diff --git a/pkg/cmd/list.go b/pkg/cmd/list.go
index cba7cf8c84357c35a2d16aea1383d73d08c638df..06a176a94f167833aee1903d3f9bd5d1f15dca63 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/list.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/list.go
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ var List = &cli.Command{
 			data = append(data, tmpl.Info().String())
 		}
 
-		tabular.Print([]string{"Tag", "Repository", "Created"}, data)
+		shouldntPrettify := GetBoolFlag(c, "dont-prettify")
+		if shouldntPrettify {
+			for _, name := range names {
+				fmt.Print(name, " ")
+			}
+			fmt.Println()
+		} else {
+			tabular.Print([]string{"Tag", "Repository", "Created"}, data)
+		}
 	},
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/root.go b/pkg/cmd/root.go
index 8b32894bf0052feb9d91f6e73d26c657b2cfb5be..ee2cb4aa2f8b1c7d4014f9e1fb60e70ca7bbaf61 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/root.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/root.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ func Run() {
 
 	Root.AddCommand(Template)
 
+	Version.PersistentFlags().BoolP("dont-prettify", "", false, "Only print the version without fancy formatting")
 	Root.AddCommand(Version)
 
 	Root.Execute()
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/version.go b/pkg/cmd/version.go
index 862218f62e53b79a703d9d9b069fb7d9a4c710b3..df06182483442b48aeb40f4e09a04f6c890f7817 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/version.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/version.go
@@ -14,9 +14,14 @@ import (
 var Version = &cli.Command{
 	Use:   "version",
 	Short: "Show the boilr version information",
-	Run: func(_ *cli.Command, args []string) {
+	Run: func(c *cli.Command, args []string) {
 		MustValidateArgs(args, []validate.Argument{})
 
-		tlog.Info(fmt.Sprint("Current version is ", boilr.Version))
+		shouldntPrettify := GetBoolFlag(c, "dont-prettify")
+		if shouldntPrettify {
+			fmt.Println(boilr.Version)
+		} else {
+			tlog.Info(fmt.Sprint("Current version is ", boilr.Version))
+		}
 	},
 }