diff --git a/src/__pycache__/tree_repr.cpython-39.pyc b/src/__pycache__/tree_repr.cpython-39.pyc
index 524222b..cff5158 100644
Binary files a/src/__pycache__/tree_repr.cpython-39.pyc and b/src/__pycache__/tree_repr.cpython-39.pyc differ
diff --git a/src/tree_repr.py b/src/tree_repr.py
index 7ee1d90..4fa04b8 100644
--- a/src/tree_repr.py
+++ b/src/tree_repr.py
@@ -234,13 +234,20 @@ def find_children(tree, item_abs_path):
 
   return (False, [])
 
-def find_tree_struct(startpath, item_name):
+def find_tree_struct(startpath, item_name, opts={}):
   '''
   '''
   results = find_node(startpath, item_name)
+
+  dont_show_children_nodes = True if opts.get('dont_show_children_nodes') else False
+
   if not results:
     return {}
 
+  if dont_show_children_nodes: 
+    for result in results:
+      result['children'] = []
+
   tree_struct = {}
 
   for node in results:
@@ -277,8 +284,8 @@ def nerd_tree(startpath):
   tree_txt = nerd_tree_from_struct(tree_struct)
   print(tree_txt)
 
-def find_nerd_tree(startpath, item_name):
-  tree_struct = find_tree_struct(startpath, item_name)
+def find_nerd_tree(startpath, item_name, opts={}):
+  tree_struct = find_tree_struct(startpath, item_name, opts=opts)
   if not tree_struct:
     print('No results')
     return