diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9984e63..e6daaca 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ optional arguments:
   -m, --manual          choose the song to download manually (default: False)
   -a, --avconv          Use avconv for conversion. If not set
                         defaults to FFmpeg (default: False)
+  -f FOLDER, --folder FOLDER
+                        path to folder where files will be stored in (default:
+                        Music/)
   -v, --verbose         show debug output (default: False)
   -i INPUT_EXT, --input_ext INPUT_EXT
                         prefered input format .m4a or .webm (Opus) (default:
@@ -153,6 +156,10 @@ http://open.spotify.com/track/64yrDBpcdwEdNY9loyEGbX
 
 - Then you can simply run `python spotdl.py --list=<playlist_name>.txt` to download them all!
 
+#### Specify the target directory
+
+If you don't want to download all the songs to the `Music/` folder relative to the `spotdl.py` script, you can use the `-f`/`--file` option. E.g. `python spotdl.py -s "adele hello" -f "/home/user/Music/"`. This works with both relative and absolute paths.
+
 ## Running tests
 
 `python -m pytest test`
diff --git a/core/convert.py b/core/convert.py
index 9696535..3ad2c24 100644
--- a/core/convert.py
+++ b/core/convert.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def song(input_song, output_song, folder, avconv=False, verbose=False):
         if avconv:
             exit_code = convert_with_avconv(input_song, output_song, folder, verbose)
         else:
-            exit_code = convert_with_ffmpeg(input_song,  output_song, folder, verbose)
+            exit_code = convert_with_ffmpeg(input_song, output_song, folder, verbose)
         return exit_code
     return 0
 
diff --git a/core/misc.py b/core/misc.py
index ece20de..58f1d48 100755
--- a/core/misc.py
+++ b/core/misc.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def get_arguments():
         action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument(
         '-f', '--folder', default='Music/',
-        help='path to folder where files will stored in')
+        help='path to folder where files will be stored in')
     parser.add_argument(
         '-v', '--verbose', default=False, help='show debug output',
         action='store_true')