diff --git a/test/test-stk-menu b/test/test-stk-menu
index 8578be1d..ae6dbcb4 100755
--- a/test/test-stk-menu
+++ b/test/test-stk-menu
@@ -297,8 +297,56 @@ class StkAgent(dbus.service.Object):
 		else:
 			return False
 
+_dbus2py = {
+	dbus.String : unicode,
+	dbus.UInt32 : int,
+	dbus.Int32 : int,
+	dbus.Int16 : int,
+	dbus.UInt16 : int,
+	dbus.UInt64 : int,
+	dbus.Int64 : int,
+	dbus.Byte : int,
+	dbus.Boolean : bool,
+	dbus.ByteArray : str,
+	dbus.ObjectPath : str
+    }
+
+def dbus2py(d):
+	t = type(d)
+	if t in _dbus2py:
+		return _dbus2py[t](d)
+	if t is dbus.Dictionary:
+		return dict([(dbus2py(k), dbus2py(v)) for k, v in d.items()])
+	if t is dbus.Array and d.signature == "y":
+		return "".join([chr(b) for b in d])
+	if t is dbus.Array or t is list:
+		return [dbus2py(v) for v in d]
+	if t is dbus.Struct or t is tuple:
+		return tuple([dbus2py(v) for v in d])
+	return d
+
+def pretty(d):
+	d = dbus2py(d)
+	t = type(d)
+
+	if t in (dict, tuple, list) and len(d) > 0:
+		if t is dict:
+			d = ", ".join(["%s = %s" % (k, pretty(v))
+					for k, v in d.items()])
+			return "{ %s }" % d
+
+		d = " ".join([pretty(e) for e in d])
+
+		if t is tuple:
+			return "( %s )" % d
+
+	if t is str:
+		return "%s" % d
+
+	return str(d)
+
 def property_changed(name, value):
-	print "SimToolKit property: %s changed to '%s'" % (name, value)
+	print "SimToolKit property: %s changed to '%s'" % (name, pretty(value))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	if len(sys.argv) == 2: