diff --git a/files/archive-subfolders b/files/archive-subfolders
index 918b362..cdd154a 100755
--- a/files/archive-subfolders
+++ b/files/archive-subfolders
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-VERSION="20250225"
+VERSION="20251130"
 
 function helpexit() {
     BS=$( basename "$0" )
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ function helpexit() {
     echo "  -z    Compress."
     echo "  -n    No compression. [default]"
     echo "  -y    Dont ask before starting the archival."
+    echo "  --output DIR Output directory for archives."
     echo "  --nl  Do not store a separate file list."
     echo "  --rm  Remove source folders after archival."
     echo "  --split SIZE  Split archive to SIZE. ex. 500G"
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ REMOVE=0
 KEEP_LIST=1
 YES=0
 SPLIT=""
+OUTPUT_DIR="."
 CHUNKSIZE=100M
 for ((i=1; i<=${#@}; i++)) {
     [[ "${!i}" = "-h" ]] && helpexit
@@ -88,12 +90,17 @@ for ((i=1; i<=${#@}; i++)) {
     [[ "${!i}" = "--rm" ]] && { REMOVE=1; continue; }
     [[ "${!i}" = "--split" ]] && { i=$(( i + 1 )); SPLIT="${!i}"; continue; }
     [[ "${!i}" = "--chunk" ]] && { i=$(( i + 1 )); CHUNKSIZE="${!i}"; continue; }
+    [[ "${!i}" = "--output" ]] && { i=$(( i + 1 )); OUTPUT_DIR="${!i}"; continue; }
     [[ "${!i}" = "-"* ]] && helpexit
     FOLDERS+=( "${!i%/}" )
     DEPTH=0
 }
 [[ ${#FOLDERS[@]} -eq 0 ]] && FOLDERS+=( "." )
 which pv &>/dev/null || { echo pv command missing; exit 1; }
+if [[ ! -e "$OUTPUT_DIR" ]]; then
+  echo "Output folder must exist: $OUTPUT_DIR"
+  exit 1
+fi
 if [[ -n "$SPLIT" ]]; then
   which split &>/dev/null || { echo split command missing; exit 1; }
   if [[ "$SPLIT" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || [[ "$SPLIT" =~ ^[0-9]+[KMGTPEZ]$ ]] || [[ "$SPLIT" =~ ^[0-9]+[KMGTPEZ]B$ ]]; then
@@ -138,36 +145,36 @@ for d in "${REALFOLDERS[@]}"; do
   printf "$d"
   SIZE=$( find "$d" -type f -printf %s"\n" | count_size "$d" )
   if [[ -n "$SPLIT" ]]; then
-    STORECMD="| split -d -a 4 -b $SPLIT - $d.${SUFFIX}."
+    STORECMD="| split -d -a 4 -b $SPLIT - ${OUTPUT_DIR}/$d.${SUFFIX}."
   else
-    STORECMD="> \"$d.${SUFFIX}\""
+    STORECMD="> \"${OUTPUT_DIR}/$d.${SUFFIX}\""
   fi
   printf "\n"
-  eval "tar cvv $SORTFILES --index-file=\"$d.${SUFFIX}.lst\" \"$d\" | \
+  eval "tar cvv $SORTFILES --index-file=\"${OUTPUT_DIR}/$d.${SUFFIX}.lst\" \"$d\" | \
         pv -s \"$SIZE\" $COMPRESSCMD $CHUNKCMD $STORECMD" && {
     # tar exists okay
-    NEWEST="$( awk '{ print $4 " " $5 }' "$d.${SUFFIX}.lst" | sort | tail -n 1 )"
+    NEWEST="$( awk '{ print $4 " " $5 }' "${OUTPUT_DIR}/$d.${SUFFIX}.lst" | sort | tail -n 1 )"
     if [[ -n "$SPLIT" ]]; then
       touch \
         -d "$NEWEST" \
-        "$d.${SUFFIX}".*[0123456789] \
-        "$d.${SUFFIX}.lst"
+        "${OUTPUT_DIR}/$d.${SUFFIX}".*[0123456789] \
+        "${OUTPUT_DIR}/$d.${SUFFIX}.lst"
       shopt -s nullglob
-      set -- "$d.${SUFFIX}".*[0123456789]
+      set -- "${OUTPUT_DIR}/$d.${SUFFIX}".*[0123456789]
       if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
          echo "Split produced only one file:"
-         mv -v "$d.${SUFFIX}".*[0123456789] "$d.${SUFFIX}"
+         mv -v "${OUTPUT_DIR}/$d.${SUFFIX}".*[0123456789] "${OUTPUT_DIR}/$d.${SUFFIX}"
       fi
       shopt -u nullglob
     else
       touch \
         -d "$NEWEST" \
-        "$d.${SUFFIX}" \
-        "$d.${SUFFIX}.lst"
+        "${OUTPUT_DIR}/$d.${SUFFIX}" \
+        "${OUTPUT_DIR}/$d.${SUFFIX}.lst"
     fi
 
     if [ "$KEEP_LIST" -eq 0 ]; then
-      rm -f "$d.${SUFFIX}.lst"
+      rm -f "${OUTPUT_DIR}/$d.${SUFFIX}.lst"
     fi
     if [ "$REMOVE" -eq 1 ]; then
       printf "${Y}Removing folder $d$Z\n"