diff --git a/etc/cli.yml b/etc/cli.yml
index 4d222a05..1ed39342 100644
--- a/etc/cli.yml
+++ b/etc/cli.yml
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ subcommands:
                 version: 0.1
                 author: Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de>
                 args:
+                    - pretty:
+                        long: pretty
+                        help: Print table with ASCII-border
+                        required: false
+                        takes_value: false
+
                     - match:
                         short: m
                         long: match
@@ -402,6 +408,12 @@ subcommands:
                 version: 0.1
                 author: Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de>
                 args:
+                    - pretty:
+                        long: pretty
+                        help: Print table with ASCII-border
+                        required: false
+                        takes_value: false
+
                     - namegrep:
                         short: n
                         long: name
diff --git a/src/module/bm/mod.rs b/src/module/bm/mod.rs
index 6f25bc8d..f0663290 100644
--- a/src/module/bm/mod.rs
+++ b/src/module/bm/mod.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ impl<'a> BM<'a> {
             .load_for_module(self, &self.parser)
             .into_iter()
             .filter(|file| filter.filter_file(file));
-        let printer = TablePrinter::new(self.rt.is_verbose(), self.rt.is_debugging());
+        let pretty = matches.is_present("pretty");
+        let printer = TablePrinter::new(self.rt.is_verbose(), self.rt.is_debugging(), pretty);
 
         printer.print_files_custom(files,
             &|file| {
diff --git a/src/module/notes/mod.rs b/src/module/notes/mod.rs
index 17830890..ca21cbae 100644
--- a/src/module/notes/mod.rs
+++ b/src/module/notes/mod.rs
@@ -274,7 +274,9 @@ impl<'a> Notes<'a> {
             hash_filter.or(Box::new(head_filter)).and(Box::new(text_filter)).and(Box::new(tags_filter))
         };
 
-        let printer = TablePrinter::new(self.rt.is_verbose(), self.rt.is_debugging());
+        let pretty = matches.is_present("pretty");
+        debug!("Printing pretty table = {}", pretty);
+        let printer = TablePrinter::new(self.rt.is_verbose(), self.rt.is_debugging(), pretty);
 
         printer.print_files_custom(
             self.rt.store()
@@ -299,7 +301,6 @@ impl<'a> Notes<'a> {
     fn command_links(&self, matches: &ArgMatches) -> bool {
         use ansi_term::Colour::{Red, Green};
         use module::helpers::content::markdown::MarkdownParser;
-        use ui::file::FilePrinter;
         use util::is_url;
         use prettytable::Table;
         use prettytable::row::Row;
diff --git a/src/ui/file.rs b/src/ui/file.rs
index ce1cd27e..ab9e7943 100644
--- a/src/ui/file.rs
+++ b/src/ui/file.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ use storage::file::File;
  */
 pub trait FilePrinter {
 
-    fn new(verbose: bool, debug: bool) -> Self;
-
     /*
      * Print a single file
      */
@@ -50,14 +48,18 @@ struct DebugPrinter {
     debug: bool,
 }
 
-impl FilePrinter for DebugPrinter {
+impl DebugPrinter {
 
-    fn new(_: bool, debug: bool) -> DebugPrinter {
+    pub fn new(debug: bool) -> DebugPrinter {
         DebugPrinter {
             debug: debug,
         }
     }
 
+}
+
+impl FilePrinter for DebugPrinter {
+
     fn print_file(&self, f: Rc<RefCell<File>>) {
         if self.debug {
             debug!("[DebugPrinter] ->\n{:?}", f);
@@ -82,15 +84,19 @@ struct SimplePrinter {
     debug:      bool,
 }
 
-impl FilePrinter for SimplePrinter {
+impl SimplePrinter {
 
-    fn new(verbose: bool, debug: bool) -> SimplePrinter {
+    pub fn new(verbose: bool, debug: bool) -> SimplePrinter {
         SimplePrinter {
             debug:      debug,
             verbose:    verbose,
         }
     }
 
+}
+
+impl FilePrinter for SimplePrinter {
+
     fn print_file(&self, f: Rc<RefCell<File>>) {
         use ansi_term::Colour::Cyan;
 
@@ -124,29 +130,43 @@ impl FilePrinter for SimplePrinter {
  * Table printer to print file information in a nice ASCII-table
  */
 pub struct TablePrinter {
-    sp:         SimplePrinter,
+    sp: SimplePrinter,
+    pretty: bool,
+}
+
+impl TablePrinter {
+
+    pub fn new(verbose: bool, debug: bool, pretty: bool) -> TablePrinter {
+        TablePrinter {
+            sp: SimplePrinter::new(verbose, debug),
+            pretty: pretty,
+        }
+    }
+
 }
 
 impl FilePrinter for TablePrinter {
 
-    fn new(verbose: bool, debug: bool) -> TablePrinter {
-        TablePrinter {
-            sp:         SimplePrinter::new(verbose, debug),
-        }
-    }
-
     fn print_file(&self, f: Rc<RefCell<File>>) {
         self.sp.print_file(f);
     }
 
     fn print_files<I: Iterator<Item = Rc<RefCell<File>>>>(&self, files: I) {
         use prettytable::Table;
+        use prettytable::format::TableFormat;
         use prettytable::row::Row;
         use prettytable::cell::Cell;
 
         let titles = row!["File#", "Owner", "ID"];
 
         let mut tab = Table::new();
+
+        if !self.pretty {
+            let plain_format = TableFormat::new(' ', None, None);
+            debug!("Setting plain format for table");
+            tab.set_format(plain_format);
+        }
+
         tab.set_titles(titles);
 
         let mut i = 0;
@@ -175,12 +195,20 @@ impl FilePrinter for TablePrinter {
               F: Fn(Rc<RefCell<File>>) -> Vec<String>
     {
         use prettytable::Table;
+        use prettytable::format::TableFormat;
         use prettytable::row::Row;
         use prettytable::cell::Cell;
 
         let titles = row!["#", "Module", "ID", "..."];
 
         let mut tab = Table::new();
+
+        if !self.pretty {
+            let plain_format = TableFormat::new(' ', None, None);
+            debug!("Setting plain format for table");
+            tab.set_format(plain_format);
+        }
+
         tab.set_titles(titles);
 
         let mut i = 0;