diff --git a/include/mp/flat/converter_model.h b/include/mp/flat/converter_model.h
index 2d1a12b78..63abf7793 100644
--- a/include/mp/flat/converter_model.h
+++ b/include/mp/flat/converter_model.h
@@ -262,8 +262,12 @@ class FlatModel
       {
         MiniJSONWriter jw(wrt);
         jw["OBJECTIVE_index"] = i_obj;
-        if (*obj.name())
+        if (obj.name() && *obj.name()) {
           jw["name"] = obj.name();
+          fmt::MemoryWriter pr;
+          WriteModelItem(pr, obj, var_names_storage_);
+          jw["printed"] = pr.c_str();
+        }
         jw["sense"] = (int)obj.obj_sense();
         WriteJSON(jw["qp_terms"], obj.GetQPTerms());
         WriteJSON(jw["lin_terms"], obj.GetLinTerms());
diff --git a/include/mp/flat/expr_algebraic.h b/include/mp/flat/expr_algebraic.h
index 5f147ac13..5c12c1842 100644
--- a/include/mp/flat/expr_algebraic.h
+++ b/include/mp/flat/expr_algebraic.h
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ class AlgebraicExpression : public Body {
   double constant_term_ = 0.0;
 };
 
+/// Very general template to write any flat con/obj
+template <class Writer, class Item>
+void WriteModelItem(Writer& wrt, const Item& i,
+                    const std::vector<std::string>& vnam);
+
 /// Very general template to write
 /// a JSON-like representation of anything
 template <class Writer, class Obj>
diff --git a/include/mp/flat/problem_flattener.h b/include/mp/flat/problem_flattener.h
index c2f309730..647c92dfe 100644
--- a/include/mp/flat/problem_flattener.h
+++ b/include/mp/flat/problem_flattener.h
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ class ProblemFlattener :
         jw["name"] = vn.dvname(i);
         auto ce = GetModel().common_expr(i);
         fmt::MemoryWriter w2;
+        w2 << "var " << vn.dvname(i) << " = ";
         WriteExpr<typename ProblemType::ExprTypes>(
               w2, ce.linear_expr(), ce.nonlinear_expr(), vn);
         jw["printed"] = w2.c_str();
@@ -216,6 +217,8 @@ class ProblemFlattener :
         auto obj = GetModel().obj(i);
         jw["sense"] = (int)obj.type();
         fmt::MemoryWriter w2;
+        w2 << (obj::MAX==obj.type() ? "maximize " : "minimize ");
+        w2 << GetModel().obj_name(i) << ": ";
         WriteExpr<typename ProblemType::ExprTypes>(
               w2, obj.linear_expr(), obj.nonlinear_expr(),
               GetModel().GetVarNamer());
@@ -237,6 +240,7 @@ class ProblemFlattener :
         jw["index"] = i;
         jw["name"] = GetModel().con_name(i);
         fmt::MemoryWriter w2;
+        w2 << GetModel().con_name(i) << ": ";
         WriteAlgCon<typename ProblemType::ExprTypes>(
               w2, con, GetModel().GetVarNamer());
         jw["printed"] = w2.c_str();
@@ -258,6 +262,7 @@ class ProblemFlattener :
         jw["index"] = i_actual;
         jw["name"] = GetModel().con_name(i_actual);
         fmt::MemoryWriter w2;
+        w2 << GetModel().con_name(i_actual) << ": ";
         WriteExpr<typename ProblemType::ExprTypes>(
               w2, con.expr(), GetModel().GetVarNamer());
         jw["printed"] = w2.c_str();
diff --git a/src/std_constr.cc b/src/std_constr.cc
index ed8f8364a..133f64cff 100644
--- a/src/std_constr.cc
+++ b/src/std_constr.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "mp/common.h"
 
 #include "mp/flat/expr_quadratic.h"
+#include "mp/flat/obj_std.h"
 #include "mp/flat/model_info.hpp"
 
 namespace mp {
@@ -89,7 +90,52 @@ void WriteVar(Writer& pr, const char* name,
     if (var::INTEGER == ty)
     pr << " integer";
   }
-  pr << ';';
+}
+
+  template <>
+  void WriteModelItem(fmt::MemoryWriter& wrt, const LinTerms& lt,
+                      const std::vector<std::string>& vnam) {
+  for (int i=0; i<(int)lt.size(); ++i) {
+    if (i) {
+      wrt << (lt.coef(i)>=0.0 ? " + " : " - ");
+    }
+    wrt << std::fabs(lt.coef(i)) << '*' << vnam.at(lt.var(i));
+  }
+}
+
+template <>
+void WriteModelItem(fmt::MemoryWriter& wrt, const QuadTerms& qt,
+                    const std::vector<std::string>& vnam) {
+  for (int i=0; i<(int)qt.size(); ++i) {
+    if (i) {
+      wrt << (qt.coef(i)>=0.0 ? " + " : " - ");
+    }
+    wrt << std::fabs(qt.coef(i))
+        << '*' << vnam.at(qt.var1(i))
+        << '*' << vnam.at(qt.var2(i));
+  }
+}
+
+template <>
+void WriteModelItem(fmt::MemoryWriter& wrt, const QuadAndLinTerms& qlt,
+                    const std::vector<std::string>& vnam) {
+
+}
+
+template <>
+void WriteModelItem(fmt::MemoryWriter& wrt, const QuadraticObjective& obj,
+                    const std::vector<std::string>& vnam) {
+  wrt << (obj.obj_sense() ? "maximize " : "minimize ");
+  assert(obj.name() && *obj.name());
+  wrt << obj.name() << ": ";
+  WriteModelItem(wrt, obj.GetLinTerms(), vnam);
+  if (obj.GetQPTerms().size()) {
+    if (obj.GetLinTerms().size())
+      wrt << " + ";
+    wrt << '(';
+    WriteModelItem(wrt, obj.GetQPTerms(), vnam);
+    wrt << ')';
+  }
 }
 
 // Generate
diff --git a/support/modelexplore/scripts/python/model.py b/support/modelexplore/scripts/python/model.py
index 6e1800090..38d256f03 100644
--- a/support/modelexplore/scripts/python/model.py
+++ b/support/modelexplore/scripts/python/model.py
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ def _matchRecords(self, cnt, keyw, keyNeed1=None):
       pr = str(i)         ## TODO printed form
       if "printed" in i:
         pr = i["printed"]
+      assert len(pr)
+      if ';'!=pr[-1]:
+        pr = pr + ';'
       if (""==keyw or keyw in pr) \
       and (keyNeed1==None \
         or (keyNeed1 in i and 1==i[keyNeed1])):