diff --git a/video_metadata/util.py b/video_metadata/util.py
index 29e9f2a..6e4ca42 100644
--- a/video_metadata/util.py
+++ b/video_metadata/util.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 import logging
 import sys
+import yaml
 
 
 def getLogger(is_debug):
@@ -19,7 +20,12 @@ def getLogger(is_debug):
 
     return logger
 
+
 def getFunctionName():
     import sys
     return sys._getframe(1).f_code.co_name
 
+
+# TODO: make output prettier
+def dumpObject(obj):
+    return yaml.dump(obj)
diff --git a/video_metadata/views/tmdb.py b/video_metadata/views/tmdb.py
index b6295c1..4c6c38b 100644
--- a/video_metadata/views/tmdb.py
+++ b/video_metadata/views/tmdb.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import ssl
 from urllib.error import URLError, HTTPError
 import urllib.parse
 import urllib.request
-import yaml
 
 from flask import Blueprint, current_app, flash, Flask, request, render_template
 
@@ -153,9 +152,9 @@ def query_movie():
             view_data = view_results,
             rel_path = query.rel_path,
             debug_str = '{} \n {} \n {} \n'.format(
-                    yaml.dump(query, indent=4),
-                    yaml.dump(response, indent=4),
-                    yaml.dump(view_results, indent=4)
+                    util.dumpObject(query),
+                    util.dumpObject(response),
+                    util.dumpObject(view_results)
                 )
         )