diff --git a/src/hex.c b/src/hex.c
index b9e0748..38001c4 100644
--- a/src/hex.c
+++ b/src/hex.c
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ void init_flags(struct flags* flags)
 
 	flags->offset = 0;
 
+	flags->littleendian = false;
+
 	flags->octets = 2;
+	flags->customoctets = false;
+
 	flags->len = -1; // -1 means til EOF
 	flags->uppercase = false;
 	flags->decimaloffset = false;
@@ -30,19 +34,37 @@ void init_flags(struct flags* flags)
 	flags->cap_c_style = false;
 }
 
-void init_cols(struct flags* flags)
+static void init_octets(struct flags* flags)
+{
+	if (flags->customoctets)
+		return;
+
+	if (flags->littleendian)
+		flags->octets = 4;
+	else
+	 	flags->octets = 2;;
+}
+
+static void init_cols(struct flags* flags)
 {
 	if (flags->customcols)
 		return;
 
-	if (flags->postscript == true)
+	if (flags->postscript)
 		flags->cols = 30;
-	else if (flags->c_style == true)
+	else if (flags->c_style)
 		flags->cols = 12;
 	else
 		flags->cols = 16;
 }
 
+void init_var_defaults(struct flags* flags)
+{
+	init_octets(flags);
+	init_cols(flags);
+}
+
+
 void free_hex_chunk(hex_chunk_t* chunk)
 {
 	free(chunk->text);
@@ -124,13 +146,20 @@ static void write_octet(char a, char b, FILE* stream)
 			a, b, (newline ? green_str : ""));
 }
 
+static void display_octet(char* text, FILE* stream)
+{
+	uint i;
+	for (i = 0; i < (flags.octets * 2); i += 2)
+		write_octet(((text) + i)[0], ((text) + i)[1], stream);
+}
+
 static void standard_output(char** text, FILE* stream)
 {
-	uint i, j;
+	uint i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < (flags.cols * 2); i += (flags.octets * 2)) {
-		for (j = 0; j < (flags.octets * 2); j += 2)
-			write_octet(((*text) + i + j)[0], ((*text) + i + j)[1], stream);
+		display_octet(((*text) + i), stream);
+
 		if (!flags.postscript)
 			fprintf(stream, " ");
 	}
diff --git a/src/include/hex.h b/src/include/hex.h
index 64da916..5766682 100644
--- a/src/include/hex.h
+++ b/src/include/hex.h
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@ struct flags {
 	uint cols; // choose the amount of columns to display (default 16) // done
 	bool customcols;
 
+	bool littleendian;
+
 	uint offset;
 	
 	uint octets; // number of octets per line (default 2) // done
+	bool customoctets;	
+
 	int len; // max len to stop at //done 
 	bool uppercase; // do uppercase hex chars // done
 	bool decimaloffset; // do decimal offset instead of hex // done
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ struct flags {
 // TODO: implement flags and stuff
 
 void init_flags(struct flags* flags);
-void init_cols(struct flags* flags);
+void init_var_defaults(struct flags* flags);
 
 void free_hex_chunk(hex_chunk_t* chunk);
 void add_text_to_chunk(char* src, char** dst);
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index c871d5a..4866623 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ static struct argp_option options[] = {
 	{0, 'C', 0, 0, "capitalize variable names in C include file style (-i).", 0},
 	{0, 'n', "name", 0, "set the variable name used in C include output (-i).", 0},
 	{0, 'o', "off", 0, "add <off> to the displayed file position.", 0},
+	{0, 'e', 0, 0, "little-endian dump (incompatible with -ps,-i,-r).", 0},
 	{0}
 };
 
@@ -42,10 +43,14 @@ static error_t parse_opt(int key, char* arg, struct argp_state* state)
 			break;
 		case 'g':
 			flags->octets = atoi(arg);
+			flags->customoctets = true;
 			break;
 		case 'o':
 			flags->offset = atoi(arg);
 			break;
+		case 'e':
+			flags->littleendian = true;
+			break;
 		case 'R':
 			if (strcmp(arg, "none") == 0)
 				flags->coloured = false;
@@ -204,7 +209,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
 	argp_parse(&argp, argc, argv, 0, 0, &flags);
 
-	init_cols(&flags);
+	init_var_defaults(&flags);
 	
 	do_text_parse(&lines, (flags.files[0] == NULL ? true : false));