diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index eb9859d..3d731f0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use smartstring::alias::String;
 use clap::Clap;
 use log::{debug, trace, info, warn, error};
 use rayon::prelude::*;
+use std::fmt::{self, Display};
 
 struct Findings {
 	file: PathBuf,
@@ -38,6 +39,22 @@ impl Findings {
 	}
 }
 
+enum ScanError {
+	File,
+	Mime
+}
+
+impl Display for ScanError {
+	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+		write!(f, "{}",
+			match self {
+				Self::File => "Couldn't read file",
+				Self::Mime => "Couldn't determine mime type"
+			}
+		)
+	}
+}
+
 // TODO: test if this actually works on a windows machine
 #[cfg(windows)]
 fn is_hidden(entry: &DirEntry) -> bool {
@@ -87,8 +104,8 @@ fn main() {
 	let mut builder = env_logger::Builder::from_default_env();
 	builder
 		// .format(|buf, r| writeln!(buf, "{} - {}", r.level(), r.args()))
-		.format_module_path(false)
-		.format_timestamp(None)
+		.format_module_path(false) // don't include module in logs, as it's not necessary
+		.format_timestamp(None) // don't include timestamps (unnecessary, and the feature flag is disabled anyway)
 		.init();
 
 	let db = xdg_mime::SharedMimeInfo::new();
@@ -103,23 +120,23 @@ fn main() {
 
 	trace!("Found {} items to check", entries.len());
 
-	let results: Vec<Result<Findings, PathBuf>> = entries
+	let results: Vec<Result<Findings, (ScanError, PathBuf)>> = entries
 		.par_iter()
 		.map(|entry: &DirEntry | {
 			// try to determine mimetype for this entry
 			let result = inspectors::mime_type(&db, entry.path());
 
-			if let Err(error) = result {
+			if let Err(_) = result {
 				// an error occurred while trying to read the file
-				error!("{}: {}", entry.path().to_string_lossy(), error);
-				return Err(entry.path().to_path_buf());
+				// error!("{}: {}", entry.path().to_string_lossy(), error);
+				return Err((ScanError::File, entry.path().to_path_buf()));
 			}
 
 			let result = result.unwrap();
 			if result.is_none() {
 				// the file was read successfully, but we were unable to determine its mimetype
-				warn!("Couldn't determine mimetype for {}", entry.path().to_string_lossy());
-				return Err(entry.path().to_path_buf());
+				// warn!("Couldn't determine mimetype for {}", entry.path().to_string_lossy());
+				return Err((ScanError::Mime, entry.path().to_path_buf()));
 			}
 
 			let result = result.unwrap();
@@ -155,7 +172,7 @@ fn main() {
 					trace!("{:?} is totally fine", r.file)
 				}
 			}
-			Err(f) => warn!("{:#?}: Error 0uo", f)
+			Err(f) => warn!("{:#?}: Error 0uo - {}", f.1, f.0)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/parameters.rs b/src/parameters.rs
index f9dd638..b6b73e7 100644
--- a/src/parameters.rs
+++ b/src/parameters.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,13 @@ pub struct Parameters {
 	#[clap(short, long)]
 	pub scan_hidden: bool,
 
-	/// Directories to process
-	#[clap(name = "DIRS", default_value = ".", parse(from_os_str))]
+	/// Output format to use. See "--help formats" for more information.
+	#[clap(short, long, default_value="script", possible_values = &["script", "text"])]
+	pub output_format: String,
+
+	/// Directory to process
+	// TODO: right now this can only take a single directory - should this be improved?
+	#[clap(name = "DIR", default_value = ".", parse(from_os_str))]
 	// dirs: PathBuf
 	pub dirs: PathBuf,
 }