diff --git a/elastic4play/app/org/elastic4play/JsonFormat.scala b/elastic4play/app/org/elastic4play/JsonFormat.scala
index fe64d8230..885a2939a 100644
--- a/elastic4play/app/org/elastic4play/JsonFormat.scala
+++ b/elastic4play/app/org/elastic4play/JsonFormat.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import java.util.Date
 
 import scala.util.{Failure, Success, Try}
 
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag
+
 import play.api.libs.json._
 
 import org.elastic4play.controllers.JsonFormat.inputValueFormat
@@ -14,38 +16,31 @@ object JsonFormat {
   private val dateWrites: Writes[Date]  = Writes[Date](d => JsNumber(d.getTime))
   implicit val dateFormat: Format[Date] = Format(dateReads, dateWrites)
 
-  private val invalidFormatAttributeErrorWrites = Writes[InvalidFormatAttributeError] { ifae =>
-    Json.writes[InvalidFormatAttributeError].writes(ifae) +
-      ("type"    -> JsString("InvalidFormatAttributeError")) +
-      ("message" -> JsString(ifae.toString))
-  }
-  private val unknownAttributeErrorWrites = Writes[UnknownAttributeError] { uae =>
-    Json.writes[UnknownAttributeError].writes(uae) +
-      ("type"    -> JsString("UnknownAttributeError")) +
-      ("message" -> JsString(uae.toString))
-  }
-  private val updateReadOnlyAttributeErrorWrites = Writes[UpdateReadOnlyAttributeError] { uroae =>
-    Json.writes[UpdateReadOnlyAttributeError].writes(uroae) +
-      ("type"    -> JsString("UpdateReadOnlyAttributeError")) +
-      ("message" -> JsString(uroae.toString))
-  }
-  private val missingAttributeErrorWrites = Writes[MissingAttributeError] { mae =>
-    Json.writes[MissingAttributeError].writes(mae) +
-      ("type"    -> JsString("MissingAttributeError")) +
-      ("message" -> JsString(mae.toString))
+  private def attributeErrorWrites[E <: AttributeError](underlying: OWrites[E]): OWrites[E] = {
+    OWrites.transform(underlying) { (origErr, obj) =>
+      obj + ("message" -> JsString(origErr.toString))
+    }
   }
 
-  implicit val attributeCheckingExceptionWrites: OWrites[AttributeCheckingError] = OWrites[AttributeCheckingError] { ace =>
-    Json.obj(
-      "tableName" -> ace.tableName,
-      "type"      -> "AttributeCheckingError",
-      "errors" -> JsArray(ace.errors.map {
-        case e: InvalidFormatAttributeError  => invalidFormatAttributeErrorWrites.writes(e)
-        case e: UnknownAttributeError        => unknownAttributeErrorWrites.writes(e)
-        case e: UpdateReadOnlyAttributeError => updateReadOnlyAttributeErrorWrites.writes(e)
-        case e: MissingAttributeError        => missingAttributeErrorWrites.writes(e)
-      })
-    )
+  private[elastic4play] implicit val invalidFormatAttributeErrorWrites: OWrites[InvalidFormatAttributeError] = attributeErrorWrites[InvalidFormatAttributeError](Json.writes[InvalidFormatAttributeError])
+
+  private[elastic4play] implicit val unknownAttributeErrorWrites: OWrites[UnknownAttributeError] = attributeErrorWrites[UnknownAttributeError](Json.writes[UnknownAttributeError])
+
+  private[elastic4play] implicit val updateReadOnlyAttributeErrorWrites: OWrites[UpdateReadOnlyAttributeError] = attributeErrorWrites[UpdateReadOnlyAttributeError](Json.writes[UpdateReadOnlyAttributeError])
+
+  private[elastic4play] implicit val missingAttributeErrorWrites: OWrites[MissingAttributeError] = attributeErrorWrites(Json.writes[MissingAttributeError])
+
+  implicit val attributeCheckingExceptionWrites: OWrites[AttributeCheckingError] = {
+    val pkgName = classOf[AttributeError].getPackage.getName + '.'
+
+    implicit def errWrites: OWrites[AttributeError] = Json.configured(JsonConfiguration(
+      discriminator = "type",
+      typeNaming = JsonNaming(_.stripPrefix(pkgName))
+    )).writes
+
+    val discriminator = "type" -> JsString("AttributeCheckingError")
+
+    Json.writes[AttributeCheckingError].transform(_ + discriminator)
   }
 
   implicit def tryWrites[A](implicit aWrites: Writes[A]): Writes[Try[A]] = Writes[Try[A]] {
diff --git a/elastic4play/test/org/elastic4play/JsonFormatSpec.scala b/elastic4play/test/org/elastic4play/JsonFormatSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..498cc0563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elastic4play/test/org/elastic4play/JsonFormatSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package org.elastic4play
+
+import play.api.libs.json._
+
+import org.elastic4play.controllers.JsonInputValue
+
+final class JsonFormatSpec extends org.specs2.mutable.Specification {
+  "Play JSON format for Elastic".title
+
+  "Format for attribute errors" should {
+    val invalidFormatAttrErr = InvalidFormatAttributeError(
+      name = "Test 1",
+      format = "Foo",
+      value = JsonInputValue(JsString("Input")))
+
+    val invalidFormatAttrErrJson = Json.obj(
+      "name" -> "Test 1",
+      "format" -> "Foo",
+      "value" -> Json.obj("type" -> "JsonInputValue", "value" -> "Input"),
+      "message" -> "Invalid format for Test 1: JsonInputValue(\"Input\"), expected Foo")
+
+    "support InvalidFormatAttributeError" in {
+      implicit def w: OWrites[InvalidFormatAttributeError] =
+        JsonFormat.invalidFormatAttributeErrorWrites
+
+      Json.toJsObject(invalidFormatAttrErr) must_=== invalidFormatAttrErrJson
+    }
+
+    val unknownAttrErr = UnknownAttributeError(
+      name = "Test 2",
+      value = JsString("Bar"))
+
+    val unknownAttrErrJson = Json.obj(
+      "name" -> "Test 2",
+      "value" -> "Bar",
+      "message" -> "Unknown attribute Test 2: \"Bar\"")
+
+    "support UnknownAttributeError" in {
+      implicit def w: OWrites[UnknownAttributeError] =
+        JsonFormat.unknownAttributeErrorWrites
+
+      Json.toJsObject(unknownAttrErr) must_=== unknownAttrErrJson
+    }
+
+    val updateRoAttrErr = UpdateReadOnlyAttributeError("Lorem")
+
+    val updateRoAttrErrJson = Json.obj(
+      "name" -> "Lorem",
+      "message" -> "Attribute Lorem is read-only")
+
+    "support UpdateReadOnlyAttributeError" in {
+      implicit def w: OWrites[UpdateReadOnlyAttributeError] =
+        JsonFormat.updateReadOnlyAttributeErrorWrites
+
+      Json.toJsObject(updateRoAttrErr) must_=== updateRoAttrErrJson
+    }
+
+    val missingAttrErr = MissingAttributeError("Ipsum")
+
+    val missingAttrErrJson = Json.obj(
+      "name" -> "Ipsum",
+      "message" -> "Attribute Ipsum is missing")
+
+    "support MissingAttributeError" in {
+      implicit def w: OWrites[MissingAttributeError] =
+        JsonFormat.missingAttributeErrorWrites
+
+      Json.toJsObject(missingAttrErr) must_=== missingAttrErrJson
+    }
+
+    "support AttributeCheckingError" in {
+      import JsonFormat.attributeCheckingExceptionWrites
+
+      val errors = Seq(invalidFormatAttrErr, unknownAttrErr, updateRoAttrErr, missingAttrErr)
+
+      val errorsJson = Seq(
+        (invalidFormatAttrErrJson + ("type" -> JsString("InvalidFormatAttributeError"))),
+        (unknownAttrErrJson + ("type" -> JsString("UnknownAttributeError"))),
+        (updateRoAttrErrJson + ("type" -> JsString("UpdateReadOnlyAttributeError"))),
+        (missingAttrErrJson + ("type" -> JsString("MissingAttributeError"))))
+
+      Json.toJsObject(AttributeCheckingError(
+        tableName = "Table 1",
+        errors = errors)) must_=== Json.obj(
+          "tableName" -> "Table 1",
+          "type" -> "AttributeCheckingError",
+          "errors" -> errorsJson) and {
+        // Reverse errors to make sure the order is preserved
+        Json.toJsObject(AttributeCheckingError(
+          tableName = "Table 2",
+          errors = errors.reverse)) must_=== Json.obj(
+          "tableName" -> "Table 2",
+            "type" -> "AttributeCheckingError",
+            "errors" -> errorsJson.reverse)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}