diff --git a/man/wofi.7 b/man/wofi.7
index c36d477..ae35a7d 100644
--- a/man/wofi.7
+++ b/man/wofi.7
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ If true the result returned by dmenu will be stripped of image escape sequences
 .TP
 .B separator=\fICHAR\fR
 The character used to separate dmenu entries, default is \\n.
+.TP
+.B print_line_num=\fIBOOL\fR
+When an entry is selected the number of the line the entry was on is printed instead of the entry itself. This disables caching as it's fundamentally incompatible with it.
 
 .SH RUN CONFIG OPTIONS
 .TP
diff --git a/modes/dmenu.c b/modes/dmenu.c
index 359df18..e7bebb3 100644
--- a/modes/dmenu.c
+++ b/modes/dmenu.c
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
 
 #include <wofi.h>
 
-static const char* arg_names[] = {"parse_action", "separator"};
+static const char* arg_names[] = {"parse_action", "separator", "print_line_num"};
 
 static bool parse_action;
 static char* separator;
+static bool print_line_num;
 static struct mode* mode;
 
 struct node {
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ void wofi_dmenu_init(struct mode* this, struct map* config) {
 	mode = this;
 	parse_action = strcmp(config_get(config, "parse_action", "false"), "true") == 0;
 	separator = config_get(config, "separator", "\n");
+	print_line_num = strcmp(config_get(config, "print_line_num", "false"), "true") == 0;
 
 	if(strcmp(separator, "\\n") == 0) {
 		separator = "\n";
@@ -44,7 +46,6 @@ void wofi_dmenu_init(struct mode* this, struct map* config) {
 	wl_list_init(&widgets);
 
 	struct map* cached = map_init();
-	struct wl_list* cache = wofi_read_cache(mode);
 
 	struct wl_list entries;
 	wl_list_init(&entries);
@@ -65,29 +66,46 @@ void wofi_dmenu_init(struct mode* this, struct map* config) {
 	}
 	free(line);
 
-	struct cache_line* node, *tmp;
-	wl_list_for_each_safe(node, tmp, cache, link) {
-		if(map_contains(entry_map, node->line)) {
-			map_put(cached, node->line, "true");
-			struct node* widget = malloc(sizeof(struct node));
-			widget->widget = wofi_create_widget(mode, &node->line, node->line, &node->line, 1);
-			wl_list_insert(&widgets, &widget->link);
-		} else {
-			wofi_remove_cache(mode, node->line);
+	if(!print_line_num) {
+		struct wl_list* cache = wofi_read_cache(mode);
+
+		struct cache_line* node, *tmp;
+		wl_list_for_each_safe(node, tmp, cache, link) {
+			if(map_contains(entry_map, node->line)) {
+				map_put(cached, node->line, "true");
+				struct node* widget = malloc(sizeof(struct node));
+				widget->widget = wofi_create_widget(mode, &node->line, node->line, &node->line, 1);
+				wl_list_insert(&widgets, &widget->link);
+			} else {
+				wofi_remove_cache(mode, node->line);
+			}
+			free(node->line);
+			wl_list_remove(&node->link);
+			free(node);
 		}
-		free(node->line);
-		wl_list_remove(&node->link);
-		free(node);
+		free(cache);
 	}
 
-	free(cache);
 	map_free(entry_map);
 
+	uint16_t line_num = 0;
+
+	struct cache_line* node, *tmp;
 	wl_list_for_each_reverse_safe(node, tmp, &entries, link) {
 		if(!map_contains(cached, node->line)) {
+
+			char* action;
+			if(print_line_num) {
+				action = malloc(6);
+				snprintf(action, 6, "%u", line_num++);
+			} else {
+				action = strdup(node->line);
+			}
+
 			struct node* widget = malloc(sizeof(struct node));
-			widget->widget = wofi_create_widget(mode, &node->line, node->line, &node->line, 1);
+			widget->widget = wofi_create_widget(mode, &node->line, node->line, &action, 1);
 			wl_list_insert(&widgets, &widget->link);
+			free(action);
 		}
 		free(node->line);
 		wl_list_remove(&node->link);
@@ -121,7 +139,9 @@ void wofi_dmenu_exec(const gchar* cmd) {
 			action = out;
 		}
 	}
-	wofi_write_cache(mode, cmd);
+	if(!print_line_num) {
+		wofi_write_cache(mode, cmd);
+	}
 	printf("%s\n", action);
 	free(action);
 	exit(0);