diff --git a/internal/presenter/poweruser/json_document.go b/internal/presenter/poweruser/json_document.go
index d468bfaf5..b9b62b2c8 100644
--- a/internal/presenter/poweruser/json_document.go
+++ b/internal/presenter/poweruser/json_document.go
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 package poweruser
 
 import (
-	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/presenter/packages"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/formats/syftjson"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/formats/syftjson/model"
 )
 
 type JSONDocument struct {
-	// note: poweruser.JSONDocument is meant to always be a superset of packages.JSONDocument, any additional fields
+	// note: poweruser.JSONDocument is meant to always be a superset of packages.Document, any additional fields
 	// here should be optional by supplying "omitempty" on these fields hint to the jsonschema generator to not
 	// require these fields. As an accepted rule in this repo all collections should still be initialized in the
 	// context of being used in a JSON document.
@@ -13,15 +14,12 @@ type JSONDocument struct {
 	FileContents        []JSONFileContents        `json:"fileContents,omitempty"`        // note: must have omitempty
 	FileMetadata        []JSONFileMetadata        `json:"fileMetadata,omitempty"`        // note: must have omitempty
 	Secrets             []JSONSecrets             `json:"secrets,omitempty"`             // note: must have omitempty
-	packages.JSONDocument
+	model.Document
 }
 
 // NewJSONDocument creates and populates a new JSON document struct from the given cataloging results.
 func NewJSONDocument(config JSONDocumentConfig) (JSONDocument, error) {
-	pkgsDoc, err := packages.NewJSONDocument(config.PackageCatalog, config.SourceMetadata, config.Distro, config.ApplicationConfig.Package.Cataloger.ScopeOpt, config.ApplicationConfig)
-	if err != nil {
-		return JSONDocument{}, err
-	}
+	pkgsDoc := syftjson.ToFormatModel(config.PackageCatalog, &config.SourceMetadata, config.Distro, config.ApplicationConfig)
 
 	fileMetadata, err := NewJSONFileMetadata(config.FileMetadata, config.FileDigests)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -33,6 +31,6 @@ func NewJSONDocument(config JSONDocumentConfig) (JSONDocument, error) {
 		FileContents:        NewJSONFileContents(config.FileContents),
 		FileMetadata:        fileMetadata,
 		Secrets:             NewJSONSecrets(config.Secrets),
-		JSONDocument:        pkgsDoc,
+		Document:            pkgsDoc,
 	}, nil
 }