diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0075ea331..98e4edae6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -55,13 +55,18 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:       "Set to check for and remove duplicate files from stats and output",
 			Destination: &processor.Duplicates,
 		},
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:        "complexity, c",
+			Usage:       "Set to skip complexity calculations note will be overridden if wide is set",
+			Destination: &processor.Complexity,
+		},
 		cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:        "wide, w",
-			Usage:       "Set to check produce more output such as code vs complexity ranking",
+			Usage:       "Set to check produce more output such as complexity and code vs complexity ranking",
 			Destination: &processor.More,
 		},
 		cli.Int64Flag{
-			Name:        "averageage, aw",
+			Name:        "averagewage, aw",
 			Usage:       "Set as integer to set the average wage used for basic COCOMO calculation",
 			Destination: &processor.AverageWage,
 			Value:       56286,
diff --git a/processor/formatters.go b/processor/formatters.go
index bb037e16c..6458e01fe 100644
--- a/processor/formatters.go
+++ b/processor/formatters.go
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ var tabularShortFormatBody = "%-20s %9d %9d %8d %9d %8d %10d\n"
 var tabularShortFormatFile = "%-30s %9d %8d %9d %8d %10d\n"
 var shortFormatFileTrucate = 29
 
+var tabularShortFormatHeadNoComplexity = "%-22s %11s %11s %9s %11s %10s\n"
+var tabularShortFormatBodyNoComplexity = "%-22s %11d %11d %9d %11d %10d\n"
+var tabularShortFormatFileNoComplexity = "%-34s %11d %9d %11d %10d\n"
+var shortFormatFileTrucateNoComplexity = 33
+
 var tabularWideBreak = "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
 var tabularWideFormatHead = "%-33s %9s %9s %8s %9s %8s %10s %16s\n"
 var tabularWideFormatBody = "%-33s %9d %9d %8d %9d %8d %10d %16.2f\n"
@@ -221,7 +226,12 @@ func fileSummerizeShort(input *chan *FileJob) string {
 	var str strings.Builder
 
 	str.WriteString(tabularShortBreak)
-	str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(tabularShortFormatHead, "Language", "Files", "Lines", "Code", "Comments", "Blanks", "Complexity"))
+	if !Complexity {
+		str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(tabularShortFormatHead, "Language", "Files", "Lines", "Code", "Comments", "Blanks", "Complexity"))
+	} else {
+		str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(tabularShortFormatHeadNoComplexity, "Language", "Files", "Lines", "Code", "Comments", "Blanks"))
+
+	}
 
 	if !Files {
 		str.WriteString(tabularShortBreak)
@@ -315,7 +325,11 @@ func fileSummerizeShort(input *chan *FileJob) string {
 			str.WriteString(tabularShortBreak)
 		}
 
-		str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(tabularShortFormatBody, summary.Name, summary.Count, summary.Lines, summary.Code, summary.Comment, summary.Blank, summary.Complexity))
+		if !Complexity {
+			str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(tabularShortFormatBody, summary.Name, summary.Count, summary.Lines, summary.Code, summary.Comment, summary.Blank, summary.Complexity))
+		} else {
+			str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(tabularShortFormatBodyNoComplexity, summary.Name, summary.Count, summary.Lines, summary.Code, summary.Comment, summary.Blank))
+		}
 
 		if Files {
 			sortSummaryFiles(&summary)
@@ -329,7 +343,11 @@ func fileSummerizeShort(input *chan *FileJob) string {
 					tmp = "~" + tmp[totrim:]
 				}
 
-				str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(tabularShortFormatFile, tmp, res.Lines, res.Code, res.Comment, res.Blank, res.Complexity))
+				if !Complexity {
+					str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(tabularShortFormatFile, tmp, res.Lines, res.Code, res.Comment, res.Blank, res.Complexity))
+				} else {
+					str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(tabularShortFormatFileNoComplexity, tmp, res.Lines, res.Code, res.Comment, res.Blank))
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -339,7 +357,11 @@ func fileSummerizeShort(input *chan *FileJob) string {
 	}
 
 	str.WriteString(tabularShortBreak)
-	str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(tabularShortFormatBody, "Total", sumFiles, sumLines, sumCode, sumComment, sumBlank, sumComplexity))
+	if !Complexity {
+		str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(tabularShortFormatBody, "Total", sumFiles, sumLines, sumCode, sumComment, sumBlank, sumComplexity))
+	} else {
+		str.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(tabularShortFormatBodyNoComplexity, "Total", sumFiles, sumLines, sumCode, sumComment, sumBlank))
+	}
 	str.WriteString(tabularShortBreak)
 
 	if !Cocomo {
diff --git a/processor/processor.go b/processor/processor.go
index 230696c56..22c981839 100644
--- a/processor/processor.go
+++ b/processor/processor.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var Verbose = false
 var Debug = false
 var Trace = false
 var Duplicates = false
+var Complexity = false
 var More = false
 var Cocomo = false
 var SortBy = ""
@@ -101,8 +102,30 @@ func processConstants() {
 	}
 }
 
+func processFlags() {
+	// If wide/more mode is enabled we want the complexity calculation
+	// to happen regardless as thats the only purpose of the flag
+	if More && Complexity {
+		Complexity = false
+	}
+
+	if Debug {
+		printDebug(fmt.Sprintf("Path Black List: %s", PathBlacklist))
+		printDebug(fmt.Sprintf("Sort By: %s", SortBy))
+		printDebug(fmt.Sprintf("White List: %s", WhiteListExtensions))
+		printDebug(fmt.Sprintf("Files Output: %t", Files))
+		printDebug(fmt.Sprintf("Verbose: %t", Verbose))
+		printDebug(fmt.Sprintf("Duplicates Detection: %t", Duplicates))
+		printDebug(fmt.Sprintf("Complexity Calculation: %t", !Complexity))
+		printDebug(fmt.Sprintf("Wide: %t", More))
+		printDebug(fmt.Sprintf("Average Wage: %d", AverageWage))
+		printDebug(fmt.Sprintf("Cocomo: %t", !Cocomo))
+	}
+}
+
 func Process() {
 	processConstants()
+	processFlags()
 
 	// Clean up and invlid arguments before setting everything up
 	if len(DirFilePaths) == 0 {
diff --git a/processor/workers.go b/processor/workers.go
index b1f759272..fdbd1ac6d 100644
--- a/processor/workers.go
+++ b/processor/workers.go
@@ -239,9 +239,11 @@ func countStats(fileJob *FileJob) {
 			if !isWhitespace(fileJob.Content[index]) {
 				currentState = S_CODE
 
-				offsetJump = checkComplexity(fileJob.Content[index], index, endPoint, complexityChecks, fileJob)
-				if offsetJump != 0 {
-					fileJob.Complexity++
+				if !Complexity {
+					offsetJump = checkComplexity(fileJob.Content[index], index, endPoint, complexityChecks, fileJob)
+					if offsetJump != 0 {
+						fileJob.Complexity++
+					}
 				}
 				break state
 			}
@@ -258,9 +260,11 @@ func countStats(fileJob *FileJob) {
 				currentState = S_STRING
 				break state
 			} else {
-				offsetJump = checkComplexity(fileJob.Content[index], index, endPoint, complexityChecks, fileJob)
-				if offsetJump != 0 {
-					fileJob.Complexity++
+				if !Complexity {
+					offsetJump = checkComplexity(fileJob.Content[index], index, endPoint, complexityChecks, fileJob)
+					if offsetJump != 0 {
+						fileJob.Complexity++
+					}
 				}
 				break state
 			}