diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Node.kt b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Node.kt
index cc19007617..322a1febcc 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Node.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/plugins/Node.kt
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class Node(private val project: Project) : CordformNode() {
                 .defaults()
                 .setOriginComments(false)
                 .setComments(false)
-                .setFormatted(false)
+                .setFormatted(true)
                 .setJson(false)
         val configFileText = config.root().render(options).split("\n").toList()