diff --git a/scrape.sh b/scrape.sh
index 18b01f9..4b86f99 100755
--- a/scrape.sh
+++ b/scrape.sh
@@ -9,22 +9,37 @@ function usage {
   OPTIONS:
     -h --help -?                      print usage
     --events                          File in JSON format that contains an array
-                                      of prevously parsed events.
+                                      of prevously parsed events. This option
+                                      will disable image scraping of previously
+                                      scraped events.
     -p --page                         Facebook page id. Scrape all events of a
                                       specific facebook page.
     --pages                           List of Facebook page ids. See examples for
                                       format.
     -o --output                       Output events into this path instead of
                                       stdout.
-    -i --images                       Scrape event images (experimental)
+    -i --images (experimental)        Scrape event images.
     --image-directory                 Default: './img'. Set directory for saving
                                       event images.
+    --skip-upcoming-events            Default: The scraper will automatically
+                                      scrape upcoming events, with this option
+                                      enabled they will be skipped.
+    --past-events (experimental)      Default: The scraper will not scrape past
+                                      events by default. Enabling this option
+                                      makes the scraper include past events.
+                                      Please note that this might take a while
+                                      depending on the number of past events.
   NOTE:
   Events and pages needs to be public. Private events or pages are not yet
   supported.
 
   EXAMPLES:
+  # Select files with options
   ./scrape.sh -p livesentralen -o events.json --events=events.json
+
+  # You can redirect standard output into a file
+  ./scrape.sh --pages="livesentralen,tyventrondheim" > events.json
+
 EOF
 }
 
diff --git a/src/logic.js b/src/logic.js
index be979da..5b560b7 100644
--- a/src/logic.js
+++ b/src/logic.js
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ const parse_args = (args) => {
     pathOr('./img', ['image-directory'], argv),
   );
 
+  const get_upcoming_events = !pathOr(false, ['skip-upcoming-events'], argv);
+  const get_past_events = pathOr(false, ['past-events'], argv);
+
   return {
     page_ids: [
       ...parse_param('page'),
@@ -85,6 +88,8 @@ const parse_args = (args) => {
     output,
     images,
     image_directory,
+    get_upcoming_events,
+    get_past_events,
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/src/scrape.js b/src/scrape.js
index fe62b1d..4a8fa21 100644
--- a/src/scrape.js
+++ b/src/scrape.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ const {
 
 const {
   events: event_file,
+  get_past_events,
+  get_upcoming_events,
   image_directory,
   images,
   output,
@@ -30,12 +32,11 @@ const {
   let events = [];
 
   for (let page_id of page_ids) {
-    const past_events = false;
     const new_events = await get_page_events(
       browser,
       page_id,
-      true,
-      past_events,
+      get_upcoming_events,
+      get_past_events,
     );
 
     events = merge_edges(new_events, events);
diff --git a/tests/parse_args.test.js b/tests/parse_args.test.js
index 08b7029..ba3cb1d 100644
--- a/tests/parse_args.test.js
+++ b/tests/parse_args.test.js
@@ -107,4 +107,24 @@ describe('test parse args', () => {
       expect(res.image_directory).toEqual('img');
     });
   });
+
+  it('parses skip upcoming events option', () => {
+    const res = parse_args(['--skip-upcoming-events']);
+    expect(res.get_upcoming_events).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
+  it('sets the correct default value for getting upcoming events', () => {
+    const res = parse_args([]);
+    expect(res.get_upcoming_events).toEqual(true);
+  });
+
+  it('sets the correct default value for getting upcoming events', () => {
+    const res = parse_args([]);
+    expect(res.get_past_events).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
+  it('parses skip upcoming events option', () => {
+    const res = parse_args(['--past-events']);
+    expect(res.get_past_events).toEqual(true);
+  });
 });