diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9500e29..fcacccd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ On macOS, the path is `~/Library/Application\ Support/viddy.toml`.
 
 ```toml
 [general]
+no_shell = false
 shell = "zsh"
 shell_options = ""
 
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 5b9775f..2cc0325 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type runtimeConfig struct {
 }
 
 type general struct {
+	noShell        bool
 	shell          string
 	shellOptions   string
 	debug          bool
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ func newConfig(v *viper.Viper, args []string) (*config, error) {
 	flagSet.BoolP("skip-empty-diffs", "s", false, "skip snapshots with no changes (+0 -0) in history")
 	flagSet.BoolP("no-title", "t", false, "turn off header")
 	flagSet.Bool("debug", false, "")
+	flagSet.Bool("no-shell", false, "do not use a shell even if --shell is set")
 	flagSet.String("shell", "", "shell (default \"sh\")")
 	flagSet.String("shell-options", "", "additional shell options")
 	flagSet.Bool("unfold", false, "unfold")
@@ -132,6 +134,10 @@ func newConfig(v *viper.Viper, args []string) (*config, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if err := v.BindPFlag("general.no_shell", flagSet.Lookup("no-shell")); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	if err := v.BindPFlag("general.shell", flagSet.Lookup("shell")); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -167,6 +173,7 @@ func newConfig(v *viper.Viper, args []string) (*config, error) {
 	}
 
 	conf.general.debug = v.GetBool("general.debug")
+	conf.general.noShell = v.GetBool("general.no_shell")
 	conf.general.shell = v.GetString("general.shell")
 	conf.general.shellOptions = v.GetString("general.shell_options")
 	conf.general.bell, _ = flagSet.GetBool("bell")
diff --git a/snapshot.go b/snapshot.go
index f645a4d..45438be 100644
--- a/snapshot.go
+++ b/snapshot.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type Snapshot struct {
 	command string
 	args    []string
 
+	noShell   bool
 	shell     string
 	shellOpts string
 
@@ -50,12 +51,13 @@ type Snapshot struct {
 // NewSnapshot returns Snapshot object.
 //
 //nolint:lll
-func NewSnapshot(id int64, command string, args []string, shell string, shellOpts string, before *Snapshot, finish chan<- struct{}) *Snapshot {
+func NewSnapshot(id int64, command string, args []string, noShell bool, shell string, shellOpts string, before *Snapshot, finish chan<- struct{}) *Snapshot {
 	return &Snapshot{
 		id:      id,
 		command: command,
 		args:    args,
 
+		noShell:   noShell,
 		shell:     shell,
 		shellOpts: shellOpts,
 
@@ -97,22 +99,25 @@ func (s *Snapshot) compareFromBefore() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+//nolint:gosec
 func (s *Snapshot) prepareCommand(commands []string) *exec.Cmd {
-	var command *exec.Cmd
-
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		cmdStr := strings.Join(commands, " ")
 		compSec := os.Getenv("COMSPEC")
-		command = exec.Command(compSec, "/c", cmdStr)
-	} else {
-		var args []string
-		args = append(args, strings.Fields(s.shellOpts)...)
-		args = append(args, "-c")
-		args = append(args, strings.Join(commands, " "))
-		command = exec.Command(s.shell, args...) //nolint:gosec
+
+		return exec.Command(compSec, "/c", cmdStr)
 	}
 
-	return command
+	if s.noShell {
+		return exec.Command(commands[0], commands[1:]...)
+	}
+
+	var args []string
+	args = append(args, strings.Fields(s.shellOpts)...)
+	args = append(args, "-c")
+	args = append(args, strings.Join(commands, " "))
+
+	return exec.Command(s.shell, args...)
 }
 
 func isWhiteString(str string) bool {
diff --git a/viddy.go b/viddy.go
index 42e063a..f659dbf 100644
--- a/viddy.go
+++ b/viddy.go
@@ -101,7 +101,16 @@ func NewViddy(conf *config) *Viddy {
 	begin := time.Now().UnixNano()
 
 	newSnap := func(id int64, before *Snapshot, finish chan<- struct{}) *Snapshot {
-		return NewSnapshot(id, conf.runtime.cmd, conf.runtime.args, conf.general.shell, conf.general.shellOptions, before, finish)
+		return NewSnapshot(
+			id,
+			conf.runtime.cmd,
+			conf.runtime.args,
+			conf.general.noShell,
+			conf.general.shell,
+			conf.general.shellOptions,
+			before,
+			finish,
+		)
 	}
 
 	var (