diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 9905ae4..eec8cae 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ fn main() {
         .flag(
             Flag::new("max-recursion-depth", FlagType::Int)
                 .description("The maximum allowed recursion depth. This is used to avoid crashes."),
+        )
+        .flag(
+            Flag::new("no-leading-eq", FlagType::Bool)
+                .description("Don't include an equal sign at the start of results")
         );
 
     app.run(args);
@@ -83,7 +87,12 @@ fn default_action(context: &Context) {
 
     if context.args.is_empty() {
         // REPL
-        repl::start(&mut parser_context, precision, format);
+        repl::start(
+            &mut parser_context,
+            precision,
+            format,
+            context.bool_flag("no-leading-eq")
+        );
     } else {
         // Direct output
         output::eval(
@@ -92,6 +101,7 @@ fn default_action(context: &Context) {
             precision,
             10u8,
             format,
+            context.bool_flag("no-leading-eq")
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/output.rs b/cli/src/output.rs
index a2ef5c4..380c8bb 100644
--- a/cli/src/output.rs
+++ b/cli/src/output.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@ use kalk::{kalk_value::ScientificNotationFormat, parser};
 
 pub(crate) const DEFAULT_PRECISION: u32 = 1024;
 
-pub fn eval(parser: &mut parser::Context, input: &str, precision: u32, base: u8, format: ScientificNotationFormat) {
+pub fn eval(
+    parser: &mut parser::Context,
+    input: &str,
+    precision: u32,
+    base: u8,
+    format: ScientificNotationFormat,
+    no_leading_equal: bool
+) {
     match parser::eval(parser, input, precision) {
         Ok(Some(mut result)) => {
             if base != 10 && !result.set_radix(base) {
@@ -13,7 +20,16 @@ pub fn eval(parser: &mut parser::Context, input: &str, precision: u32, base: u8,
             }
 
             if precision == DEFAULT_PRECISION {
-                println!("{}", result.to_string_pretty_format(format));
+                let mut result_str = result.to_string_pretty_format(format);
+                if no_leading_equal {
+                    result_str = result_str
+                        .trim_start_matches('=')
+                        .trim_start_matches('≈')
+                        .trim_start()
+                        .to_string();
+                }
+
+                println!("{}", result_str);
 
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/cli/src/repl.rs b/cli/src/repl.rs
index 589d9ec..5d8aa77 100644
--- a/cli/src/repl.rs
+++ b/cli/src/repl.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ struct Context {
     mode: ScientificNotationFormat,
 }
 
-pub fn start(parser: &mut parser::Context, precision: u32, format: ScientificNotationFormat) {
+pub fn start(
+    parser: &mut parser::Context,
+    precision: u32,
+    format: ScientificNotationFormat,
+    no_leading_equal: bool
+) {
     let mut editor = Editor::<RLHelper>::new();
     editor.set_helper(Some(RLHelper {
         highlighter: LineHighlighter {},
@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ pub fn start(parser: &mut parser::Context, precision: u32, format: ScientificNot
         match readline {
             Ok(input) => {
                 editor.add_history_entry(input.as_str());
-                eval_repl(&mut repl, parser, &input, precision);
+                eval_repl(&mut repl, parser, &input, precision, no_leading_equal);
             }
             Err(ReadlineError::Interrupted) => break,
             _ => break,
@@ -85,7 +90,13 @@ pub fn start(parser: &mut parser::Context, precision: u32, format: ScientificNot
     }
 }
 
-fn eval_repl(repl: &mut self::Context, parser: &mut parser::Context, input: &str, precision: u32) {
+fn eval_repl(
+    repl: &mut self::Context,
+    parser: &mut parser::Context,
+    input: &str,
+    precision: u32,
+    no_leading_equal: bool
+) {
     if let Some(file_name) = input.strip_prefix("load ") {
         if let Some(file_path) = crate::get_input_file_by_name(file_name) {
             crate::load_input_file(&file_path, precision, parser);
@@ -133,7 +144,7 @@ fn eval_repl(repl: &mut self::Context, parser: &mut parser::Context, input: &str
         "clear" => print!("\x1B[2J"),
         "exit" => process::exit(0),
         "help" => print_cli_help(),
-        _ => output::eval(parser, input, precision, repl.base, repl.mode),
+        _ => output::eval(parser, input, precision, repl.base, repl.mode, no_leading_equal),
     }
 }