diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index 981c15f..fb3f54b 100755
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -92,27 +92,29 @@ function parse (source) {
 
     return JSON.stringify(parsed, null, options.indent);
   } catch (e) {
-    if (options.forcePrettyPrint) {
-      /* From https://github.com/umbrae/jsonlintdotcom:
-       * If we failed to validate, run our manual formatter and then re-validate so that we
-       * can get a better line number. On a successful validate, we don't want to run our
-       * manual formatter because the automatic one is faster and probably more reliable.
-       */
-
-      try {
-        formatted = formatter.formatJson(source, options.indent);
-        // Re-parse so exception output gets better line numbers
-        parsed = parser.parse(formatted);
-      } catch (e) {
+    if (!options.quiet) {
+      if (options.forcePrettyPrint) {
+        /* From https://github.com/umbrae/jsonlintdotcom:
+        * If we failed to validate, run our manual formatter and then re-validate so that we
+         * can get a better line number. On a successful validate, we don't want to run our
+         * manual formatter because the automatic one is faster and probably more reliable.
+        */
+
+        try {
+          formatted = formatter.formatJson(source, options.indent);
+          // Re-parse so exception output gets better line numbers
+          parsed = parser.parse(formatted);
+        } catch (e) {
+          if (! options.compact) {
+            console.error(e);
+          }
+          // force the pretty print before exiting
+          console.log(formatted);
+        }
+      } else {
         if (! options.compact) {
           console.error(e);
         }
-        // force the pretty print before exiting
-        console.log(formatted);
-      }
-    } else {
-      if (! options.compact) {
-        console.error(e);
       }
     }
     process.exit(1);
@@ -146,7 +148,8 @@ function main (args) {
       source += chunk.toString('utf8');
     });
     stdin.on('end', function () {
-      if (! options.quiet) {console.log(parse(source))};
+      var parsed = parse(source);
+      if (! options.quiet) {console.log(parsed)};
     });
   }
 }