diff --git a/scripts/tkremind.in b/scripts/tkremind.in
index 8e23aa2e..e1a59185 100644
--- a/scripts/tkremind.in
+++ b/scripts/tkremind.in
@@ -753,6 +753,8 @@ proc CreateCalWindow { dayNames } {
     button .b.quit -text {Quit} -command {Quit} -bd 0 -foreground $Option(LabelColor) -background $Option(WinBackground) -highlightthickness 1 -highlightcolor $Option(LineColor) -highlightbackground $Option(WinBackground)
     balloon_add_help .b.quit "Quit TkRemind"
     label .b.status -text "" -width 25 -relief flat -bd 0 -foreground $Option(LabelColor) -background $Option(WinBackground) -highlightthickness 0
+    bind .b.status <ButtonPress-1> [list ShowTodaysReminders 1]
+    balloon_add_help .b.status "Show Today's Reminders"
     label .b.nqueued -text "" -width 20 -relief flat -bd 0 -foreground $Option(LabelColor) -background $Option(WinBackground) -highlightthickness 0
     pack .b.prev .b.this .b.next .b.goto .b.print .b.options .b.queue .b.quit -side left -fill both -padx 1
     pack .b.status -side left -fill both -expand 1 -padx 1
@@ -3014,7 +3016,7 @@ proc DaemonReadable { file } {
             catch { unset Ignore }
 	    Initialize
 	    FillCalWindow
-	    ShowTodaysReminders
+	    ShowTodaysReminders 0
         }
         "reread" {
             if {[dict exists $obj command]} {
@@ -3212,7 +3214,7 @@ proc main {} {
     }
     FindConfigFile
     LoadOptions
-    ShowTodaysReminders
+    ShowTodaysReminders 0
     ScanForTags $AppendFile
     CreateCalWindow $DayNames
     FillCalWindow
@@ -4243,18 +4245,18 @@ proc DisplayTimeContinuously {} {
 #***********************************************************************
 # %PROCEDURE: ShowTodaysReminders
 # %ARGUMENTS:
-#  None
+#  force -- if true, show today's reminders even if option is disabled.
 # %RETURNS:
 #  Nothing
 # %DESCRIPTION:
 #  Shows all of today's non-timed reminders in a window
 #***********************************************************************
-proc ShowTodaysReminders {} {
+proc ShowTodaysReminders { force } {
     global Option
     global Remind
     global ReminderFile
     global TwentyFourHourMode
-    if {!$Option(ShowTodaysReminders)} {
+    if {!$force && !$Option(ShowTodaysReminders)} {
 	return
     }
 
diff --git a/src/dorem.c b/src/dorem.c
index cf49af13..6ca936d9 100644
--- a/src/dorem.c
+++ b/src/dorem.c
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ static int ParseUntil (ParsePtr s, Trigger *t, int type);
 static int ShouldTriggerBasedOnWarn (Trigger const *t, int dse, int *err);
 static int ComputeTrigDuration(TimeTrig const *t);
 
+static void remove_trailing_newlines(DynamicBuffer *buf)
+{
+    char *s = (char *) DBufValue(buf) + DBufLen(buf) - 1;
+    while (s >= DBufValue(buf)) {
+        if (*s == '\n') {
+            *s = 0;
+            s--;
+        } else {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
 static int todo_filtered(Trigger const *t)
 {
     if (t->is_todo && TodoFilter == ONLY_EVENTS) return 1;
@@ -409,7 +421,6 @@ int DoRem(ParsePtr p)
         if (JSONMode) {
             DynamicBuffer body;
             int y, m, d;
-            char *s;
             int if_depth = get_if_pointer() - get_base_if_pointer();
             DBufInit(&body);
             int red=-1, green=-1, blue=-1;
@@ -419,15 +430,8 @@ int DoRem(ParsePtr p)
                 return r;
             }
             /* Remove trailing newlines from body */
-            s = (char *) DBufValue(&body) + DBufLen(&body) - 1;
-            while (s >= DBufValue(&body)) {
-                if (*s == '\n') {
-                    *s = 0;
-                    s--;
-                } else {
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
+            remove_trailing_newlines(&body);
+
             if (!*DBufValue(&body)) {
                 FreeTrig(&trig);
                 return r;
@@ -1363,6 +1367,15 @@ int TriggerReminder(ParsePtr p, Trigger *t, TimeTrig const *tim, int dse, int is
             DBufLen(&buf)) {
             if (!JSONMode) {
                 printf("%s\n", DBufValue(&buf));
+            } else {
+                if (JSONLinesEmitted) {
+                    printf("},\n");
+                }
+                JSONLinesEmitted++;
+                printf("{\"banner\":\"");
+                remove_trailing_newlines(&buf);
+                PrintJSONString(DBufValue(&buf));
+                printf("\"");
             }
         }
         DBufFree(&buf);