diff --git a/cli/src/arguments.rs b/cli/src/arguments.rs
index 48eb76b..5175d19 100644
--- a/cli/src/arguments.rs
+++ b/cli/src/arguments.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ pub(crate) struct Arguments {
 pub(crate) enum Commands {
 	#[command(about = "print the current webring sites and their names")]
 	Print {
+		#[arg(help = "url you want to filter to")]
+		filter: Option<String>,
 		#[command(flatten)]
 		group: PrintGroup,
 		#[arg(
diff --git a/cli/src/commands.rs b/cli/src/commands.rs
index d2f7177..ecfac66 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use shared::{errors::Error, names::Site};
 
 use crate::arguments::PrintGroup;
 
-fn group_printing(seperator: &Option<char>, site: Site, group: &PrintGroup) {
+fn group_printing(seperator: &Option<char>, site: &Site, group: &PrintGroup) {
 	let mut string = String::new();
 	let delimiter = seperator.unwrap_or(',');
 
@@ -16,37 +16,67 @@ fn group_printing(seperator: &Option<char>, site: Site, group: &PrintGroup) {
 
 	if group.name {
 		if !string.is_empty() {
-			string += &format!("{}{}", delimiter, site.name.unwrap_or("None".to_string()))
+			string += &format!(
+				"{}{}",
+				delimiter,
+				site.name.as_ref().unwrap_or(&"None".into())
+			)
 		} else {
-			string += &site.name.unwrap_or("None".to_string());
+			string += &site.name.as_ref().unwrap_or(&"None".into());
 		}
 	}
 
 	log::info!("{}", string);
 }
 
-fn json_printing(site: Site) -> Result<(), Error> {
+fn json_printing(site: &Site) -> Result<(), Error> {
 	match serde_json::to_string(&site) {
 		Ok(json) => {
 			log::info!("{}", json);
 			Ok(())
 		}
-		Err(err) => Err(Error { status: ErrorStatus::ParsingError, data: err.to_string() }),
+		Err(err) => Err(Error {
+			status: ErrorStatus::ParsingError,
+			data: err.to_string(),
+		}),
 	}
 }
 
+fn filter_site(site: &Site, json: bool, seperator: &Option<char>, group: &PrintGroup) -> Result<(), Error> {
+	if json {
+		json_printing(site)?;
+		return Ok(());
+	}
+
+	if !group.url && !group.name {
+		log::info!("{:?}", site);
+		return Ok(());
+	}
+
+	return Ok(group_printing(seperator, site, group));
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn print(
 	path: &Path,
+	filter: &Option<String>,
 	group: &PrintGroup,
 	seperator: &Option<char>,
 	json: bool,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
 	let names_file = names::read_names_file(path)?;
-	let names = names::load_names(names_file)?;
+	let mut names = names::load_names(names_file)?;
+
+	if let Some(filter) = filter {
+		names.retain(|f| &f.url == filter);
+		if names.len() == 0 {
+			return Err(Error { status: ErrorStatus::NotFoundError, data: "this url was not found in names.json".into() }) 
+		}
+		return filter_site(&names[0], json, seperator, group);
+	}
 
 	for site in names {
 		if json {
-			json_printing(site)?;
+			json_printing(&site)?;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -55,7 +85,7 @@ pub(crate) fn print(
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		group_printing(seperator, site, group);
+		group_printing(seperator, &site, group);
 	}
 
 	Ok(())
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 3cdc11f..84d4e48 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
 	};
 
 	match &args.command {
-		Commands::Print { group, seperator, json } => print(path, group, seperator, *json)?,
+		Commands::Print { filter, group, seperator, json,  } => print(path, filter, group, seperator, *json)?,
 		Commands::Add { url, name } => add(path, url, name)?,
 		Commands::Remove { url } => remove(path, url)?,
 	};
diff --git a/shared/src/errors.rs b/shared/src/errors.rs
index 22d62ef..dcb9eae 100644
--- a/shared/src/errors.rs
+++ b/shared/src/errors.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ pub enum ErrorStatus {
 	IOError,
 	ParsingError,
 	DirectoriesError,
-	LoggerInitializationError
+	LoggerInitializationError,
+	NotFoundError
 }
 
 pub struct Error {