diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52e6d7e1d..402b129a5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ $ python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```console
 $ python3 sherlock --help
 usage: sherlock [-h] [--version] [--verbose] [--folderoutput FOLDEROUTPUT]
-                [--output OUTPUT] [--tor] [--unique-tor] [--csv]
+                [--output OUTPUT] [--tor] [--unique-tor] [--csv] [--txt]
                 [--site SITE_NAME] [--proxy PROXY_URL] [--json JSON_FILE]
                 [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--print-all] [--print-found] [--no-color]
                 [--browse] [--local] [--nsfw]
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ optional arguments:
   --csv                 Create Comma-Separated Values (CSV) File.
   --xlsx                Create the standard file for the modern Microsoft Excel
                         spreadsheet (xslx).
+  --txt                 Create .txt file 
   --site SITE_NAME      Limit analysis to just the listed sites. Add multiple options to
                         specify more than one site.
   --proxy PROXY_URL, -p PROXY_URL
diff --git a/sherlock/sherlock.py b/sherlock/sherlock.py
index 725619501..0c91423e2 100644
--- a/sherlock/sherlock.py
+++ b/sherlock/sherlock.py
@@ -517,8 +517,12 @@ def main():
                         )
     parser.add_argument("--xlsx",
                         action="store_true", dest="xlsx", default=False,
-                        help="Create the standard file for the modern Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (xslx)."
-                        )
+                        help="Create the standard file for the modern Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (xslx).")
+
+    parser.add_argument("--txt",
+                        action="store_true", dest="txt", default=False,
+                        help="Create .txt file.")
+
     parser.add_argument("--site",
                         action="append", metavar="SITE_NAME",
                         dest="site_list", default=None,
@@ -694,15 +698,19 @@ def main():
         else:
             result_file = f"{username}.txt"
 
-        with open(result_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
-            exists_counter = 0
-            for website_name in results:
-                dictionary = results[website_name]
-                if dictionary.get("status").status == QueryStatus.CLAIMED:
-                    exists_counter += 1
-                    file.write(dictionary["url_user"] + "\n")
-            file.write(
-                f"Total Websites Username Detected On : {exists_counter}\n")
+        if args.txt:
+            try:
+                with open(result_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+                    exists_counter = 0
+                    for website_name in results:
+                        dictionary = results[website_name]
+                        if dictionary.get("status").status == QueryStatus.CLAIMED:
+                            exists_counter += 1
+                            file.write(dictionary["url_user"] + "\n")
+                    file.write(
+                        f"Total Websites Username Detected On : {exists_counter}\n")
+            except IOError as e:
+                print("An error occured. File could not be made or written.", e)
 
         if args.csv:
             result_file = f"{username}.csv"
@@ -763,7 +771,9 @@ def main():
                 exists.append(str(results[site]["status"].status))
                 http_status.append(results[site]["http_status"])
 
-            DataFrame = pd.DataFrame({"username": usernames, "name": names, "url_main": url_main, "url_user": url_user, "exists": exists, "http_status": http_status, "response_time_s": response_time_s})
+            DataFrame = pd.DataFrame(
+                {"username": usernames, "name": names, "url_main": url_main, "url_user": url_user, "exists": exists,
+                 "http_status": http_status, "response_time_s": response_time_s})
             DataFrame.to_excel(f'{username}.xlsx', sheet_name='sheet1', index=False)
 
         print()