diff --git a/cmd/ghcs/output/format_json.go b/cmd/ghcs/output/format_json.go
index 37208629c..8488e8dfa 100644
--- a/cmd/ghcs/output/format_json.go
+++ b/cmd/ghcs/output/format_json.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package output
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
 )
 
 type jsonwriter struct {
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ func (j *jsonwriter) SetHeader(cols []string) {
 func (j *jsonwriter) Append(values []string) {
 	row := make(map[string]string)
 	for i, v := range values {
-		row[j.cols[i]] = v
+		row[camelize(j.cols[i])] = v
 	}
 	j.data = append(j.data, row)
 }
@@ -31,3 +33,23 @@ func (j *jsonwriter) Render() {
 	}
 	_ = enc.Encode(j.data)
 }
+
+func camelize(s string) string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+	capitalizeNext := false
+	for i, r := range s {
+		if r == ' ' {
+			capitalizeNext = true
+			continue
+		}
+		if capitalizeNext {
+			b.WriteRune(unicode.ToUpper(r))
+			capitalizeNext = false
+		} else if i == 0 {
+			b.WriteRune(unicode.ToLower(r))
+		} else {
+			b.WriteRune(r)
+		}
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}
diff --git a/cmd/ghcs/output/format_table.go b/cmd/ghcs/output/format_table.go
index 97e7cab58..e0345672d 100644
--- a/cmd/ghcs/output/format_table.go
+++ b/cmd/ghcs/output/format_table.go
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ type Table interface {
 }
 
 func NewTable(w io.Writer, asJSON bool) Table {
-	f, ok := w.(*os.File)
-	isTTY := ok && term.IsTerminal(int(f.Fd()))
-
+	isTTY := isTTY(w)
 	if asJSON {
 		return &jsonwriter{w: w, pretty: isTTY}
 	}
@@ -26,3 +24,8 @@ func NewTable(w io.Writer, asJSON bool) Table {
 	}
 	return &tabwriter{w: w}
 }
+
+func isTTY(w io.Writer) bool {
+	f, ok := w.(*os.File)
+	return ok && term.IsTerminal(int(f.Fd()))
+}
diff --git a/cmd/ghcs/output/logger.go b/cmd/ghcs/output/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32d05acc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/ghcs/output/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package output
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+)
+
+func NewLogger(stdout, stderr io.Writer, disabled bool) *Logger {
+	return &Logger{
+		out:     stdout,
+		errout:  stderr,
+		enabled: !disabled && isTTY(stdout),
+	}
+}
+
+type Logger struct {
+	out     io.Writer
+	errout  io.Writer
+	enabled bool
+}
+
+func (l *Logger) Print(v ...interface{}) (int, error) {
+	if !l.enabled {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Fprint(l.out, v...)
+}
+
+func (l *Logger) Println(v ...interface{}) (int, error) {
+	if !l.enabled {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Fprintln(l.out, v...)
+}
+
+func (l *Logger) Printf(f string, v ...interface{}) (int, error) {
+	if !l.enabled {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Fprintf(l.out, f, v...)
+}
+
+func (l *Logger) Errorf(f string, v ...interface{}) (int, error) {
+	return fmt.Fprintf(l.errout, f, v...)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/ghcs/ports.go b/cmd/ghcs/ports.go
index 77d1b00f7..fbbffcf1d 100644
--- a/cmd/ghcs/ports.go
+++ b/cmd/ghcs/ports.go
@@ -10,25 +10,36 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/github/ghcs/api"
+	"github.com/github/ghcs/cmd/ghcs/output"
 	"github.com/github/ghcs/internal/codespaces"
 	"github.com/github/go-liveshare"
 	"github.com/muhammadmuzzammil1998/jsonc"
-	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+type PortsOptions struct {
+	CodespaceName string
+	AsJSON        bool
+}
+
 func NewPortsCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	opts := &PortsOptions{}
+
 	portsCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "ports",
 		Short: "Forward ports from a GitHub Codespace.",
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			return Ports()
+			return Ports(opts)
 		},
 	}
 
+	portsCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.CodespaceName, "name", "n", "", "Name of Codespace to use")
+	portsCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.AsJSON, "json", false, "Output as JSON")
+
 	portsCmd.AddCommand(NewPortsPublicCmd())
 	portsCmd.AddCommand(NewPortsPrivateCmd())
 	portsCmd.AddCommand(NewPortsForwardCmd())
+
 	return portsCmd
 }
 
@@ -36,16 +47,17 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(NewPortsCmd())
 }
 
-func Ports() error {
+func Ports(opts *PortsOptions) error {
 	apiClient := api.New(os.Getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN"))
 	ctx := context.Background()
+	log := output.NewLogger(os.Stdout, os.Stderr, opts.AsJSON)
 
 	user, err := apiClient.GetUser(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error getting user: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	codespace, err := codespaces.ChooseCodespace(ctx, apiClient, user)
+	codespace, token, err := codespaces.GetOrChooseCodespace(ctx, apiClient, user, opts.CodespaceName)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == codespaces.ErrNoCodespaces {
 			fmt.Println(err.Error())
@@ -56,33 +68,23 @@ func Ports() error {
 
 	devContainerCh := getDevContainer(ctx, apiClient, codespace)
 
-	token, err := apiClient.GetCodespaceToken(ctx, user.Login, codespace.Name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error getting codespace token: %v", err)
-	}
-
 	liveShareClient, err := codespaces.ConnectToLiveshare(ctx, apiClient, token, codespace)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error connecting to liveshare: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println("Loading ports...")
+	log.Println("Loading ports...")
 	ports, err := getPorts(ctx, liveShareClient)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error getting ports: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if len(ports) == 0 {
-		fmt.Println("This codespace has no open ports")
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	devContainerResult := <-devContainerCh
 	if devContainerResult.Err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Failed to get port names: %v\n", devContainerResult.Err.Error())
+		_, _ = log.Errorf("Failed to get port names: %v\n", devContainerResult.Err.Error())
 	}
 
-	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
+	table := output.NewTable(os.Stdout, opts.AsJSON)
 	table.SetHeader([]string{"Label", "Source Port", "Destination Port", "Public", "Browse URL"})
 	for _, port := range ports {
 		sourcePort := strconv.Itoa(port.SourcePort)
@@ -104,7 +106,6 @@ func Ports() error {
 	table.Render()
 
 	return nil
-
 }
 
 func getPorts(ctx context.Context, lsclient *liveshare.Client) (liveshare.Ports, error) {