diff --git a/emacs/init.org b/emacs/init.org
index 6c1ffbc..3e6bcab 100755
--- a/emacs/init.org
+++ b/emacs/init.org
@@ -1469,13 +1469,15 @@ Some aliases:
 	       json-navigator-navigate-after-point
 	       json-navigator-navigate-region))
 
-  (defun jq-pretty-print ()
+  (defun json-pprint ()
     (interactive)
     (let ((begin (if (region-active-p) (region-beginning) (point-min)))
 	  (end (if (region-active-p) (region-end) (point-max))))
-      (shell-command-on-region begin end "jq ." nil t)))
+      (if (executable-find "jq")
+	  (shell-command-on-region begin end "jq ." nil t)
+	(json-pretty-print begin end))))
 
-  (general-def json-mode-map "C-M-\\" 'jq-pretty-print)
+  (general-def json-mode-map "C-M-\\" 'json-pprint)
 #+END_SRC
 
 * JavaScript