diff --git a/lib/MembershipWorks.py b/lib/MembershipWorks.py
index 7903468..30537fc 100644
--- a/lib/MembershipWorks.py
+++ b/lib/MembershipWorks.py
@@ -182,19 +182,25 @@ class MembershipWorks:
             raise MembershipWorksRemoteError('csv generation', r)
         return list(csv.DictReader(StringIO(r.text)))
 
-    # TODO: doesn't return as much info as csv?
-    def get_transactions(self, start_date, end_date):
+    def get_transactions(self, start_date, end_date, json=False):
         """Get the transactions between start_date and end_date
-           Dates can be datetime.date or datetime.datetime"""
+
+           Dates can be datetime.date or datetime.datetime
+
+           json gets a different version of the transactions list,
+           which contains a different set information
+        """
         r = self._get(BASE_URL + "csv",
                  params={'crm': '12,13,14,18,19', # transaction types, see CRM
-                         'txl': '', # changes output type?
-                                    # without this, returns a csv with more info
+                         **({'txl': ''} if json else {}),
                          'sdp': start_date.strftime('%s'),
                          'edp': end_date.strftime('%s')})
         if r.status_code != 200:
             raise MembershipWorksRemoteError('csv generation', r)
-        return r.json()
+        if json:
+            return r.json()
+        else:
+            return list(csv.DictReader(StringIO(r.text)))
 
     def get_all_members(self):
         """Get all the data for all the members"""