diff --git a/tools/asynq/cmd/cron.go b/tools/asynq/cmd/cron.go
index a7cffd1..cb133d3 100644
--- a/tools/asynq/cmd/cron.go
+++ b/tools/asynq/cmd/cron.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func cronList(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	cols := []string{"EntryID", "Spec", "Type", "Payload", "Options", "Next", "Prev"}
 	printRows := func(w io.Writer, tmpl string) {
 		for _, e := range entries {
-			fmt.Fprintf(w, tmpl, e.ID, e.Spec, e.Task.Type, e.Task.Payload, e.Opts,
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, tmpl, e.ID, e.Spec, e.Task.Type(), formatPayload(e.Task.Payload()), e.Opts,
 				nextEnqueue(e.Next), prevEnqueue(e.Prev))
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tools/asynq/cmd/root.go b/tools/asynq/cmd/root.go
index ddd9262..109283f 100644
--- a/tools/asynq/cmd/root.go
+++ b/tools/asynq/cmd/root.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"text/tabwriter"
+	"unicode"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v7"
 	"github.com/hibiken/asynq"
@@ -195,3 +197,28 @@ func printTable(cols []string, printRows func(w io.Writer, tmpl string)) {
 	printRows(tw, format)
 	tw.Flush()
 }
+
+// formatPayload returns string representation of payload if data is printable.
+// If data is not printable, it returns a string describing payload is not printable.
+func formatPayload(payload []byte) string {
+	if !isPrintable(payload) {
+		return "non-printable bytes"
+	}
+	return string(payload)
+}
+
+func isPrintable(data []byte) bool {
+	if !utf8.Valid(data) {
+		return false
+	}
+	isAllSpace := true
+	for _, r := range string(data) {
+		if !unicode.IsPrint(r) {
+			return false
+		}
+		if !unicode.IsSpace(r) {
+			isAllSpace = false
+		}
+	}
+	return !isAllSpace
+}
diff --git a/tools/asynq/cmd/task.go b/tools/asynq/cmd/task.go
index ffb88bc..494351e 100644
--- a/tools/asynq/cmd/task.go
+++ b/tools/asynq/cmd/task.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func listActiveTasks(qname string, pageNum, pageSize int) {
 		[]string{"ID", "Type", "Payload"},
 		func(w io.Writer, tmpl string) {
 			for _, t := range tasks {
-				fmt.Fprintf(w, tmpl, t.ID(), t.Type(), t.Payload())
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, tmpl, t.ID(), t.Type(), formatPayload(t.Payload()))
 			}
 		},
 	)
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func listPendingTasks(qname string, pageNum, pageSize int) {
 		[]string{"ID", "Type", "Payload"},
 		func(w io.Writer, tmpl string) {
 			for _, t := range tasks {
-				fmt.Fprintf(w, tmpl, t.ID(), t.Type(), t.Payload())
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, tmpl, t.ID(), t.Type(), formatPayload(t.Payload()))
 			}
 		},
 	)
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func listScheduledTasks(qname string, pageNum, pageSize int) {
 		[]string{"ID", "Type", "Payload", "Process In"},
 		func(w io.Writer, tmpl string) {
 			for _, t := range tasks {
-				fmt.Fprintf(w, tmpl, t.ID(), t.Type(), t.Payload(), formatProcessAt(t.NextProcessAt()))
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, tmpl, t.ID(), t.Type(), formatPayload(t.Payload()), formatProcessAt(t.NextProcessAt()))
 			}
 		},
 	)
@@ -281,10 +281,11 @@ func listRetryTasks(qname string, pageNum, pageSize int) {
 		return
 	}
 	printTable(
-		[]string{"ID", "Type", "Payload", "Next Retry", "Last Error", "Retried", "Max Retry"},
+		[]string{"ID", "Type", "Payload", "Next Retry", "Last Error", "Last Failed", "Retried", "Max Retry"},
 		func(w io.Writer, tmpl string) {
 			for _, t := range tasks {
-				fmt.Fprintf(w, tmpl, t.ID(), t.Type(), t.Payload(), formatProcessAt(t.NextProcessAt()), t.LastErr(), t.Retried(), t.MaxRetry())
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, tmpl, t.ID(), t.Type(), formatPayload(t.Payload()), formatProcessAt(t.NextProcessAt()),
+					t.LastErr(), formatLastFailedAt(t.LastFailedAt()), t.Retried(), t.MaxRetry())
 			}
 		},
 	)
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ func listArchivedTasks(qname string, pageNum, pageSize int) {
 		[]string{"ID", "Type", "Payload", "Last Failed", "Last Error"},
 		func(w io.Writer, tmpl string) {
 			for _, t := range tasks {
-				fmt.Fprintf(w, tmpl, t.ID(), t.Type(), t.Payload(), t.LastFailedAt(), t.LastErr())
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, tmpl, t.ID(), t.Type(), formatPayload(t.Payload()), formatLastFailedAt(t.LastFailedAt()), t.LastErr())
 			}
 		})
 }
@@ -355,13 +356,13 @@ func printTaskInfo(info *asynq.TaskInfo) {
 	if len(info.LastErr()) != 0 {
 		fmt.Println()
 		bold.Println("Last Failure")
-		fmt.Printf("Failed at:     %s\n", info.LastFailedAt().Format(time.UnixDate))
+		fmt.Printf("Failed at:     %s\n", formatLastFailedAt(info.LastFailedAt()))
 		fmt.Printf("Error message: %s\n", info.LastErr())
 	}
 }
 
 func formatNextProcessAt(processAt time.Time) string {
-	if processAt.IsZero() {
+	if processAt.IsZero() || processAt.Unix() == 0 {
 		return "n/a"
 	}
 	if processAt.Before(time.Now()) {
@@ -370,6 +371,13 @@ func formatNextProcessAt(processAt time.Time) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s (in %v)", processAt.Format(time.UnixDate), processAt.Sub(time.Now()).Round(time.Second))
 }
 
+func formatLastFailedAt(lastFailedAt time.Time) string {
+	if lastFailedAt.IsZero() || lastFailedAt.Unix() == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return lastFailedAt.Format(time.UnixDate)
+}
+
 func taskArchive(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	qname, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("queue")
 	if err != nil {