diff --git a/pysorter/core/pysorter.py b/pysorter/core/pysorter.py
index 0e8e40f..2b9cbce 100644
--- a/pysorter/core/pysorter.py
+++ b/pysorter/core/pysorter.py
@@ -73,12 +73,17 @@ def parse_args(args=None):
                         action='store_true',
                         dest='do_remove_empty_dirs')
 
+    parser.add_argument('-l', '--log', 
+                        help='Print all the actions that were taken to stdout.',
+                        action='store_true',
+                        dest='do_print_log')
+
     parser.add_argument('-V', '--version',
                         action='version',
                         version=__version__,
                         help='Prints out the current version of pysorter')
 
-    return validate_arguments(parser.parse_args(args))
+    return validate_arguments(parser.parse_args(args)) 
 
 
 def main(args=None):
diff --git a/pysorter/core/sorter.py b/pysorter/core/sorter.py
index dcf7f9d..37be85a 100644
--- a/pysorter/core/sorter.py
+++ b/pysorter/core/sorter.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ def __init__(self,
 
                  do_process_dirs=False,
                  do_recurse=False,
-                 do_remove_empty_dirs=False):
+                 do_remove_empty_dirs=False,
+                 do_print_log=False):
         """
         Construct a new instance of PySorter for organizing some directory
         using certain parameters
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ def __init__(self,
         do_remove_empty_dirs : boolean
             toggles recursive empty directory removal
 
+        do_print_log : boolean
+            print all the actions that were taken to stdout
+
         dest_dir: string
             the directory to organize your files into, instead of doing it in-place,
             if not set, it will be set to `source_dir`
@@ -74,6 +78,8 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.do_recurse = do_recurse
         self.do_process_dirs = do_process_dirs
 
+        self.do_print_log = do_print_log
+
     @fs.save_cwd
     def sortrule_destination(self, path):
         """
@@ -156,5 +162,9 @@ def process(self, path):
 
         if fs.is_file(path):
             fs.move_file(path, dst)
+            if self.do_print_log:
+                print("mv  {} --> {}".format(path, dst))
         else:
             fs.move_dir(path, dst)
+            if self.do_print_log: 
+                print("mvd {} --> {}".format(src, dst))
diff --git a/pysorter/filesystem.py b/pysorter/filesystem.py
index cc8e14f..643b3fa 100644
--- a/pysorter/filesystem.py
+++ b/pysorter/filesystem.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def move_file(src, dst):
     if not os.path.isfile(src):
         raise OSError("Source path is not a file: {}".format(src))
     #print "mv  {} --> {}".format(src, dst)
+    
     shutil.move(src, dst)
 
 
@@ -104,11 +105,12 @@ def move_file(src, dst):
 #  Directory related
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-def move_dir(src, dst):
+def move_dir(src, dst, do_print_log=False):
     """Moves the source directory INTO the destination"""
     if not os.path.isdir(src):
         raise OSError("Source path is not a directory: {}".format(src))
     #print "mvd {} --> {}".format(src, dst)
+    
     shutil.move(src, dst)
 
 def remove_empty_dirs(path):
diff --git a/pysorter/tests/test_sorter.py b/pysorter/tests/test_sorter.py
index c9d1dfc..2c35910 100644
--- a/pysorter/tests/test_sorter.py
+++ b/pysorter/tests/test_sorter.py
@@ -187,6 +187,24 @@ def test_print_version(capsys):
         except AssertionError:
             assert out.strip() == __version__
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail
+def test_do_print_log(d):
+    filetypes = {
+        r'\.pdf$': 'docs/'
+    }
+
+    files = ['file_test.pdf']
+    to_sort = 'files/'
+
+    helper.initialize_dir(d, filetypes, helper.build_path_tree(files, to_sort))
+
+    args = [to_sort, '-l', '--log', 'filetypes.py']
+
+    try:
+        pysorter.main(args)
+    except SystemExit:
+        out, err = capsys.readouterr()
+        assert out == 'mv  files/file_test.pdf --> files/pdf/file_test.pdf'
 
 @helper.tempdir
 def test_write_unknown_types_correct(d):