diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 3f25227..cd3eae0 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
             "module": "kiwi_simple_metrics.main",
             "env": {
                 "METRIC__INTERVAL": "5",
+                "METRIC__QUIET": "False",
                 "METRIC__DISK__PATHS": "[\"/var\", \"/\", \"/dev\"]",
             },
             "justMyCode": true
diff --git a/kiwi_simple_metrics/main.py b/kiwi_simple_metrics/main.py
index 82a6bb7..a0fe787 100644
--- a/kiwi_simple_metrics/main.py
+++ b/kiwi_simple_metrics/main.py
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@ async def run_metrics() -> None:
     while True:
         interval = asyncio.sleep(SETTINGS.interval)
 
-        print(metrics.Report.concat(
+        report = metrics.Report.concat(
             metrics.cpu(),
             metrics.memory(),
             metrics.disk(),
-        ))
+        )
+
+        if not SETTINGS.quiet:
+            print(report)
 
         await interval
 
diff --git a/kiwi_simple_metrics/metrics/_report.py b/kiwi_simple_metrics/metrics/_report.py
index c609f1b..c3067cc 100644
--- a/kiwi_simple_metrics/metrics/_report.py
+++ b/kiwi_simple_metrics/metrics/_report.py
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ class Report:
     result: str
     failed: bool = False
 
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        state = "OK" if not self.failed else "FAIL"
+
+        return SETTINGS.report_stdout.format(
+            state=state,
+            result=self.result,
+        )
+
     @classmethod
     def concat(cls, *_reports: Any) -> Self:
         reports = [
diff --git a/kiwi_simple_metrics/settings.py b/kiwi_simple_metrics/settings.py
index 26106c2..765cd06 100644
--- a/kiwi_simple_metrics/settings.py
+++ b/kiwi_simple_metrics/settings.py
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     # time between gathering reports
     interval: float = 600
 
+    # if False, prints reports to stdout
+    quiet: bool = True
+
+    # how to format reports to stdout
+    report_stdout: str = "[{state}] {result}"
+
     # separates metrics and values in reports
     separator: str = ", "