diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index b2bca64..c794c76 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ Example:
         "bgcolor": [20, 120, 20],
         "textcolor": [180, 20, 180],
         "cover_url": "https://website.com/image.png"
+    },
+    "output_dir": "/tmp/ebooks",
+    "site_options": {
+        "RoyalRoad": {
+            "output_dir": "/tmp/litrpg_isekai_trash"
+        }
     }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/ebook/__init__.py b/ebook/__init__.py
index c4c543a..4367c46 100644
--- a/ebook/__init__.py
+++ b/ebook/__init__.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def chapter_html(story, titleprefix=None, normalize=False):
     return chapters
 
 
-def generate_epub(story, cover_options={}, output_filename=None, normalize=False):
+def generate_epub(story, cover_options={}, output_filename=None, output_dir=None, normalize=False):
     dates = list(story.dates())
     metadata = {
         'title': story.title,
@@ -145,6 +145,6 @@ def generate_epub(story, cover_options={}, output_filename=None, normalize=False
 
     output_filename = output_filename or story.title + '.epub'
 
-    output_filename = make_epub(output_filename, files, metadata)
+    output_filename = make_epub(output_filename, files, metadata, output_dir=output_dir)
 
     return output_filename
diff --git a/ebook/epub.py b/ebook/epub.py
index dd52ebc..7a1bfcb 100644
--- a/ebook/epub.py
+++ b/ebook/epub.py
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ def sanitize_filename(s):
     return filename
 
 
-def make_epub(filename, files, meta, compress=True):
+def make_epub(filename, files, meta, compress=True, output_dir=False):
     unique_id = meta.get('unique_id', False)
     if not unique_id:
         unique_id = 'leech_book_' + str(uuid.uuid4())
 
     filename = sanitize_filename(filename)
+    if output_dir:
+        filename = os.path.join(output_dir, filename)
     epub = zipfile.ZipFile(filename, 'w', compression=compress and zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED or zipfile.ZIP_STORED)
 
     # The first file must be named "mimetype", and shouldn't be compressed
diff --git a/leech.py b/leech.py
index 6c43270..b68a8e0 100755
--- a/leech.py
+++ b/leech.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import click
 import http.cookiejar
 import json
 import logging
+import os
 import requests
 import requests_cache
 import sqlite3
@@ -59,11 +60,15 @@ def load_on_disk_options(site):
             login = store.get('logins', {}).get(site.site_key(), False)
             configured_site_options = store.get('site_options', {}).get(site.site_key(), {})
             cover_options = store.get('cover', {})
+            output_dir = store.get('output_dir', False)
     except FileNotFoundError:
         logger.info("Unable to locate leech.json. Continuing assuming it does not exist.")
         login = False
         configured_site_options = {}
         cover_options = {}
+        output_dir = False
+    if output_dir and 'output_dir' not in configured_site_options:
+        configured_site_options['output_dir'] = output_dir
     return configured_site_options, login, cover_options
 
 
@@ -143,20 +148,26 @@ def flush(verbose):
     default='{}',
     help='JSON object encoding any site specific option.'
 )
+@click.option(
+    '--output-dir',
+    default=None,
+    help='Directory to save generated ebooks'
+)
 @click.option('--cache/--no-cache', default=True)
 @click.option('--normalize/--no-normalize', default=True, help="Whether to normalize strange unicode text")
 @click.option('--verbose', '-v', is_flag=True, help="Verbose debugging output")
 @site_specific_options  # Includes other click.options specific to sites
-def download(url, site_options, cache, verbose, normalize, **other_flags):
+def download(url, site_options, cache, verbose, normalize, output_dir, **other_flags):
     """Downloads a story and saves it on disk as a ebpub ebook."""
     configure_logging(verbose)
     session = create_session(cache)
 
     site, url = sites.get(url)
     options, login = create_options(site, site_options, other_flags)
+    output_dir = output_dir or options.get('output_dir', os.getcwd())
     story = open_story(site, url, session, login, options)
     if story:
-        filename = ebook.generate_epub(story, options, normalize=normalize)
+        filename = ebook.generate_epub(story, options, normalize=normalize, output_dir=output_dir)
         logger.info("File created: " + filename)
     else:
         logger.warning("No ebook created")