diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/config/__init__.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/config/__init__.py
index fee0f332..ff2b9c63 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/config/__init__.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/config/__init__.py
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ def process_args(
     value: Any,
     options: dict,
     settings_file: Path,
+    quiet: bool = False,
     option_description: str = "",
 ) -> None:
     if value == []:
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ def process_args(
             value={attr: value},
             options=options,
             settings_file=settings_file,
+            quiet=quiet,
             option_description=option,
         )
 
@@ -170,9 +172,10 @@ def process_args(
     new_config = merge(current_config, result)
     with open(settings_file, "w") as f:
         json.dump(new_config, f, indent=2)
-    new_value = read_option(option)
-    print(f"New Value for {option}:")
-    print(new_value)
+    if not quiet:
+        new_value = read_option(option)
+        print(f"New Value for {option}:")
+        print(new_value)
 
 
 def register_parser(
@@ -218,10 +221,19 @@ def _register_parser(
             option=args.option,
             value=args.value,
             options=options,
+            quiet=args.quiet,
             settings_file=args.settings_file,
         )
     )
 
+    # add --quiet option
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--quiet",
+        "-q",
+        help="Suppress output",
+        action="store_true",
+    )
+
     # add argument to pass output file
     parser.add_argument(
         "--settings-file",
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_config.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_config.py
index ab4e6349..b573077b 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_config.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ example_options = f"{Path(config.__file__).parent}/jsonschema/options.json"
 def test_set_some_option(
     argv: list[str],
     expected: dict[str, Any],
-    capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture,
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
 ) -> None:
     # monkeypatch sys.argv
@@ -37,7 +36,9 @@ def test_set_some_option(
     with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as out_file:
         with open(out_file.name, "w") as f:
             json.dump({}, f)
-        monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "argv", ["", "--settings-file", out_file.name] + argv)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            sys, "argv", ["", "--quiet", "--settings-file", out_file.name] + argv
+        )
         parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
         config._register_parser(
             parser=parser,