diff --git a/scripts/local_stylesheet.sh b/scripts/local_stylesheet.sh
index 095003c..92f1db9 100755
--- a/scripts/local_stylesheet.sh
+++ b/scripts/local_stylesheet.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ STYLESHEET=
 STYLESHEET_DIR="$BASE_DIR/stylesheets"
 NAME_PATTERN='*'
 SUFFIX='.xml'
+CACHE=
+SAXON_ARGS=
 
 OUTPUT_DIR=
 
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ function print_help {
 	echo "  -i|--input-dir INPUT_DIR (multiple options add multiple directories). default: '$INPUT_DIR_DEFAULT'"
 	echo "  -o|--output-dir OUTPUT_DIR. default: '$OUTPUT_DIR_DEFAULT/STYLESHEET'"
 	echo "  -x | --suffix SUFFIX: output files suffix. default: '$SUFFIX'"
+	echo "  -c | --cache: only write output if not yet existing"
+	echo "  -o | --options OPTS append these options for saxon"
 	echo
 	echo "ARGUMENTS:"
 	echo "  STYLESHEET: a stylesheet in $STYLESHEET_DIR"
@@ -70,6 +74,15 @@ while [[ $# > 0 ]]; do
 			SUFFIX="$1"
 			shift
 			;;
+		-o | --options)
+			shift
+			SAXON_ARGS="$SAXON_ARGS $1"
+			shift
+			;;
+		-c | --cache)
+			shift
+			CACHE=1
+			;;
 		-* )
 			echo "wrong syntax!"
 			print_help
@@ -118,13 +131,13 @@ java -jar "$TEI_DIR/Stylesheets/lib/saxon9he.jar"
 	"$BASE_DIR/stylesheets/$STYLESHEET"
 	-s:"$file"
 	-o:"$OUTPUT_DIR/$output"
+	$SAXON_ARGS
 EOF
-	# cmd="xsltproc -o \"$OUTPUT_DIR/$output\" \"$BASE_DIR/stylesheets/$STYLESHEET\" \"$file\""
-	if [[ ! -e $OUTPUT_DIR/$output ]]; then
+	if [[ $CACHE ]] && [[ -e $OUTPUT_DIR/$output ]]; then
+		echo "'$OUTPUT_DIR/$output' already exists, skipping..."
+	else
 		echo "execute $cmd"
 		eval $cmd
-	else
-		echo "'$OUTPUT_DIR/$output' already exists, skipping..."
 	fi
 done < <(
 	find "${INPUT_DIRS[@]}" \
diff --git a/scripts/updateOutput.sh b/scripts/updateOutput.sh
index 525b686..0e6426c 100755
--- a/scripts/updateOutput.sh
+++ b/scripts/updateOutput.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ function stage0 () {
 		--input-dir "$output_dir/generated/odd_compiled" \
 		--output-dir "$output_dir/generated/odd_cleaned" \
 		--suffix '.xml' \
+		--cache \
 		clean_odd.xsl
 
 	echo "statistics.xsl..."
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ function stage0 () {
 		--input-dir "$output_dir/generated/odd_cleaned" \
 		--output-dir "$output_dir/generated/statistics" \
 		--suffix '.xml' \
+		--cache \
 		statistics.xsl
 
 	echo "htmlstatistics.xsl..."