diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 22ce0da..9bc7fa6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@
 /.pytest_cache
 /.vscode
 
-.env
\ No newline at end of file
+.env
+
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nomics/api/candles.py b/nomics/api/candles.py
index e2b5577..d00b0b4 100644
--- a/nomics/api/candles.py
+++ b/nomics/api/candles.py
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ def get_candles(self, interval, currency = None, base = None, quote = None, exch
         resp = requests.get(url, params = params)
 
         if resp.status_code == 200:
-            return resp.json()
+            if format and format == 'csv':
+                return resp.text
+            else:
+                return resp.json()
         else:
-            return resp.text
\ No newline at end of file
+            return resp.text