diff --git a/giti b/giti
index 160431a..2c80c80 100755
--- a/giti
+++ b/giti
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 #
 # command line arguments
 #
-usage="Usage: $0 [-p | output for prompt]"
-while getopts "hp" options; do
+usage="Usage: $0 [-p | output for prompt] [-s | short output]"
+while getopts "hps" options; do
   case $options in
     p ) PROMPT="True";;
+    s ) SHORT="True";;
     h ) echo $usage
         exit 0
         ;;
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ fi
 if [[ $PROMPT ]]; then
   # print status
   echo -e "$git_status_color├──$COLOR_GREEN($git_branch)$git_status_color - $git_status_text - $COLOR_CYAN$git_url$COLOR_WHITE"
+elif [[ $SHORT ]]; then
+  echo -n -e "$COLOR_GREEN($git_branch)$git_status_color - $git_status_text $COLOR_WHITE"
+  exit 0
 else
   # print status and 
   echo -e "$git_status_color┌───┤ $git_status_text ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────"