diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index abb9e2b..6580fad 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -1,15 +1,62 @@
 {
-    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
-    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
-    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
-    "version": "0.2.0",
-    "configurations": [
+	// Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+	// Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+	// For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+	"version": "0.2.0",
+	"configurations": [
 		{
 			"type": "lldb",
 			"request": "launch",
-			"name": "run meowy-cli",
+			"name": "meowy-cli (Print)",
 			"program": "${workspaceFolder}/target/debug/meowy-cli",
-			"args": ["print"],
+			"args": [
+				"print"
+			],
+			"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+			"sourceMap": {},
+			"sourceLanguages": [
+				"rust"
+			],
+		},
+		{
+			"type": "lldb",
+			"request": "launch",
+			"name": "meowy-cli (Print) json",
+			"program": "${workspaceFolder}/target/debug/meowy-cli",
+			"args": [
+				"print",
+				"--json"
+			],
+			"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+			"sourceMap": {},
+			"sourceLanguages": [
+				"rust"
+			],
+		},
+		{
+			"type": "lldb",
+			"request": "launch",
+			"name": "meowy-cli (Print) only url",
+			"program": "${workspaceFolder}/target/debug/meowy-cli",
+			"args": [
+				"print",
+				"--url"
+			],
+			"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+			"sourceMap": {},
+			"sourceLanguages": [
+				"rust"
+			],
+		},
+		{
+			"type": "lldb",
+			"request": "launch",
+			"name": "meowy-cli (Print) only name",
+			"program": "${workspaceFolder}/target/debug/meowy-cli",
+			"args": [
+				"print",
+				"--name"
+			],
 			"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
 			"sourceMap": {},
 			"sourceLanguages": [
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 58e580d..33f5761 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 log = "0.4"
 
 [dependencies.clap]
-version = "4" 
+version = "4"
 features = ["derive"]
 
 [dependencies.shared]
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ path = "../shared"
 [dependencies.simple_logger]
 version = "4"
 default-features = false
+features = ["stderr"]
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "meowy-cli"
diff --git a/cli/src/arguments.rs b/cli/src/arguments.rs
index 5175d19..fd38f91 100644
--- a/cli/src/arguments.rs
+++ b/cli/src/arguments.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ use clap::{arg, command, Args, Parser, Subcommand};
 pub(crate) struct Arguments {
 	#[arg(help = "the path to the names.json file", long, short)]
 	pub(crate) path: Option<String>,
+	#[arg(
+		long,
+		short,
+		help = "a separator string to seperate the url from the name. defaults to : with a space after that."
+	)]
+	pub(crate) separator: Option<String>,
 	#[command(subcommand)]
 	pub(crate) command: Commands,
 }
@@ -17,20 +23,11 @@ pub(crate) enum Commands {
 		filter: Option<String>,
 		#[command(flatten)]
 		group: PrintGroup,
-		#[arg(
-			long,
-			short,
-			help = "a seperator character to seperate the url from the name. defaults to ,",
-			requires = "url",
-			requires = "name"
-		)]
-		seperator: Option<char>,
 		#[arg(
 			long,
 			short,
 			conflicts_with = "url",
 			conflicts_with = "name",
-			conflicts_with = "seperator",
 			help = "print the data out as a json string"
 		)]
 		json: bool,
diff --git a/cli/src/commands.rs b/cli/src/commands.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 24f91c6..0000000
--- a/cli/src/commands.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-use std::path::Path;
-
-use shared::errors::ErrorStatus;
-use shared::names;
-use shared::{errors::Error, names::Site};
-
-use crate::arguments::PrintGroup;
-
-fn group_printing(seperator: &Option<char>, site: &Site, group: &PrintGroup) {
-	let mut string = String::new();
-	let delimiter = seperator.unwrap_or(',');
-
-	if group.url {
-		string += &site.url;
-	}
-
-	if group.name {
-		if !string.is_empty() {
-			string += &format!(
-				"{}{}",
-				delimiter,
-				site.name.as_ref().unwrap_or(&"None".into())
-			)
-		} else {
-			string += &site.name.as_ref().unwrap_or(&"None".into());
-		}
-	}
-
-	log::info!("{}", string);
-}
-
-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(),
-		}),
-	}
-}
-
-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 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)?;
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		if !group.url && !group.name {
-			log::info!("{:?}", site);
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		group_printing(seperator, &site, group);
-	}
-
-	Ok(())
-}
-
-pub(crate) fn add(path: &Path, url: &String, name: &Option<String>) -> Result<(), Error> {
-	let names_file = names::read_names_file(path)?;
-	let mut names = names::load_names(names_file)?;
-
-	if names.iter().any(|site| site.url.contains(url)) {
-		return Err(Error {
-			status: ErrorStatus::AlreadyExistsError,
-			data:
-				"this url already exists in names.json. you can't have more then 1 of the same url."
-					.into(),
-		});
-	}
-
-	let site = Site {
-		url: url.to_string(),
-		name: name.to_owned(),
-	};
-	log::debug!("adding {:?} to {}", site, path.display());
-	names.push(site.clone());
-	let json = serde_json::to_string(&names).unwrap();
-	std::fs::write(path, json).unwrap();
-	log::info!("added {:?} to names.json", site);
-	Ok(())
-}
-
-pub(crate) fn remove(path: &Path, url: &String) -> Result<(), Error> {
-	let names_file = names::read_names_file(path)?;
-	let mut names = names::load_names(names_file)?;
-
-	names.retain(|site| {
-		if &site.url == url {
-			log::info!("removing {:?} from names.json", site);
-		}
-		&site.url != url
-	});
-	let json = serde_json::to_string(&names).unwrap();
-	std::fs::write(path, json).unwrap();
-
-	Ok(())
-}
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/add.rs b/cli/src/commands/add.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13be1e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/commands/add.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+use shared::{
+	errors::{Error, ErrorStatus},
+	names::{self, Site},
+};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use crate::commands::utils::{site_string, PrintOptions};
+
+pub(crate) fn add(
+	path: &Path,
+	url: &String,
+	name: &Option<String>,
+	separator: &String,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+	let names_file = names::read_names_file(path)?;
+	let mut names = names::load_names(names_file)?;
+
+	if names.iter().any(|site| site.url.contains(url)) {
+		return Err(Error {
+			status: ErrorStatus::AlreadyExistsError,
+			data:
+				"this url already exists in names.json. you can't have more then 1 of the same url."
+					.into(),
+		});
+	}
+
+	let site = Site {
+		url: url.to_string(),
+		name: name.to_owned(),
+	};
+
+	log::debug!("adding {:?} to {}", site, path.display());
+	names.push(site.clone());
+
+	let json = serde_json::to_string(&names).unwrap();
+	std::fs::write(path, json).unwrap();
+	println!(
+		"added {} to names.json",
+		site_string(&site, PrintOptions::All, separator)
+	);
+
+	Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/mod.rs b/cli/src/commands/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9779dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+mod add;
+mod print;
+mod remove;
+mod utils;
+
+pub(crate) use add::add;
+pub(crate) use print::print;
+pub(crate) use remove::remove;
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/print.rs b/cli/src/commands/print.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca60815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/commands/print.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+use crate::{arguments::PrintGroup, commands::utils::site_string};
+use shared::{
+	errors::{Error, ErrorStatus},
+	names::{self, Site},
+};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use super::utils::PrintOptions;
+
+pub(crate) fn print(
+	path: &Path,
+	filter: &Option<String>,
+	group: &PrintGroup,
+	separator: &String,
+	json: bool,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+	let names_file = names::read_names_file(path)?;
+	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, separator, group);
+	}
+
+	for site in names {
+		if json {
+			json_printing(&site)?;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		printing(separator, &site, group);
+	}
+
+	Ok(())
+}
+
+fn filter_site(
+	site: &Site,
+	json: bool,
+	separator: &String,
+	group: &PrintGroup,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+	if json {
+		json_printing(site)?;
+		return Ok(());
+	}
+
+	return Ok(printing(separator, site, group));
+}
+
+fn json_printing(site: &Site) -> Result<(), Error> {
+	match serde_json::to_string(&site) {
+		Ok(json) => {
+			println!("{}", json);
+			Ok(())
+		}
+		Err(err) => Err(Error {
+			status: ErrorStatus::ParsingError,
+			data: err.to_string(),
+		}),
+	}
+}
+
+fn printing(separator: &String, site: &Site, group: &PrintGroup) {
+	let string = site_string(site, print_group_to_options(group), separator);
+
+	println!("{}", string);
+}
+
+fn print_group_to_options(group: &PrintGroup) -> PrintOptions {
+	match group {
+		PrintGroup {
+			url: true,
+			name: false,
+		} => PrintOptions::Url,
+		PrintGroup {
+			url: false,
+			name: true,
+		} => PrintOptions::Name,
+		_ => PrintOptions::All,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/remove.rs b/cli/src/commands/remove.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..603d94f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/commands/remove.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+use shared::{errors::Error, names};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use crate::commands::utils::{site_string, PrintOptions};
+
+pub(crate) fn remove(path: &Path, url: &String, separator: &String) -> Result<(), Error> {
+	let names_file = names::read_names_file(path)?;
+	let mut names = names::load_names(names_file)?;
+
+	names.retain(|site| {
+		if &site.url == url {
+			println!(
+				"removing {} from names.json",
+				site_string(&site, PrintOptions::All, separator)
+			);
+		}
+		&site.url != url
+	});
+	let json = serde_json::to_string(&names).unwrap();
+	std::fs::write(path, json).unwrap();
+
+	Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/utils.rs b/cli/src/commands/utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61ab040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/commands/utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use shared::names::Site;
+
+pub(super) enum PrintOptions {
+	Url,
+	Name,
+	All,
+}
+
+pub(super) fn site_string(site: &Site, options: PrintOptions, separator: &String) -> String {
+	let mut string = String::new();
+
+	if matches!(options, PrintOptions::Url) || matches!(options, PrintOptions::All) {
+		string += &site.url;
+	}
+
+	if let Some(name) = &site.name {
+		if matches!(options, PrintOptions::Url) {
+			return string;
+		}
+		if !string.is_empty() {
+			string += &format!("{}{}", separator, name)
+		} else {
+			string += name;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return string;
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 84d4e48..39f429b 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-use std::path::Path;
 use arguments::{Arguments, Commands};
 use clap::Parser;
 use commands::{add, print, remove};
 use shared::{directories, errors::Error};
+use std::path::Path;
 
 mod arguments;
 mod commands;
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 	let default_path = directories::get_names_path()?;
 	let args = Arguments::parse();
+	let separator = args.separator.unwrap_or(": ".into());
 
 	let path = match &args.path {
 		Some(path) => Path::new(path),
@@ -20,9 +21,13 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
 	};
 
 	match &args.command {
-		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)?,
+		Commands::Print {
+			filter,
+			group,
+			json,
+		} => print(path, filter, group, &separator, *json)?,
+		Commands::Add { url, name } => add(path, url, name, &separator)?,
+		Commands::Remove { url } => remove(path, url, &separator)?,
 	};
 
 	Ok(())