diff --git a/osmsearch.py b/osmsearch.py
index 08cef36..f4f39e0 100644
--- a/osmsearch.py
+++ b/osmsearch.py
@@ -16,9 +16,15 @@ assert sys.version_info >= (3, 6), "At least Python 3.8 required due to fStrings
 
 class OSMSearch():
     def __init__(self, args): 
+        """
+        TODO: write docstring
+        """
         self.url = args.pop("url")
         self.maxsearchnums = args.pop("maxsearchnums")
-        self.gpxfilename = args.pop("outputfilename")
+        self.save_to_file = True if args["output"] == "disk" else False
+        if self.save_to_file:
+            self.gpxfilename = args.pop("outputfilename")
+        self.print_xml = True if args["output"] == "print" else False
         self.use_boundingbox = args.pop("use_boundingbox")
         if self.use_boundingbox:
             assert isinstance(list, args["boundingbox"])
@@ -31,10 +37,17 @@ class OSMSearch():
         self.initialize_gpx_file()
 
         self.search()
+        
+        if self.save_to_file:
+            self.save_to_disk()
+        if self.print_xml:
+            self.print_to_stdout()
 
-        self.save_to_disk()
- 
     def initialize_gpx_file(self):
+        if not self.save_to_file:
+            self.gpxfile = gpxpy.gpx.GPX()
+            return
+
         if os.path.isfile(self.gpxfilename):
             # open file and parse
             #if verbosity > 0: print(f"found file, extending")
@@ -82,6 +95,9 @@ class OSMSearch():
             f.write(self.gpxfile.to_xml())
         #if verbosity > 0: print(f"GPX file written to {gpxfilename}")
 
+    def print_to_stdout(self):
+        print(self.gpxfile.to_xml())
+
 default_args = {
     "q": "Camping",
     "format": "json",
@@ -92,6 +108,7 @@ default_args = {
     "ignore_ids": [],
     "maxsearchnums": 10,
     "url": "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search/",
+    "output": "print",
 }
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":