diff --git a/src/htmlretrieve.cpp b/src/htmlretrieve.cpp
index b560d4f..73e0487 100644
--- a/src/htmlretrieve.cpp
+++ b/src/htmlretrieve.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <memory>
 #include <cassert>
+#include <utility>
 
 namespace duck {
 	namespace {
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ namespace duck {
 		}
 	} //unnamed namespace
 
-	std::string getCleanHtml (const std::string& parSource, const std::string& parUserAgent, bool parSslVerifyPeer, bool parSslVerifyHost) {
+	std::string getCleanHtml (const std::string& parSource, const std::string& parUserAgent, bool parSslVerifyPeer, bool parSslVerifyHost, DumpRawFunc parDumpRaw) {
 		using curl::curl_easy;
 		using curl::curl_pair;
 
@@ -106,10 +107,15 @@ namespace duck {
 			//err.print_traceback();
 			//return 1;
 		//}
-		return cleanHTML(oss.str());
+
+		std::string raw_data(oss.str());
+		if (parDumpRaw) {
+			parDumpRaw(raw_data);
+		}
+		return cleanHTML(std::move(raw_data));
 	}
 
-	std::string getCleanHtml (const std::string& parSource, bool parSslVerifyPeer, bool parSslVerifyHost) {
-		return getCleanHtml(parSource, std::string(DEFAULT_USER_AGENT), parSslVerifyPeer, parSslVerifyHost);
+	std::string getCleanHtml (const std::string& parSource, bool parSslVerifyPeer, bool parSslVerifyHost, DumpRawFunc parDumpRaw) {
+		return getCleanHtml(parSource, std::string(DEFAULT_USER_AGENT), parSslVerifyPeer, parSslVerifyHost, parDumpRaw);
 	}
 } //namespace duck
diff --git a/src/htmlretrieve.hpp b/src/htmlretrieve.hpp
index 08d48a2..e244b46 100644
--- a/src/htmlretrieve.hpp
+++ b/src/htmlretrieve.hpp
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 #define idC6776D903059465191FFB64FCFD6B86A
 
 #include <string>
+#include <functional>
 
 namespace duck {
-	std::string getCleanHtml ( const std::string& parSource, const std::string& parUserAgent, bool parSslVerifyPeer, bool parSslVerifyHost );
-	std::string getCleanHtml ( const std::string& parSource, bool parSslVerifyPeer, bool parSslVerifyHost );
+	using DumpRawFunc = std::function<void(const std::string&)>;
+	std::string getCleanHtml ( const std::string& parSource, const std::string& parUserAgent, bool parSslVerifyPeer, bool parSslVerifyHost, DumpRawFunc parDumpRaw=DumpRawFunc() );
+	std::string getCleanHtml ( const std::string& parSource, bool parSslVerifyPeer, bool parSslVerifyHost, DumpRawFunc parDumpRaw=DumpRawFunc() );
 } //namespace duck
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 8b254f3..f395f12 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <pugixml.hpp>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <fstream>
 #include <utility>
 #include <ciso646>
 #include <boost/program_options.hpp>
-#include <unistd.h>
+#include <memory>
+#include <functional>
 
 #define STRINGIZE_IMPL(s) #s
 #define STRINGIZE(s) STRINGIZE_IMPL(s)
@@ -26,11 +28,13 @@ namespace {
 #endif
 		;
 
-	bool parse_commandline (int parArgc, char* parArgv[], po::variables_map parVarMap) {
+	bool parse_commandline (int parArgc, char* parArgv[], po::variables_map& parVarMap) {
 		po::options_description desc("General");
 		desc.add_options()
 			("help,h", "Produces this help message")
 			("version", "Prints the program's version and quits")
+			("dump,d", po::value<std::string>(), "Cleans the retrieved html and saves it to the named file; use - for stdout")
+			("dump-raw,D", po::value<std::string>(), "Saves the retrieved html to the named file; use - for stdout")
 		;
 		po::options_description positional_options("Positional options");
 		positional_options.add_options()
@@ -69,6 +73,16 @@ namespace {
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	void dump_string (const std::string& parPathDest, const std::string& parData) {
+		std::unique_ptr<std::ofstream> ofs;
+		const bool use_stdout = ("-" == parPathDest);
+		if (not use_stdout) {
+			ofs.reset(new std::ofstream(parPathDest));
+		}
+		std::ostream* const os = (use_stdout ? &std::cout : ofs.get());
+		*os << parData;
+	}
 } //unnamed namespace
 
 int main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
@@ -83,7 +97,19 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	std::cout << "XPath: " << xpath << std::endl;
 #endif
 
-	std::string tidyHtml = duck::getCleanHtml(vm["input-url"].as<std::string>(), false, false);
+	const std::string tidyHtml = duck::getCleanHtml(
+		url,
+		false,
+		false,
+		(vm.count("dump-raw") ?
+			std::bind(&dump_string, vm["dump-raw"].as<std::string>(), std::placeholders::_1)
+		:
+			duck::DumpRawFunc()
+		)
+	);
+	if (vm.count("dump")) {
+		dump_string(vm["dump"].as<std::string>(), tidyHtml);
+	}
 
 	{
 		pugi::xml_document doc;