diff --git a/askChatGPT b/askChatGPT
index 96180da..fb2069c 100755
--- a/askChatGPT
+++ b/askChatGPT
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# askChatGPT - A simple Bash client for OpenAI Chat API
+# askChatGPT - Bash client for OpenAI Chat API with token-usage to stderr
 # Requires: curl, jq
-# Env var: OPENAI_API_KEY must be set
+# Env: OPENAI_API_KEY must be set
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ MODEL="gpt-4o-mini"
 PREPEND_TEXT=""
 CONTENT_FILE=""
 LIST_MODELS=0
-declare -a PROMPT_WORDS=()   # <-- important: initialize the array
+STREAM=0
+declare -a PROMPT_WORDS=()
 
 usage() {
     cat <<EOF
@@ -20,78 +21,77 @@ Options:
   --list-models               List available models from OpenAI
   -prepend <text>             Text to prepend before the main prompt
   -content-from-file <file>   Read prompt content from file
-  -h, --help                  Show this help message
+  --stream                    Stream output (still reports usage to stderr)
+  -h, --help                  Show this help
 EOF
 }
 
 # Parse args
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
-    case "$1" in
-        -model)
-            MODEL="$2"; shift 2 ;;
-        --list-models)
-            LIST_MODELS=1; shift ;;
-        -prepend)
-            PREPEND_TEXT="$2"; shift 2 ;;
-        -content-from-file)
-            CONTENT_FILE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
-        -h|--help)
-            usage; exit 0 ;;
-        *)
-            PROMPT_WORDS+=("$1"); shift ;;
-    esac
+  case "$1" in
+    -model) MODEL="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    --list-models) LIST_MODELS=1; shift ;;
+    -prepend) PREPEND_TEXT="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    -content-from-file) CONTENT_FILE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    --stream) STREAM=1; shift ;;
+    -h|--help) usage; exit 0 ;;
+    *) PROMPT_WORDS+=("$1"); shift ;;
+  esac
 done
 
-# Check deps
+# Deps
 for dep in curl jq; do
-  command -v "$dep" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Error: '$dep' is required."; exit 1; }
+  command -v "$dep" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Error: '$dep' is required." >&2; exit 1; }
 done
 
-# Check API key
+# API key
 if [[ -z "${OPENAI_API_KEY:-}" ]]; then
-    echo "Error: OPENAI_API_KEY is not set."
-    exit 1
+  echo "Error: OPENAI_API_KEY is not set." >&2
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 # List models
 if [[ "$LIST_MODELS" -eq 1 ]]; then
-    curl -s https://api.openai.com/v1/models \
-        -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
-    | jq -r '.data[].id' | sort
-    exit 0
+  curl -sS https://api.openai.com/v1/models \
+    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
+  | jq -r '.data[].id' | sort
+  exit 0
 fi
 
 # Build prompt
 PROMPT_MAIN=""
 if [[ -n "$CONTENT_FILE" ]]; then
-    [[ -f "$CONTENT_FILE" ]] || { echo "Error: file '$CONTENT_FILE' not found."; exit 1; }
-    PROMPT_MAIN="$(<"$CONTENT_FILE")"
+  [[ -f "$CONTENT_FILE" ]] || { echo "Error: file '$CONTENT_FILE' not found." >&2; exit 1; }
+  PROMPT_MAIN="$(<"$CONTENT_FILE")"
 elif (( ${#PROMPT_WORDS[@]} > 0 )); then
-    PROMPT_MAIN="${PROMPT_WORDS[*]}"
+  PROMPT_MAIN="${PROMPT_WORDS[*]}"
 else
-    if ! [ -t 0 ]; then
-        PROMPT_MAIN="$(cat)"
-    else
-        echo "Error: No prompt provided."
-        usage
-        exit 1
-    fi
+  if ! [ -t 0 ]; then
+    PROMPT_MAIN="$(cat)"
+  else
+    echo "Error: No prompt provided." >&2
+    usage
+    exit 1
+  fi
 fi
 
 PROMPT_FULL=""
 if [[ -n "$PREPEND_TEXT" ]]; then
-    PROMPT_FULL+="$PREPEND_TEXT"$'\n\n'
+  PROMPT_FULL+="$PREPEND_TEXT"$'\n\n'
 fi
 PROMPT_FULL+="$PROMPT_MAIN"
 
-# JSON-escape content safely
 JSON_CONTENT=$(printf '%s' "$PROMPT_FULL" | jq -Rs .)
 
-# Send request
-RESPONSE=$(curl -s https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions \
-  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
-  -d "$(cat <<EOF
+API_URL="https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions"
+
+if [[ $STREAM -eq 0 ]]; then
+  # -------- Non-streaming ----------
+  RESPONSE=$(
+    curl -sS "$API_URL" \
+      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+      -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
+      -d "$(cat <<EOF
 {
   "model": "$MODEL",
   "messages": [
@@ -99,15 +99,76 @@ RESPONSE=$(curl -s https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions \
   ]
 }
 EOF
-)")
+)"
+  )
 
-# Extract and print answer (or error)
-echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '
-  if .choices and .choices[0].message.content then
-    .choices[0].message.content
-  elif .error and .error.message then
-    "API Error: " + .error.message
-  else
-    "Error: No content in response"
-  end
-'
+  # Print assistant reply to stdout
+  echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '
+    if .choices and .choices[0].message.content then
+      .choices[0].message.content
+    elif .error and .error.message then
+      "API Error: " + .error.message
+    else
+      "Error: No content in response"
+    end
+  '
+
+  # Print token usage to stderr (if present)
+  if [[ "$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq 'has("usage")')" == "true" ]]; then
+    PT=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '.usage.prompt_tokens // 0')
+    CT=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '.usage.completion_tokens // 0')
+    TT=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '.usage.total_tokens // 0')
+    echo "tokens: prompt=$PT completion=$CT total=$TT" >&2
+  fi
+
+else
+  # -------- Streaming ----------
+  # We request usage in the final streamed chunk
+  # Note: final chunk will have .usage populated and .choices == []
+  CURL_RESP=$(
+    curl -sS -N "$API_URL" \
+      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+      -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
+      -d "$(cat <<EOF
+{
+  "model": "$MODEL",
+  "stream": true,
+  "stream_options": { "include_usage": true },
+  "messages": [
+    {"role": "user", "content": $JSON_CONTENT}
+  ]
+}
+EOF
+)"
+  )
+
+  # Process SSE lines
+  USAGE_PRINTED=0
+  # We’ll print content tokens as they come, and keep a trailing newline at the end
+  while IFS= read -r line; do
+    [[ $line != data:* ]] && continue
+    payload="${line#data: }"
+    [[ "$payload" == "[DONE]" ]] && break
+
+    # Print incremental content (no newline, flush as it streams)
+    chunk_content=$(printf '%s' "$payload" | jq -r '.choices[0].delta.content // empty' 2>/dev/null || true)
+    if [[ -n "$chunk_content" ]]; then
+      printf "%s" "$chunk_content"
+    fi
+
+    # If this chunk carries usage, print to stderr
+    if [[ "$(printf '%s' "$payload" | jq 'has("usage")' 2>/dev/null || echo false)" == "true" ]]; then
+      PT=$(printf '%s' "$payload" | jq -r '.usage.prompt_tokens // 0')
+      CT=$(printf '%s' "$payload" | jq -r '.usage.completion_tokens // 0')
+      TT=$(printf '%s' "$payload" | jq -r '.usage.total_tokens // 0')
+      echo ""  # ensure the streamed answer ends with newline on stdout
+      echo "tokens: prompt=$PT completion=$CT total=$TT" >&2
+      USAGE_PRINTED=1
+    fi
+  done <<< "$CURL_RESP"
+
+  # Safety: if for some reason usage didn’t arrive, still end with newline
+  if [[ $USAGE_PRINTED -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo ""
+  fi
+fi