diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 51e88ed..7a3b289 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -36,5 +36,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation("org.nanohttpd:nanohttpd:2.3.1")
   implementation("redis.clients:jedis:3.3.0")
   implementation("io.vavr:vavr:1.0.0-alpha-3")
+  implementation("io.vavr:vavr-jackson:1.0.0-alpha-3")
+  implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-base:2.11.1")
   testImplementation("junit", "junit", "4.12")
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/nouritsu/Dao.java b/src/main/java/nouritsu/Dao.java
index f7f254a..6de8f79 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nouritsu/Dao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nouritsu/Dao.java
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import redis.clients.jedis.JedisPool;
 
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
+import static nouritsu.Serde.deserialize;
+import static nouritsu.Serde.serialize;
+
 public class Dao {
   private final JedisPool pool;
   // Prefixes for the redis keys because other applications might also be using the redis
@@ -33,15 +36,14 @@ public class Dao {
 
   private Option<ShoppingItem> getItem(String name) {
     return Option.of(withRedis(redis -> redis.get(ITEM_PREFIX + name)))
-      .flatMap(section -> Section.tryParse(section).toOption())
-      .map(section -> new ShoppingItem(name, section));
+      .map(item -> deserialize(item, ShoppingItem.class));
   }
 
   public String clearList(String id) {
     withRedis(redis -> redis.del(USER_PREFIX + id));
     // Just always return okay, even if we didn’t have data to begin with.
     // Idempotency yay \o/
-    return "Cleared list of user “%s“".formatted(id);
+    return created("Cleared list of user “%s“").formatted(id);
   }
 
   // The .exists() check is necessary because smembers throws an exception instead of returning null or an empty set.
@@ -60,41 +62,37 @@ public class Dao {
   }
 
   public Either<Resp, Store> getStore(String name) {
-    return withRedis(redis -> Option.of(redis.lrange(STORE_PREFIX + name, 0, 1000L))
+    return withRedis(redis -> Option.of(redis.get(STORE_PREFIX + name)))
       .toEither(Resp.BAD_REQUEST.apply("Store %s not found".formatted(name)))
-      .map(sections -> sections.stream()
-        .map(Section::tryParse)
-        // Safe; elements in persistence must have a valid section
-        .map(Either::get)
-        .collect(List.collector()))
-      .map(sections -> new Store(name, sections))
-    );
+      .map(s -> deserialize(s, Store.class));
   }
 
   // Check if an item is known and add it to the list if it is.
   public Either<Resp, String> addToList(String id, String item) {
     return getItem(item).map(it -> {
       withRedis(redis -> redis.sadd(USER_PREFIX + id, item));
-      return "Added “%s“ to list of user “%s”".formatted(it, id);
+      return created("Added “%s“ to list of user “%s”").formatted(it, id);
     }).toEither(Resp.BAD_REQUEST.apply("Item %s not found".formatted(item)));
   }
 
   public String addItem(ShoppingItem item) {
-    withRedis(redis -> redis.set(ITEM_PREFIX + item.name(), item.section().name()));
-    return "Registered new item “%s” under the section “%s”"
+    withRedis(redis -> redis.set(ITEM_PREFIX + item.name(), serialize(item)));
+    return created("Registered new item “%s” under the section “%s”")
       .formatted(item.name(), item.section().name().toLowerCase());
   }
 
+  private String created(String msg) {
+    return "{\"msg\": \"%s\"}".formatted(msg);
+  }
+
   public String addStore(Store store) {
     // just overwrite it if we already know that store
     withRedis(redis ->
-      redis.del(STORE_PREFIX + store.name()) + // <- this plus doesn’t actually add anything.
+      redis.del(STORE_PREFIX + store.name())
+        // This plus doesn’t actually add anything.
         // It just allows us to do both steps in one statement in the lambda body.
-        redis.rpush(
-          STORE_PREFIX + store.name(),
-          store.sections().map(Section::name).toJavaArray(String[]::new)
-        )
+        + redis.set(STORE_PREFIX + store.name(), serialize(store))
     );
-    return "Registered new store “%s” with the sections [%s]".formatted(store.name(), store.sections());
+    return created("Registered new store “%s” with the sections [%s]").formatted(store.name(), store.sections());
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/nouritsu/Nouritsu.java b/src/main/java/nouritsu/Nouritsu.java
index 5688df5..aaf9e24 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nouritsu/Nouritsu.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nouritsu/Nouritsu.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import io.vavr.collection.HashSet;
 import io.vavr.collection.Map;
 import io.vavr.control.Either;
 import io.vavr.control.Try;
+import nouritsu.types.ListWithRest;
 import nouritsu.types.Resp;
 import nouritsu.types.ShoppingItem;
 import nouritsu.types.Store;
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ public class Nouritsu extends NanoHTTPD {
           err.printStackTrace();
           return newFixedLengthResponse(Status.INTERNAL_ERROR, MIME_PLAINTEXT, err.getMessage());
         },
-        response -> newFixedLengthResponse(response.status(), MIME_PLAINTEXT, response.text())
+        response -> newFixedLengthResponse(response.status(), "application/json", response.text())
       );
   }
 
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ public class Nouritsu extends NanoHTTPD {
   private static Resp getList(Map<String, String> params, Dao dao) {
     return getFromParams(params, "user")
       .flatMap(dao::getList)
-      .map(shoppingItems -> shoppingItems.mkString(","))
+      .map(Serde::serialize)
       .fold(Function.identity(), Resp.OK);
   }
 
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ public class Nouritsu extends NanoHTTPD {
         zip(dao.getList(userId), dao.getStore(storeName))
       ))
       .map(t -> t.apply(Nouritsu::sortBySection))
+      .map(Serde::serialize)
       .fold(Function.identity(), Resp.OK);
   }
 
@@ -106,15 +108,10 @@ public class Nouritsu extends NanoHTTPD {
   // This kind of breaks the style,
   // but I can’t come up with a more elegant solution,
   // so lots of locals it is.
-  private static String sortBySection(HashSet<ShoppingItem> items, Store store) {
+  private static ListWithRest sortBySection(HashSet<ShoppingItem> items, Store store) {
     final var itemsBySection = items.groupBy(ShoppingItem::section);
     final var sorted = store.sections().flatMap(s -> itemsBySection.get(s).getOrElse(HashSet.empty()));
-    final var rest = items.removeAll(sorted);
-    final var formattedItems = sorted.map(ShoppingItem::name).mkString(", ");
-    if (rest.isEmpty()) {
-      return formattedItems;
-    }
-    return formattedItems + rest.mkString("\nItems not available or not classified in this store: ", ", ", "");
+    return new ListWithRest(sorted, items.removeAll(sorted));
   }
 
   private static Resp addToList(Map<String, String> params, Dao dao) {
@@ -148,11 +145,7 @@ public class Nouritsu extends NanoHTTPD {
     return zip(getFromParams(params, k1), getFromParams(params, k2));
   }
 
-  public static void main(String[] args) {
-    try {
-      new Nouritsu(14523, new Dao());
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      e.printStackTrace();
-    }
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+    new Nouritsu(14523, new Dao());
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/nouritsu/Serde.java b/src/main/java/nouritsu/Serde.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a24413a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/nouritsu/Serde.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package nouritsu;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import io.vavr.control.Try;
+import io.vavr.jackson.datatype.VavrModule;
+
+/**
+ * *Ser*ialize and *de*serialize. Name stolen from the Rust framework.
+ */
+public class Serde {
+  private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper().registerModule(new VavrModule());
+
+  public static <T> T deserialize(String s, Class<T> clazz) {
+    return Try.of(() -> MAPPER.readValue(s, clazz))
+      // I don’t see a case where this can actually happen
+      .getOrElseThrow((e) -> new IllegalArgumentException("Could not deserialize %s as %s".formatted(s, clazz), e));
+  }
+
+  public static <T> String serialize(T obj) {
+    return Try.of(() -> MAPPER.writeValueAsString(obj))
+      // unreachable, but checked exceptions force me to do this
+      .getOrElseThrow((e) -> new IllegalArgumentException("Could not serialize " + obj.toString(), e));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/nouritsu/types/ListWithRest.java b/src/main/java/nouritsu/types/ListWithRest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dce48af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/nouritsu/types/ListWithRest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package nouritsu.types;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import io.vavr.collection.HashSet;
+import io.vavr.collection.Seq;
+
+/**
+ * A sorted shopping list for a store.
+ * Rest contains the items that can’t be purchased at the selected store.
+ */
+public record ListWithRest(
+  @JsonProperty("items") Seq<ShoppingItem> items,
+  @JsonProperty("rest") HashSet<ShoppingItem> rest
+) {}
diff --git a/src/main/java/nouritsu/types/ShoppingItem.java b/src/main/java/nouritsu/types/ShoppingItem.java
index e5a82c9..832cb81 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nouritsu/types/ShoppingItem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nouritsu/types/ShoppingItem.java
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package nouritsu.types;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import io.vavr.control.Either;
 
-public record ShoppingItem(String name, Section section) {
+public record ShoppingItem(
+  @JsonProperty("name") String name,
+  @JsonProperty("section") Section section
+) {
   public static Either<Resp, ShoppingItem> tryParse(String name, String category) {
     return Section.tryParse(category)
       .map(c -> new ShoppingItem(name, c))
diff --git a/src/main/java/nouritsu/types/Store.java b/src/main/java/nouritsu/types/Store.java
index aad4af0..ef3c24c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nouritsu/types/Store.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nouritsu/types/Store.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package nouritsu.types;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import io.vavr.collection.List;
 import io.vavr.collection.Seq;
 import io.vavr.control.Either;
@@ -7,7 +8,10 @@ import io.vavr.control.Either;
 /**
  * A store with an ordered list of sections from entrance to exit.
  */
-public record Store(String name, Seq<Section>sections) {
+public record Store(
+  @JsonProperty("name") String name,
+  @JsonProperty("sections") Seq<Section> sections
+) {
   public static Either<Resp, Store> tryParse(String name, String sections) {
     return Either.traverse(List.of(sections.split(",")), Section::tryParse)
       .mapLeft(errors -> Resp.BAD_REQUEST.apply(errors.mkString("\n") + Section.valuesAsString()))