diff --git a/clitools/exports/toRedis.py b/clitools/exports/toRedis.py
index 0ccf208..b98f2eb 100755
--- a/clitools/exports/toRedis.py
+++ b/clitools/exports/toRedis.py
@@ -17,12 +17,10 @@ by cocoa
 
 '''
 from __future__ import print_function
-import argparse
-import ast
-import json
-import os
-import redis
 import sys
+import os
+import argparse
+import redis
 import time 
 
 argsparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Redis exporter LJ")
@@ -46,18 +44,15 @@ r=redis.StrictRedis(host=ip, port=port, db=0)
 
 try:
     while True:
-        line = sys.stdin.readline()
-        if line == "":
-          time.sleep(0.01)
-        line = line.rstrip('\n')
-        line=line[1:-1]
-        # Decode as list of lists 
-        pointsList = ast.literal_eval(line)
-        # convert to list of tuples
-        pointsList  = [tuple(elem) for elem in pointsList]
-        # Convert to JSON string
-        line = json.dumps( pointsList )
-        if r.set(key,line)==True:
+      line = sys.stdin.readline()
+      if line == "":
+         time.sleep(0.01)
+      line = line.rstrip('\n')
+      line=line[1:-1]
+      line = line.replace("[",'(')
+      line = line.replace("]",')')
+      line = "[{}]".format(line)
+      if r.set(key,line)==True:
           debug("exports::redis set("+str(key)+") to "+line)
 except EOFError:
     debug("break")# no more information