diff --git a/scripts/README.md b/scripts/README.md
index e8a28e29ec..7b7b990a65 100644
--- a/scripts/README.md
+++ b/scripts/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Two commands exist for downloading logs.
 |-z , --local-zone|Specify times for `-s` and `-e` in your local time zone. If this is not set, times are assumed to be in UTC|unset/false|
 |-p, --file-pattern|Should match the executor.s3.uploader.pattern setting, determines if we can match on file name for s3 logs|`%requestId/%Y/%m/%taskId_%index-%s-%filename`|
 |-N, --no-name-fetch-off|If a logtype matcher is specified, but the s3 log pattern does not include file name, don't download any s3 files| None (fetch all)|
+|-D, --download-only|Only download logs in their current state, don't unzip or grep||
 |-g, --grep|Grep string for searching log files(Only for `logfetch`)||
 |-l, --logtype|Glob matcher for type of log file to download| None (match all)|
 |-S, --skip-s3|Don't search/download s3 logs|false|
diff --git a/scripts/logfetch/entrypoint.py b/scripts/logfetch/entrypoint.py
index 6063ffcfe9..a048b75bc6 100644
--- a/scripts/logfetch/entrypoint.py
+++ b/scripts/logfetch/entrypoint.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ def fetch_logs(args):
       all_logs += download_s3_logs(args)
     if not args.skip_live:
       all_logs += download_live_logs(args)
-    grep_files(args, all_logs)
+    if not args.download_only:
+      grep_files(args, all_logs)
   except KeyboardInterrupt:
     exit('Stopping logfetch...', 'magenta')
 
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ def cat_logs(args):
       all_logs += download_s3_logs(args)
     if not args.skip_live:
       all_logs += download_live_logs(args)
-    cat_files(args, all_logs)
+    if not args.download_only:
+      cat_files(args, all_logs)
   except KeyboardInterrupt:
     exit('Stopping logcat...', 'magenta')
 
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ def fetch():
   parser.add_argument("--search", dest="search", help="run logsearch on the local cache of downloaded files", action='store_true')
   parser.add_argument("-V", "--verbose", dest="verbose", help="Print more verbose output", action='store_true')
   parser.add_argument("--silent", dest="silent", help="No stderr (progress, file names, etc) output", action='store_true')
+  parser.add_argument("-D" ,"--download-only", dest="download_only", help="Only download files, don't unzip or grep", action='store_true')
 
   args = parser.parse_args(remaining_argv)
 
@@ -277,6 +280,7 @@ def cat():
   parser.add_argument("-U", "--use-cache", dest="use_cache", help="Use cache for live logs, don't re-download them", action='store_true')
   parser.add_argument("-V", "--verbose", dest="verbose", help="Print more verbose output", action='store_true')
   parser.add_argument("--silent", dest="silent", help="No stderr (progress, file names, etc) output", action='store_true')
+  parser.add_argument("-D" ,"--download-only", dest="download_only", help="Only download files, don't unzip or grep", action='store_true')
 
   args = parser.parse_args(remaining_argv)
 
diff --git a/scripts/logfetch/live_logs.py b/scripts/logfetch/live_logs.py
index e8338036a2..87cdb58f4b 100644
--- a/scripts/logfetch/live_logs.py
+++ b/scripts/logfetch/live_logs.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def download_live_logs(args):
       sys.stderr.write(colored('\nStarting {0} live logs downloads\n'.format(len(async_requests)), 'cyan'))
     callbacks.goal = len(async_requests)
     grequests.map(async_requests, stream=True, size=args.num_parallel_fetches)
-  if zipped_files:
+  if zipped_files and not args.download_only:
     if not args.silent:
       sys.stderr.write(colored('\nUnpacking {0} log(s)\n'.format(len(zipped_files)), 'cyan'))
     all_logs = all_logs + logfetch_base.unpack_logs(args, zipped_files)
diff --git a/scripts/logfetch/s3_logs.py b/scripts/logfetch/s3_logs.py
index 2f53757632..2b7091aa9a 100644
--- a/scripts/logfetch/s3_logs.py
+++ b/scripts/logfetch/s3_logs.py
@@ -50,12 +50,13 @@ def download_s3_logs(args):
       sys.stderr.write(colored('Starting {0} S3 Downloads with {1} parallel fetches\n'.format(len(async_requests), args.num_parallel_fetches), 'cyan'))
     callbacks.goal = len(async_requests)
     grequests.map(async_requests, stream=True, size=args.num_parallel_fetches)
-    if not args.silent:
+    if not args.silent and not args.download_only:
       sys.stderr.write(colored('\nUnpacking {0} S3 log(s)\n'.format(len(async_requests)), 'cyan'))
   else:
     if not args.silent:
       sys.stderr.write(colored('No S3 logs to download\n', 'cyan'))
-  all_logs = all_logs + logfetch_base.unpack_logs(args, zipped_files)
+  if not args.download_only:
+    all_logs = all_logs + logfetch_base.unpack_logs(args, zipped_files)
   if not args.silent:
     sys.stderr.write(colored('All S3 logs up to date\n', 'cyan'))
   return all_logs
diff --git a/scripts/setup.py b/scripts/setup.py
index 8480eb89b3..5a6df8e6af 100644
--- a/scripts/setup.py
+++ b/scripts/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='singularity-logfetch',
-    version='0.22.1',
+    version='0.23.0',
     description='Singularity log fetching and searching',
     author="HubSpot",
     author_email='singularity-users@googlegroups.com',