diff --git a/deepspeed/runtime/zero/config.py b/deepspeed/runtime/zero/config.py
index 14bfc937705c..b784f3ffdd6c 100755
--- a/deepspeed/runtime/zero/config.py
+++ b/deepspeed/runtime/zero/config.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from deepspeed.runtime.config_utils import get_scalar_param
 from deepspeed.utils import logger
 from deepspeed.runtime.zero.constants import *
+import json
 
 
 class DeepSpeedZeroConfig(object):
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ def read_zero_config_deprecated(self, param_dict):
     def repr(self):
         return self.__dict__
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return json.dumps(self.__dict__, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
+
     def _initialize(self, zero_config_dict):
         self.stage = get_scalar_param(zero_config_dict,
                                       ZERO_OPTIMIZATION_STAGE,