diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/__init__.py b/jrnl/plugins/__init__.py
index ad174f0b..6ac1c2f9 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from .markdown_exporter import MarkdownExporter
 from .tag_exporter import TagExporter
 from .dates_exporter import DatesExporter
 from .template_exporter import __all__ as template_exporters
-from .text_exporter import TextExporter
+from .text_exporter import TextExporter, PrettyExporter
 from .xml_exporter import XMLExporter
 from .yaml_exporter import YAMLExporter
 
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ __exporters = [
     XMLExporter,
     YAMLExporter,
     FancyExporter,
+    PrettyExporter
 ] + template_exporters
 __importers = [JRNLImporter]
 
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/text_exporter.py b/jrnl/plugins/text_exporter.py
index 7714606c..2088e2bd 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/text_exporter.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/text_exporter.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import unicodedata
 
 from jrnl.color import ERROR_COLOR
 from jrnl.color import RESET_COLOR
-
+from jrnl.Entry import Entry
 
 class TextExporter:
     """This Exporter can convert entries and journals into text files."""
@@ -77,3 +77,10 @@ class TextExporter:
             return cls.write_file(journal, output)
         else:
             return cls.export_journal(journal)
+
+
+class PrettyExporter(TextExporter):
+    names = ["pretty"]
+    @classmethod
+    def export_entry(cls, entry: Entry): 
+        return entry.pprint()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_parse_args.py b/tests/test_parse_args.py
index feb31d07..7fa062a6 100644
--- a/tests/test_parse_args.py
+++ b/tests/test_parse_args.py
@@ -116,8 +116,14 @@ def test_not_interspersed():
     assert cli_as_dict("two -not one two -not three two") == result
 
 
-def test_export_alone():
-    assert cli_as_dict("--export json") == expected_args(export="json")
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "export_formats",
+    [
+        "fancy","pretty","json","markdown","xml","txt"
+    ]
+)
+def test_export_alone(export_formats):
+    assert cli_as_dict("--export %s"%export_formats) == expected_args(export=export_formats)
 
 
 def test_import_alone():