diff --git a/src/terminal.c b/src/terminal.c
index cafccd235..eebc7e545 100644
--- a/src/terminal.c
+++ b/src/terminal.c
@@ -889,7 +889,6 @@ void status_display_machine_readable (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
 }
 
 
-
 void status_display_status_json (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
 {
   hashcat_status_t *hashcat_status = (hashcat_status_t *) hcmalloc (sizeof (hashcat_status_t));
diff --git a/src/user_options.c b/src/user_options.c
index 4d45f9e85..62e6457fc 100644
--- a/src/user_options.c
+++ b/src/user_options.c
@@ -913,12 +913,22 @@ int user_options_sanity (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
       return -1;
     }
   }
-
+  
+  if (user_options->machine_readable == true)
+  {
+    if (user_options->status_json == true)
+    {
+      event_log_error (hashcat_ctx, "The --status-json flag can not be used with --machine-readable.");
+      
+      return -1;
+    }
+  }
+  
   if (user_options->remove_timer_chgd == true)
   {
     if (user_options->remove == false)
     {
-      event_log_error (hashcat_ctx, "The --remove-timer requires --remove.");
+      event_log_error (hashcat_ctx, "The --remove-timer flag requires --remove.");
 
       return -1;
     }
@@ -1110,7 +1120,7 @@ int user_options_sanity (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
       return -1;
     }
   }
-
+  
   if (user_options->stdin_timeout_abort_chgd == true)
   {
     if (user_options->attack_mode != ATTACK_MODE_STRAIGHT)