diff --git a/initiatory.go b/initiatory.go
index 26bf1791..a58246f8 100644
--- a/initiatory.go
+++ b/initiatory.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package iris
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
@@ -78,6 +79,14 @@ type Framework struct {
 	Websocket  websocket.Server
 }
 
+// SkipBannerFlag, if enabled then means that this instance ran propably by an external software, which can disable the banner output by the command line argument '-s'
+var SkipBannerFlag bool
+
+func init() {
+	flag.BoolVar(&SkipBannerFlag, "s", false, "Disable banner via command line tool, overrides the logger's config field") // this mostly used by the iris command line tool
+	flag.Parse()
+}
+
 // New creates and returns a new Iris station aka Framework.
 //
 // Receives an optional config.Iris as parameter
@@ -161,7 +170,9 @@ func (s *Framework) openServer() (err error) {
 	s.HTTPServer.SetHandler(s.mux)
 	if err = s.HTTPServer.Open(); err == nil {
 		// print the banner
-		if !s.Config.DisableBanner {
+		if s.Config.DisableBanner || SkipBannerFlag {
+			// skip the banner
+		} else {
 			s.Logger.PrintBanner(banner,
 				fmt.Sprintf("%s: Running at %s\n", time.Now().Format(config.TimeFormat),
 					s.HTTPServer.Host()))
diff --git a/iris/README.md b/iris/README.md
index cc9bd4e2..08bb7948 100644
--- a/iris/README.md
+++ b/iris/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This package is the command line tool for  [../](https://github.com/kataras/iris
 [![Iris installed screen](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iris-contrib/website/gh-pages/assets/iris_cli_screen2.png)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iris-contrib/website/gh-pages/assets/iris_cli_screen2.png)
 
 ## Install
-Current version: 0.0.7
+Current version: 0.0.8
 ```sh
 
 go get -u github.com/kataras/iris/iris
diff --git a/iris/main.go b/iris/main.go
index 693b1351..fd0aca31 100644
--- a/iris/main.go
+++ b/iris/main.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	Version = "0.0.7"
+	Version = "0.0.8"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/iris/run.go b/iris/run.go
index 0db696e6..b0109861 100644
--- a/iris/run.go
+++ b/iris/run.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ var (
 	goExt          = ".go"
 )
 
+var times uint32 = 0
+
 func build(sourcepath string) error {
 	goBuild := utils.CommandBuilder("go", "build", sourcepath)
 	goBuild.Dir = workingDir
@@ -36,13 +38,14 @@ func build(sourcepath string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func run(executablePath string, stdout bool) (*utils.Cmd, error) {
+func run(executablePath string) (*utils.Cmd, error) {
 	runCmd := utils.CommandBuilder("." + utils.PathSeparator + executablePath)
+	if times >= 1 {
+		runCmd.AppendArguments("-s") //-s to skip  the banner after the first time
+	}
 	runCmd.Dir = workingDir
 	runCmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
-	if stdout {
-		runCmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
-	}
+	runCmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 
 	runCmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 	if err := runCmd.Start(); err != nil {
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ func run(executablePath string, stdout bool) (*utils.Cmd, error) {
 		printer.Dangerf(ferr.Error())
 		return nil, ferr
 	}
+	times++
 	return runCmd, nil
 }
 
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ func runAndWatch(flags cli.Flags) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	runCmd, err := run(executablePath, true)
+	runCmd, err := run(executablePath)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		printer.Dangerf(err.Error())
@@ -133,7 +137,7 @@ func runAndWatch(flags cli.Flags) error {
 		printer.Dangerf("")
 		printer.Panic(errUnexpected)
 	}()
-	var times uint32 = 1
+
 	for {
 		select {
 		case fname := <-filenameCh:
@@ -143,7 +147,7 @@ func runAndWatch(flags cli.Flags) error {
 					fname = " " // we don't want to print the ".gooutput..." so dont print anything as a name
 				}
 
-				printer.Infof("\n[OP: %d] File %s changed, reloading...", atomic.LoadUint32(&times), fname)
+				printer.Infof("[OP: %d] File %s changed, reloading...", atomic.LoadUint32(&times), fname)
 
 				//kill the prev run
 
@@ -165,13 +169,12 @@ func runAndWatch(flags cli.Flags) error {
 					printer.Warningf(err.Error())
 				} else {
 
-					if runCmd, err = run(executablePath, false); err != nil {
-						printer.Warningf(err.Error())
+					if runCmd, err = run(executablePath); err != nil {
+						printer.Warningf(err.Error() + "\n")
 
 					} else {
 						// we did .Start, but it should be fast so no need to add a sleeper
-						printer.Successf("ready!")
-						atomic.AddUint32(&times, 1)
+						printer.Successf("ready!\n")
 					}
 				}