPIView(BaseIngestAPIView):