diff --git a/nc_password_client/nc_password_client.py b/nc_password_client/nc_password_client.py
index 3fa2e94..c7a44ec 100755
--- a/nc_password_client/nc_password_client.py
+++ b/nc_password_client/nc_password_client.py
@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ import click
 import click_config_file
 import passpy
 import secretstorage
-from contextlib import closing
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
+from yaml import dump
+try:
+    from yaml import CDumper as Dumper
+except ImportError:
+    from yaml import Dumper
 try:
     import requests
     HAS_REQUESTS_LIB = True
@@ -100,6 +104,7 @@ def decrypt_item(item_key, item, key='label'):
 class NextcloudHandler:
     '''Handle Nextcloud Password API'''
     def __init__(self, params):
+        self.output_format = params.get('output_format', 'json')
         if 'logger' in params:
             self._log = params['logger']
         else:
@@ -301,29 +306,37 @@ class NextcloudHandler:
                 item = self._safer_obj(item, fields=fields)
         return obj
 
+    def _output(self, obj):
+        if self.output_format == 'json':
+            return json.dumps(self._safer_obj(obj), indent=2)
+        elif self.output_format == 'yaml':
+            return dump(obj, Dumper=Dumper)
+        else:
+            return f"{obj}"
+
     def debug(self, obj):
         '''Show debug information'''
         self._log.debug(
-            json.dumps(self._safer_obj(obj), indent=2)
+            self._output(obj)
         )
 
     def warning(self, obj):
         '''Show warning information'''
         self._log.warning(
-            json.dumps(self._safer_obj(obj), indent=2)
+            self._output(obj)
         )
 
     def info(self, obj):
         '''Show information'''
         self._log.info(
-            json.dumps(self._safer_obj(obj), indent=2)
+            self._output(obj)
         )
 
     def error(self, obj):
         '''Show error information'''
         try:
             self._log.error(
-                json.dumps(self._safer_obj(obj), indent=2)
+                self._output(obj)
             )
         except TypeError as error:
             self._log.error(
@@ -980,9 +993,10 @@ class NcPasswordClient:
 
     def __init__(
         self, debug_level, log_file, host, user, api_token, cse_password,
-        timeout, cache_duration, https_proxy
+        timeout, cache_duration, https_proxy, output_format
         ):
         self.config = {}
+        self.output_format = output_format
         self.config['debug_level'] = debug_level
         if log_file is None:
             self.config['log_file'] = os.path.join(
@@ -1006,6 +1020,7 @@ class NcPasswordClient:
             "cache_duration": cache_duration,
             "https_proxy": https_proxy,
             "logger": self._log,
+            "output_format": output_format,
         }
         self.nc = NextcloudHandler(params)
 
@@ -1024,29 +1039,48 @@ class NcPasswordClient:
                 item = self._safer_obj(item, fields=fields)
         return obj
 
+    def _output(self, obj):
+        if self.output_format == 'json':
+            return json.dumps(self._safer_obj(obj), indent=2)
+        elif self.output_format == 'yaml':
+            return dump(obj, Dumper=Dumper)
+        else:
+            output = ''
+            if isinstance(obj, list):
+                output += '-' * os.get_terminal_size(0)[0]
+                for item in obj:
+                    output += f"{self._output(item)}\n"
+            elif isinstance(obj, dict):
+                output += '-' * os.get_terminal_size(0)[0]
+                for key in obj.keys():
+                    output += f"{key} = {self._output(obj[key])}\n"
+            else:
+                output += f"{obj}\n"
+            return output.strip('\n')
+
     def debug(self, obj):
         '''Show debug information'''
         self._log.debug(
-            json.dumps(self._safer_obj(obj), indent=2)
+            self._output(obj)
         )
 
     def warning(self, obj):
         '''Show warning information'''
         self._log.warning(
-            json.dumps(self._safer_obj(obj), indent=2)
+            self._output(obj)
         )
 
     def info(self, obj):
         '''Show information'''
         self._log.info(
-            json.dumps(self._safer_obj(obj), indent=2)
+            self._output(obj)
         )
 
     def error(self, obj):
         '''Show error information'''
         try:
             self._log.error(
-                json.dumps(self._safer_obj(obj), indent=2)
+                self._output(obj)
             )
         except TypeError as error:
             self._log.error(
@@ -1260,6 +1294,16 @@ class NcPasswordClient:
     ),
     help='Set the debug level for the standard output.'
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--output-format",
+    "-f",
+    default="json",
+    type=click.Choice(
+        ["json", "yaml", "plain"],
+        case_sensitive=False,
+    ),
+    help='Set the output format.'
+)
 @click.option('--log-file', '-l', help="File to store all debug messages.")
 # @click.option("--dummy","-n", is_flag=True,
 # help="Don't do anything, just show what would be done.")
@@ -1302,13 +1346,13 @@ class NcPasswordClient:
 @click.pass_context
 def cli(
     ctx, debug_level, log_file, host, user, api_token, cse_password,
-    timeout, cache_duration, https_proxy
+    timeout, cache_duration, https_proxy, output_format
     ):
     '''Client function to pass context'''
     ctx.ensure_object(dict)
     ctx.obj['NcPasswordClient'] = NcPasswordClient(
         debug_level, log_file, host, user, api_token, cse_password,
-        timeout, cache_duration, https_proxy
+        timeout, cache_duration, https_proxy, output_format
     )
 
 @cli.command()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7d8bdaf..7f8998e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ requests
 pysodium
 passpy
 secretstorage
+pyyaml