diff --git a/bin/pdns-zone-exp.sh b/bin/pdns-zone-exp.sh
index 3750891..43fdb5a 100755
--- a/bin/pdns-zone-exp.sh
+++ b/bin/pdns-zone-exp.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ help()
   echo ""
   echo "  -h            Print this help."
   echo "  -z <zone>     Zone to export."
+  echo "  -c            Output in csv format instead of columns."
 }
 
 pdns:getoptions "$@"
@@ -29,19 +30,30 @@ if [[ -z $zone ]]; then
 fi
 
 tmpfile=$(mktemp)
+echo "name,ttl,class,type,value" > $tmpfile.csv
 
 # export zone and check http status
 zone_status=$(/usr/bin/curl --silent --output "$tmpfile" --write-out "%{http_code}" -H "X-API-Key: $api_key" $api_base_url/zones/$zone/export)
 
 if [[ $zone_status = 200 ]]; then
-  # return zone level records
-  sed -e 's/\t/|/g' $tmpfile|column -t -s \| |grep ^$zone.
-  # return subdomain records
-  sed -e 's/\t/|/g' $tmpfile|column -t -s \| |grep -v ^$zone.
+
+  # convert tabs to commas
+  sed -i 's/\t/,/g' $tmpfile
+  # zone level records
+  grep ^$zone. $tmpfile >> $tmpfile.csv
+  # subdomain records
+  grep -v ^$zone. $tmpfile >> $tmpfile.csv
+
+  if [[ $csv ]]; then
+    cat $tmpfile.csv
+  else
+    column -t -s , $tmpfile.csv
+  fi
 elif [[ $zone_status = 404 ]]; then
   echo 404 Not Found, $zone does not exist
 else
   echo Unexecpted http response checking for existence of zone $zone: $zone_status
 fi
 
+rm $tmpfile.csv
 rm $tmpfile