diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/api.sh b/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
index 79fc90f4..e824640a 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
@@ -301,14 +301,23 @@ secretRead() {
 }
 
 apiFunc() {
-  local data response status status_col
+  local data response status status_col verbose
+
+  # Define if the output will be verbose (default) or silent
+  verbose="verbose"
+  if [ "$1" = "silent" ] || [ "$1" = "-s" ]; then
+    verbose=""
+    shift
+  fi
 
   # Authenticate with the API
-  LoginAPI verbose
-  echo ""
+  LoginAPI "${verbose}"
 
-  echo "Requesting: ${COL_PURPLE}GET ${COL_CYAN}${API_URL}${COL_YELLOW}$1${COL_NC}"
-  echo ""
+  if [ "${verbose}" = "verbose" ]; then
+    echo ""
+    echo "Requesting: ${COL_PURPLE}GET ${COL_CYAN}${API_URL}${COL_YELLOW}$1${COL_NC}"
+    echo ""
+  fi
 
   # Get the data from the API
   response=$(GetFTLData "$1" raw)
@@ -325,11 +334,18 @@ apiFunc() {
   else
     status_col="${COL_RED}"
   fi
-  echo "Status: ${status_col}${status}${COL_NC}"
+
+  # Only print the status in verbose mode or if the status is not 200
+  if [ "${verbose}" = "verbose" ] || [ "${status}" != 200 ]; then
+    echo "Status: ${status_col}${status}${COL_NC}"
+  fi
 
   # Output the data. Format it with jq if available and data is actually JSON.
   # Otherwise just print it
-  echo "Data:"
+  if [ "${verbose}" = "verbose" ]; then
+    echo "Data:"
+  fi
+
   if command -v jq >/dev/null && echo "${data}" | jq . >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo "${data}" | jq .
   else
@@ -337,5 +353,5 @@ apiFunc() {
   fi
 
   # Delete the session
-  LogoutAPI verbose
+  LogoutAPI "${verbose}"
 }
diff --git a/pihole b/pihole
index bf662a82..39eec5a8 100755
--- a/pihole
+++ b/pihole
@@ -592,6 +592,6 @@ case "${1}" in
   "updatechecker"                 ) shift; updateCheckFunc "$@";;
   "arpflush"                      ) arpFunc "$@";;
   "-t" | "tail"                   ) tailFunc "$2";;
-  "api"                           ) apiFunc "$2";;
+  "api"                           ) shift; apiFunc "$@";;
   *                               ) helpFunc;;
 esac