diff --git a/crit b/crit
index 0c7f5e97d..d1c2ab038 100755
--- a/crit
+++ b/crit
@@ -17,14 +17,8 @@ def handle_cmdline_opts():
 	parser.add_argument('-o',
 			    '--out',
 			help = 'output file (stdout by default)')
-	parser.add_argument('-f',
-			    '--format',
-			    choices = ['raw', 'nice', 'hex'],
-			    nargs = '+',
-			    default = [],
-			help = 'raw  - all in one line\n'\
-			       'nice - add indents and newlines to look nice(default for stdout)\n'\
-			       'hex  - print int fields as hex strings where suitable(could be combined with others)')
+	parser.add_argument('--pretty', help = 'Multiline with indents and some numerical fields in field-specific format',
+			action = 'store_true')
 
 	opts = vars(parser.parse_args())
 
@@ -45,10 +39,9 @@ def outf(opts):
 
 def decode(opts):
 	indent = None
-	img = pycriu.images.load(inf(opts), opts['format'])
+	img = pycriu.images.load(inf(opts), opts['pretty'])
 
-	# For stdout --format nice is set by default.
-	if 'nice' in opts['format'] or ('raw' not in opts['format'] and opts['out'] == None):
+	if opts['pretty']:
 		indent = 4
 
 	f = outf(opts)
diff --git a/pycriu/images/images.py b/pycriu/images/images.py
index 3d4d1c8e7..f0bfe8421 100644
--- a/pycriu/images/images.py
+++ b/pycriu/images/images.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class entry_handler:
 		self.payload		= payload
 		self.extra_handler	= extra_handler
 
-	def load(self, f, fmt = None):
+	def load(self, f, pretty = False):
 		"""
 		Convert criu image entries from binary format to dict(json).
 		Takes a file-like object and returnes a list with entries in
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class entry_handler:
 				break
 			size, = struct.unpack('i', buf)
 			pb.ParseFromString(f.read(size))
-			entry = pb2dict.pb2dict(pb, fmt)
+			entry = pb2dict.pb2dict(pb, pretty)
 
 			# Read extra
 			if self.extra_handler:
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ class entry_handler:
 
 		return entries
 
-	def loads(self, s, fmt = None):
+	def loads(self, s, pretty = False):
 		"""
 		Same as load(), but takes a string as an argument.
 		"""
 		f = io.BytesIO(s)
-		return self.load(f, fmt)
+		return self.load(f, pretty)
 
 	def dump(self, entries, f):
 		"""
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class pagemap_handler:
 	that it has a header of pagemap_head type followed by entries
 	of pagemap_entry type.
 	"""
-	def load(self, f, fmt = None):
+	def load(self, f, pretty = False):
 		entries = []
 
 		pb = pagemap_head()
@@ -141,15 +141,15 @@ class pagemap_handler:
 				break
 			size, = struct.unpack('i', buf)
 			pb.ParseFromString(f.read(size))
-			entries.append(pb2dict.pb2dict(pb, fmt))
+			entries.append(pb2dict.pb2dict(pb, pretty))
 
 			pb = pagemap_entry()
 
 		return entries
 
-	def loads(self, s, fmt = None):
+	def loads(self, s, pretty = False):
 		f = io.BytesIO(s)
-		return self.load(f, fmt)
+		return self.load(f, pretty)
 
 	def dump(self, entries, f):
 		pb = pagemap_head()
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ handlers = {
 	'IPCNS_MSG'		: entry_handler(ipc_msg_entry)
 	}
 
-def load(f, fmt = None):
+def load(f, pretty = False):
 	"""
 	Convert criu image from binary format to dict(json).
 	Takes a file-like object to read criu image from.
@@ -300,16 +300,16 @@ def load(f, fmt = None):
 		raise Exception("No handler found for image with such magic "+m)
 
 	image['magic']		= m
-	image['entries']	= handler.load(f, fmt)
+	image['entries']	= handler.load(f, pretty)
 
 	return image
 
-def loads(s, fmt = None):
+def loads(s, pretty = False):
 	"""
 	Same as load(), but takes a string.
 	"""
 	f = io.BytesIO(s)
-	return load(f, fmt)
+	return load(f, pretty)
 
 def dump(img, f):
 	"""
diff --git a/pycriu/images/pb2dict.py b/pycriu/images/pb2dict.py
index 5205a71de..954c8fb83 100644
--- a/pycriu/images/pb2dict.py
+++ b/pycriu/images/pb2dict.py
@@ -43,23 +43,19 @@ _basic_cast = {
 def _marked_as_hex(field):
 	return field.GetOptions().Extensions[opts_pb2.criu].hex
 
-def _pb2dict_cast(field, value, fmt = None, is_hex = False):
+def _pb2dict_cast(field, value, pretty = False, is_hex = False):
 	if not is_hex:
 		is_hex = _marked_as_hex(field)
-	if fmt:
-		print_hex = 'hex' in fmt
-	else:
-		print_hex = False
 
 	if field.type == FD.TYPE_MESSAGE:
-		return pb2dict(value, fmt, is_hex)
+		return pb2dict(value, pretty, is_hex)
 	elif field.type == FD.TYPE_BYTES:
 		return value.encode('base64')
 	elif field.type == FD.TYPE_ENUM:
 		return field.enum_type.values_by_number.get(value, None).name
 	elif field.type in _basic_cast:
 		cast = _basic_cast[field.type]
-		if (cast == int or cast == long) and is_hex and print_hex:
+		if (cast == int or cast == long) and is_hex and pretty:
 			# Fields that have (criu).hex = true option set
 			# should be stored in hex string format.
 			return "0x%x" % value
@@ -68,7 +64,7 @@ def _pb2dict_cast(field, value, fmt = None, is_hex = False):
 	else:
 		raise Exception("Field(%s) has unsupported type %d" % (field.name, field.type))
 
-def pb2dict(pb, fmt = None, is_hex = False):
+def pb2dict(pb, pretty = False, is_hex = False):
 	"""
 	Convert protobuf msg to dictionary.
 	Takes a protobuf message and returns a dict.
@@ -78,9 +74,9 @@ def pb2dict(pb, fmt = None, is_hex = False):
 		if field.label == FD.LABEL_REPEATED:
 			d_val = []
 			for v in value:
-				d_val.append(_pb2dict_cast(field, v, fmt, is_hex))
+				d_val.append(_pb2dict_cast(field, v, pretty, is_hex))
 		else:
-			d_val = _pb2dict_cast(field, value, fmt, is_hex)
+			d_val = _pb2dict_cast(field, value, pretty, is_hex)
 
 		d[field.name] = d_val
 	return d