diff --git a/cmd/get.go b/cmd/get.go
index f7d5a16..bce25df 100644
--- a/cmd/get.go
+++ b/cmd/get.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
@@ -10,8 +11,27 @@ import (
 	"github.com/conduktor/ctl/schema"
 	"github.com/conduktor/ctl/utils"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/thediveo/enumflag/v2"
 )
 
+type OutputFormat enumflag.Flag
+
+const (
+	JSON OutputFormat = iota
+	YAML
+	NAME
+)
+
+var OutputFormatIds = map[OutputFormat][]string{
+	JSON: {"json"},
+	YAML: {"yaml"},
+	NAME: {"name"},
+}
+
+func (o OutputFormat) String() string {
+	return OutputFormatIds[o][0]
+}
+
 var getCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "get",
 	Short: "Get resource of a given kind",
@@ -52,8 +72,47 @@ func buildAlias(name string) []string {
 	return []string{strings.ToLower(name), removeTrailingSIfAny(strings.ToLower(name)), removeTrailingSIfAny(name)}
 }
 
+func printResource(result interface{}, format OutputFormat) error {
+	switch format {
+	case JSON:
+		jsonOutput, err := json.MarshalIndent(result, "", "  ")
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error marshalling JSON: %s\n%s", err, result)
+		}
+		fmt.Println(string(jsonOutput))
+	case NAME:
+		// show Kind/Name
+		switch res := result.(type) {
+		case []resource.Resource:
+			for _, r := range res {
+				fmt.Println(r.Kind + "/" + r.Name)
+			}
+		case resource.Resource:
+			fmt.Println(res.Kind + "/" + res.Name)
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("unexpected resource type")
+		}
+	case YAML:
+		switch res := result.(type) {
+		case []resource.Resource:
+			for _, r := range res {
+				fmt.Println("---") // '---' indicates the start of a new document in YAML
+				r.PrintPreservingOriginalFieldOrder()
+			}
+		case resource.Resource:
+			res.PrintPreservingOriginalFieldOrder()
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("unexpected resource type")
+		}
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid output format %s", format.String())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func initGet(kinds schema.KindCatalog) {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(getCmd)
+	var format OutputFormat = YAML
 
 	for name, kind := range kinds {
 		gatewayKind, isGatewayKind := kind.GetLatestKindVersion().(*schema.GatewayKindVersion)
@@ -80,6 +139,7 @@ func initGet(kinds schema.KindCatalog) {
 					parentValue[i] = *v
 				}
 				var err error
+
 				if len(args) == 0 {
 					var result []resource.Resource
 					if isGatewayKind {
@@ -87,10 +147,11 @@ func initGet(kinds schema.KindCatalog) {
 					} else {
 						result, err = consoleApiClient().Get(&kind, parentValue, queryParams)
 					}
-					for _, r := range result {
-						r.PrintPreservingOriginalFieldOrder()
-						fmt.Println("---")
+					if err != nil {
+						fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error fetching resources: %s\n", err)
+						return
 					}
+					err = printResource(result, format)
 				} else if len(args) == 1 {
 					var result resource.Resource
 					if isGatewayKind {
@@ -98,7 +159,11 @@ func initGet(kinds schema.KindCatalog) {
 					} else {
 						result, err = consoleApiClient().Describe(&kind, parentValue, args[0])
 					}
-					result.PrintPreservingOriginalFieldOrder()
+					if err != nil {
+						fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error describing resource: %s\n", err)
+						return
+					}
+					err = printResource(result, format)
 				}
 				if err != nil {
 					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", err)
@@ -127,6 +192,7 @@ func initGet(kinds schema.KindCatalog) {
 				kindCmd.MarkFlagRequired(flag.FlagName)
 			}
 		}
+		kindCmd.Flags().VarP(enumflag.New(&format, "output", OutputFormatIds, enumflag.EnumCaseInsensitive), "output", "o", "Output format. One of: json|yaml|name (default is yaml)")
 		getCmd.AddCommand(kindCmd)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3278a8d..cc4259f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/conduktor/ctl
 go 1.22.0
 
 require (
+	github.com/Jeffail/gabs/v2 v2.7.0
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.11.0
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240213143201-ec583247a57a
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
-	github.com/Jeffail/gabs/v2 v2.7.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/thediveo/enumflag/v2 v2.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/vmware-labs/yaml-jsonpath v0.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2 v2.1.8 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.23.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d837efd..4ccc622 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1/go.mod h1:iN09h71vgCQne3DLsj+A5owkum+a2tYe+TOCB1y
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.17.0/go.mod h1:HnhC7FXeEQY45zxNK3PPoIUhzk/80Xly9PcubAlGdZY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.19.0 h1:4ieX6qQjPP/BfC3mpsAtIGGlxTWPeA3Inl/7DtXw1tw=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.19.0/go.mod h1:LY+I3pBVzYsTBU1AnDwOSxaYi9WoWiqgwooUqq9yPro=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.28.1 h1:MijcGUbfYuznzK/5R4CPNoUP/9Xvuo20sXfEm6XxoTA=
 github.com/pb33f/libopenapi v0.15.14 h1:A0fn45jbthDyFGXfu5bYIZVsWyPI6hJYm3wG143MT8o=
 github.com/pb33f/libopenapi v0.15.14/go.mod h1:PEXNwvtT4KNdjrwudp5OYnD1ryqK6uJ68aMNyWvoMuc=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
@@ -83,6 +84,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81P
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+github.com/thediveo/enumflag/v2 v2.0.5 h1:VJjvlAqUb6m6mxOrB/0tfBJI0Kvi9wJ8ulh38xK87i8=
+github.com/thediveo/enumflag/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:0NcG67nYgwwFsAvoQCmezG0J0KaIxZ0f7skg9eLq1DA=
 github.com/vmware-labs/yaml-jsonpath v0.3.2 h1:/5QKeCBGdsInyDCyVNLbXyilb61MXGi9NP674f9Hobk=
 github.com/vmware-labs/yaml-jsonpath v0.3.2/go.mod h1:U6whw1z03QyqgWdgXxvVnQ90zN1BWz5V+51Ewf8k+rQ=
 github.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2 v2.1.8 h1:5h/BUHu93oj4gIdvHHHGsScSTMijfx5PeYkE/fJgbpc=
diff --git a/test_final_exec.sh b/test_final_exec.sh
index e965259..ab71b91 100755
--- a/test_final_exec.sh
+++ b/test_final_exec.sh
@@ -8,40 +8,46 @@ function cleanup {
 	docker compose -f "$SCRIPTDIR/docker/docker-compose.yml" down
 }
 
+run() {
+	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm "$@"
+}
+
 trap cleanup EXIT
 main() {
 	cd "$SCRIPTDIR"
 	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml build
 	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up -d mock mockGateway
-	sleep 1
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor apply -f /test_resource.yml
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor apply -f /
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor delete -f /test_resource.yml
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor apply -f /
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor get Topic yolo --cluster=my-cluster
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor delete Topic yolo -v --cluster=my-cluster
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm -e CDK_USER=admin -e CDK_PASSWORD=secret conduktor login
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm -e CDK_USER=admin -e CDK_PASSWORD=secret -e CDK_API_KEY="" conduktor get KafkaCluster my_kafka_cluster
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor token list admin
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor token list application-instance -i=my_app_instance
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor token create admin a_admin_token
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor token create application-instance -i=my_app_instance a_admin_token
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor token delete 0-0-0-0-0
+	sleep 2
+	run conduktor apply -f /test_resource.yml
+	run conduktor apply -f /
+	run conduktor delete -f /test_resource.yml
+	run conduktor apply -f /
+	run conduktor get Topic yolo --cluster=my-cluster
+	run conduktor get Topic yolo --cluster=my-cluster -o yaml
+	run conduktor get Topic yolo --cluster=my-cluster -o name
+	run conduktor delete Topic yolo -v --cluster=my-cluster
+	run -e CDK_USER=admin -e CDK_PASSWORD=secret conduktor login
+	run -e CDK_USER=admin -e CDK_PASSWORD=secret -e CDK_API_KEY="" conduktor get KafkaCluster my_kafka_cluster
+	run conduktor token list admin
+	run conduktor token list application-instance -i=my_app_instance
+	run conduktor token create admin a_admin_token
+	run conduktor token create application-instance -i=my_app_instance a_admin_token
+	run conduktor token delete 0-0-0-0-0
 
 	# Gateway
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor apply -f /test_resource_gw.yml
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor delete VirtualCluster vcluster1
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor get VirtualCluster
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor get VirtualCluster vcluster1
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor get GatewayGroup
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor get GatewayGroup g1
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor get AliasTopic --show-defaults --name=yo --vcluster=mycluster1
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor get ConcentrationRule --show-defaults --name=yo --vcluster=mycluster1
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor get GatewayServiceAccount --show-defaults --name=yo --vcluster=mycluster1
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor get interceptor --group=g1 --name=yo --username=me --vcluster=mycluster1
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor delete aliastopic aliastopicname --vcluster=v1
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor delete concentrationrule cr1 --vcluster=v1
-	docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm conduktor delete gatewayserviceaccount s1 --vcluster=v1
+	run conduktor apply -f /test_resource_gw.yml
+	run conduktor delete VirtualCluster vcluster1
+	run conduktor get VirtualCluster
+	run conduktor get VirtualCluster vcluster1
+	run conduktor get GatewayGroup
+	run conduktor get GatewayGroup g1
+	run conduktor get AliasTopic --show-defaults --name=yo --vcluster=mycluster1
+	run conduktor get ConcentrationRule --show-defaults --name=yo --vcluster=mycluster1
+	run conduktor get GatewayServiceAccount --show-defaults --name=yo --vcluster=mycluster1
+	run conduktor get interceptor --group=g1 --name=yo --username=me --vcluster=mycluster1
+	run conduktor delete aliastopic aliastopicname --vcluster=v1
+	run conduktor delete concentrationrule cr1 --vcluster=v1
+	run conduktor delete gatewayserviceaccount s1 --vcluster=v1
 }
 
 main "$@"