diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b27f64f..e9e2420 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ COPY src/docs/add_v1_receive_schemas.go /tmp/signal-cli-rest-api-src/docs/add_v1
 RUN ls -la /tmp/signal-cli-rest-api-src
 
 # build the docs
-RUN cd /tmp/signal-cli-rest-api-src && ${GOPATH}/bin/swag init --requiredByDefault --outputTypes go
+RUN cd /tmp/signal-cli-rest-api-src && ${GOPATH}/bin/swag init --requiredByDefault --outputTypes "go,json"
 
 # manually add the json schemas for the receive V1 endpoint to the docs
 RUN if [ "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" ]; then \
diff --git a/src/docs/README.md b/src/docs/README.md
index 20d1b0d..92d8ba5 100644
--- a/src/docs/README.md
+++ b/src/docs/README.md
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ Regenerate the files with your local source code changes.
 1. Run swag to generate the docs
     * Option 1, via docker 
         ```bash
-        docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/code ghcr.io/swaggo/swag:latest init --requiredByDefault --outputTypes go
+        docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/code ghcr.io/swaggo/swag:latest init --requiredByDefault --outputTypes "go,json"
         ```
     * Option 2, install swag and run the command line tool
         ```bash
-        swag init --requiredByDefault --outputTypes go
+        swag init --requiredByDefault --outputTypes "go,json"
         ```
 1. Set the current working dir to `src/docs`
     ```bash