diff --git a/Jenkinsfile.deploy b/Jenkinsfile.deploy
index ed65687..7d0484a 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile.deploy
+++ b/Jenkinsfile.deploy
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ node('put-shared') { ansiColor('xterm') {
 			sh '''#!/usr/bin/env bash
 				set -Eeuo pipefail -x
 
-				jq -L.scripts '
+				jq -L.scripts --tab '
 					include "deploy";
 					arch_tagged_manifests(env.BASHBREW_ARCH)
 					| deploy_objects[]
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ node('put-shared') { ansiColor('xterm') {
 				wget --timeout=5 -qO past-deploy.json "$JOB_URL/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/deploy.json"
 				# swap to this touch instead of the wget above to (re)bootstrap
 				#touch past-deploy.json
-				jq --slurpfile past ./past-deploy.json 'select( IN($past[]) | not )' ./deploy.json > filtered-deploy.json
+				jq --tab --slurpfile past ./past-deploy.json 'select( IN($past[]) | not )' ./deploy.json > filtered-deploy.json
 			'''
 		}
 		stage('Archive') {
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile.trigger b/Jenkinsfile.trigger
index f48170a..8299d65 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile.trigger
+++ b/Jenkinsfile.trigger
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ node {
 				sh '''#!/usr/bin/env bash
 					set -Eeuo pipefail -x
 
-					jq <<<"$currentJobsJson" '
+					jq <<<"$currentJobsJson" --tab '
 						# merge the two objects recursively, preferring data from "buildCompletionDataJson"
 						. * ( env.buildCompletionDataJson | fromjson )
 						# save firstTime if it is not set yet
diff --git a/doi.jq b/doi.jq
index 35605ca..e5cfe4b 100644
--- a/doi.jq
+++ b/doi.jq
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def buildkit_provenance_builder_id:
 # output: boolean
 def build_should_sbom:
 	# see "bashbrew remote arches docker/scout-sbom-indexer:1" (we need the SBOM scanner to be runnable on the host architecture)
-	# bashbrew remote arches --json docker/scout-sbom-indexer:1 | jq '.arches | keys_unsorted' -c
+	# bashbrew remote arches --json docker/scout-sbom-indexer:1 | jq '.arches | keys_unsorted' --compact-output
 	(
 		.build.arch as $arch | ["amd64","arm32v5","arm32v7","arm64v8","i386","ppc64le","riscv64","s390x"] | index($arch)
 	) and (