diff --git a/pyfpdb/Anonymise.py b/pyfpdb/Anonymise.py
index 512980e0..1d9fd63e 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/Anonymise.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Anonymise.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import codecs
 import Options
 import HandHistoryConverter
 import Configuration
+import sys
 
 (options, argv) = Options.fpdb_options()
 config = Configuration.Config()
@@ -27,6 +28,13 @@ else:
 
 m = hhc.re_PlayerInfo.finditer(filecontents)
 
+outfile = options.infile+".anon"
+print "Output being written to", outfile
+
+savestdout = sys.stdout
+fsock = open(outfile,"w")
+sys.stdout = fsock
+
 players = []
 for a in m:
     players = players + [a.group('PNAME')]
@@ -37,3 +45,7 @@ for i, name in enumerate(uniq):
     filecontents = filecontents.replace(name, 'Player%d' %i)
 
 print filecontents
+
+sys.stdout = savestdout
+fsock.close()
+