diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 2e9bd38..a4f3cce 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ inputs:
     description: |
       Rule IDs or names to exclude. This can be a space or newline-separated list.
     required: false
+  format:
+    description: |
+      Set the output format
+    required: false
   include:
     description: |
       Custom rule and configuration paths passed in to the Regula interpreter. This can
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index ced1aa3..1c742d7 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ for EXCLUDE in ${INPUT_EXCLUDE:-}; do
   REGULA_OPTS+=("--exclude" ${EXCLUDE})
 done
 
+if [[ -v INPUT_FORMAT && -n "${INPUT_FORMAT}" ]]; then
+  REGULA_OPTS+=("--format" ${INPUT_FORMAT})
+fi
+
 for REGO_PATH in ${INPUT_REGO_PATHS:-} ${INPUT_INCLUDE:-}; do
   # Ignore old location of regula rules for backwards compatibility
   if [[ "${REGO_PATH}" == "/opt/regula/rules" ]]; then
@@ -67,18 +71,19 @@ if [[ -v INPUT_UPLOAD && "${INPUT_UPLOAD}" == "true" ]]; then
   REGULA_OPTS+=("--upload")
 fi
 
-
 if [[ -v DEBUG && -n "${DEBUG}" ]]; then
   echo ${REGULA_OPTS[@]} $INPUT_PATH
 fi
 
 EXIT_CODE=0
-REGULA_OUTPUT=$(cd "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" && regula run -f json ${REGULA_OPTS[@]} $INPUT_PATH) ||
+REGULA_OUTPUT=$(cd "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" && regula run ${REGULA_OPTS[@]} $INPUT_PATH) ||
   EXIT_CODE=$?
 echo "${REGULA_OUTPUT}"
 
-RULES_PASSED="$(jq -r '.summary.rule_results.PASS' <<<"$REGULA_OUTPUT")"
-RULES_FAILED="$(jq -r '.summary.rule_results.FAIL' <<<"$REGULA_OUTPUT")"
-echo "rules_passed=$RULES_PASSED" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
-echo "rules_failed=$RULES_FAILED" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+if [[ "${INPUT_FORMAT}" == "json" ]]; then
+  RULES_PASSED="$(jq -r '.summary.rule_results.PASS' <<<"$REGULA_OUTPUT")"
+  RULES_FAILED="$(jq -r '.summary.rule_results.FAIL' <<<"$REGULA_OUTPUT")"
+  echo "rules_passed=$RULES_PASSED" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+  echo "rules_failed=$RULES_FAILED" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+fi
 exit ${EXIT_CODE}
diff --git a/scripts/local.sh b/scripts/local.sh
index 46a5c06..bb9e423 100755
--- a/scripts/local.sh
+++ b/scripts/local.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ docker run --rm \
     -e "INPUT_CONFIG=${CONFIG}" \
     -e "INPUT_ENVIRONMENT_ID=${ENVIRONMENT_ID}" \
     -e "INPUT_EXCLUDE=${EXCLUDE}" \
+    -e "INPUT_FORMAT=${FORMAT}" \
     -e "INPUT_INCLUDE=${INCLUDE}" \
     -e "INPUT_INPUT_TYPE=${INPUT_TYPE}" \
     -e "INPUT_USER_ONLY=${USER_ONLY:-false}" \