diff --git a/src/model/config.nim b/src/model/config.nim
index 9dd4174..8cc65f1 100644
--- a/src/model/config.nim
+++ b/src/model/config.nim
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ type
     run*: Tool
     max_lines*: int
     prepend*: bool
+    to_stdout*: bool
     screenshot_tool*: ScreenshotTool
 
 let config_dir* = getHomeDir() & ".config/wm_tools/"
diff --git a/src/output.nim b/src/output.nim
index cf3a9f1..00a9e11 100644
--- a/src/output.nim
+++ b/src/output.nim
@@ -25,8 +25,18 @@ proc copyToClipboard*(str: string): bool {.discardable.} =
   let ok = execCmd("echo -n " & quote(str) & " | xclip -selection clipboard")
   return ok == 0
 
+proc listify(data:Info, opts: varargs[string]): string =
+  var text = data.full_text
+  if opts.len > 0:
+    text &= "\n"
+    for opt in opts:
+      text &= markup text
+      text &= "\n"
+  return text
+
 proc genMenuCmd(data: Info, opts: varargs[string]): string =
   var cmd = ""
+  # length of the list of opts, plus the full text
   var x_lines = len(opts) + 1
   # if the text is empty, we don't want to create a menu item of it
   if data.full_text != "":
@@ -52,11 +62,14 @@ proc genMenuCmd(data: Info, opts: varargs[string]): string =
   return cmd
 
 proc runExec(data: Info, opts: varargs[string]): string =
-  let cmd = genMenuCmd(data, opts)
-  var output = execCmdEx(cmd)
-  echo "Output:\n" & $output
-  output.output.stripLineEnd()
-  return output.output
+  if not myConfig.to_stdout:
+    let cmd = genMenuCmd(data, opts)
+    var output = execCmdEx(cmd)
+    echo "Output:\n" & $output
+    output.output.stripLineEnd()
+    return output.output
+  else:
+    stdout.writeLine listify(data,opts)
 
 proc outputData*(data: Info, args: varargs[string,`$`]): string {.discardable.} =
   var output = runExec(data,args)
diff --git a/src/parser.nim b/src/parser.nim
index 8d54493..b77cd27 100644
--- a/src/parser.nim
+++ b/src/parser.nim
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ proc parseArgs*() =
     help("WMTools : a set of tools to output option to your program of choice i.e. Rofi")
     arg("input",help="the tool to run, i.e. furrytime, pingclock, volurrme, etc.")
     arg("others", nargs = -1)
+    flag("-o","--output",help="outputs to stdout instead of something else")
   try:
     var opts = p.parse(params)
+    # TODO sort this but out, handle args for all modules, etc.
+    myConfig.to_stdout = opts.output
     case opts.input
     of "furrytime", "fuzzytime", "time":
       myConfig.run = FurryTime