diff --git a/src/libpgagroal/management.c b/src/libpgagroal/management.c
index 62615bd9..30af7d54 100644
--- a/src/libpgagroal/management.c
+++ b/src/libpgagroal/management.c
@@ -573,8 +573,8 @@ pgagroal_management_read_status(SSL* ssl, int socket, char output_format)
 {
    cJSON* json = pgagroal_management_json_read_status_details(ssl, socket, false);
 
-   // check we have an answer and it is not an error
-   if (!json || pgagroal_json_is_command_object_faulty(json))
+   // check we have an answer, note that a faulty answer is still valid to be printed!
+   if (!json)
    {
       goto error;
    }
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ pgagroal_management_json_read_status_details(SSL* ssl, int socket, bool include_
 
       cJSON* current_connection_json = cJSON_CreateObject();
 
-      cJSON_AddNumberToObject(current_connection_json, "number", i);
+      cJSON_AddNumberToObject(current_connection_json, "number", i + 1);
       cJSON_AddStringToObject(current_connection_json, "state", pgagroal_server_state_as_string(state));
       cJSON_AddStringToObject(current_connection_json, "time", time > 0 ? ts : "");
       cJSON_AddStringToObject(current_connection_json, "pid", pid > 0 ? p : "");
@@ -925,8 +925,8 @@ pgagroal_management_read_details(SSL* ssl, int socket, char output_format)
 {
    cJSON* json = pgagroal_management_json_read_status_details(ssl, socket, true);
 
-   // check we have an answer and it is not an error
-   if (!json || pgagroal_json_is_command_object_faulty(json))
+   // check we have an answer, note that a faulty answer is still worth to be printed
+   if (!json)
    {
       goto error;
    }
@@ -1802,7 +1802,7 @@ pgagroal_management_read_config_get(int socket, char* config_key, char* expected
    cJSON* json = pgagroal_managment_json_read_config_get(socket, config_key, expected_value);
    int status = EXIT_STATUS_OK;
 
-   if (!json || pgagroal_json_is_command_object_faulty(json))
+   if (!json)
    {
       goto error;
    }
@@ -1988,7 +1988,7 @@ pgagroal_management_read_conf_ls(SSL* ssl, int socket, char output_format)
    cJSON* json = pgagroal_management_json_read_conf_ls(ssl, socket);
 
    // check we have an answer and it is not an error
-   if (!json || pgagroal_json_is_command_object_faulty(json))
+   if (!json)
    {
       goto error;
    }
@@ -2184,9 +2184,10 @@ pgagroal_management_json_print_status_details(cJSON* json)
 {
    bool is_command_details = false; /* is this command 'status details' ? */
    int status = EXIT_STATUS_OK;
+   bool previous_section_printed = false;  /* in 'status details', print an header bar between sections */
 
    // sanity check
-   if (!json || pgagroal_json_is_command_object_faulty(json))
+   if (!json)
    {
       goto error;
    }
@@ -2259,7 +2260,11 @@ pgagroal_management_json_print_status_details(cJSON* json)
    cJSON* servers_list = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(servers, JSON_TAG_ARRAY_NAME);
    cJSON_ArrayForEach(current, servers_list)
    {
-      printf("---------------------\n");
+      if (!previous_section_printed)
+      {
+         printf("---------------------\n");
+         previous_section_printed = true;
+      }
       printf("Server:              %s\n", cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(current, "server")->valuestring);
       printf("Host:                %s\n", cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(current, "host")->valuestring);
       printf("Port:                %d\n", cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(current, "port")->valueint);
@@ -2273,7 +2278,11 @@ pgagroal_management_json_print_status_details(cJSON* json)
    cJSON* limits_list = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(limits, JSON_TAG_ARRAY_NAME);
    cJSON_ArrayForEach(current, limits_list)
    {
-      printf("---------------------\n");
+      if (!previous_section_printed)
+      {
+         printf("---------------------\n");
+         previous_section_printed = true;
+      }
       printf("Database:            %s\n", cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(current, "database")->valuestring);
       printf("Username:            %s\n", cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(current, "username")->valuestring);
       cJSON* current_connections = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(current, "connections");
@@ -2285,11 +2294,16 @@ pgagroal_management_json_print_status_details(cJSON* json)
    }
 
    // print the connection information
-   int i = 0;
    cJSON_ArrayForEach(current, cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(connections, JSON_TAG_ARRAY_NAME))
    {
+      if (!previous_section_printed)
+      {
+         printf("---------------------\n");
+         previous_section_printed = false;
+      }
+
       printf("Connection %4d:     %-15s %-19s %-6s %-6s %s %s %s\n",
-             i++,
+             cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(current, "number")->valueint,
              cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(current, "state")->valuestring,
              cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(current, "time")->valuestring,
              cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(current, "pid")->valuestring,
@@ -2300,6 +2314,9 @@ pgagroal_management_json_print_status_details(cJSON* json)
 
    }
 
+   // all done
+   goto end;
+
 error:
    status = 1;
 end:
@@ -2444,7 +2461,7 @@ pgagroal_management_json_print_conf_ls(cJSON* json)
    int status = EXIT_STATUS_OK;
 
    // sanity check
-   if (!json || pgagroal_json_is_command_object_faulty(json))
+   if (!json)
    {
       goto error;
    }