diff --git a/SConscript b/SConscript
index ed198c5..7ee315f 100644
--- a/SConscript
+++ b/SConscript
@@ -244,6 +244,11 @@ def _find_lib(env: Environment, name: str, paths: 'list[str]', type : str = 'sta
         return None
     raise Exception(f'Could not find library with name {name} in paths: "{", ".join(paths)}" filename: "{fname}".')
 
+
+def _info(env: Environment, message: str) -> None:
+    if not GetOption('silent'):
+        print(message)
+
 def _error(env: Environment, message: str):
     print(message, file=sys.stderr)
     Exit(1)
@@ -727,11 +732,30 @@ AddOption(
 )
 
 AddOption(
-    '--dump_env',
-    dest = 'dump_env',
+    '--disable_auto_update',
+    dest = 'disable_auto_update',
     action = 'store_true'
 )
 
+AddOption(
+    '--dump',
+    dest = 'dump',
+    type = 'choice',
+    choices = ('env', 'config'),
+    nargs = 1,
+    action = 'store'
+)
+
+AddOption(
+    '--dump_format',
+    dest = 'dump_format',
+    type = 'choice',
+    choices = ('text', 'json'),
+    nargs = 1,
+    action = 'store',
+    default = 'text'
+)
+
 AddOption(
     '--generate_project',
     dest = 'generate_project',
@@ -750,7 +774,9 @@ enable_asan         = GetOption('enable_asan')
 config_file         = GetOption('config_file')
 compiler            = GetOption('compiler')
 update_repositories = GetOption('update_repositories')
-dump_env            = GetOption('dump_env')
+disable_auto_update = GetOption('disable_auto_update')
+dump                = GetOption('dump')
+dump_format         = GetOption('dump_format')
 generate_project    = GetOption('generate_project')
 
 default_CC = {
@@ -796,12 +822,12 @@ env['DEPS_CFLAGS'] = []
 env['DEPS_CXXFLAGS'] = []
 env['DEPS_LINKFLAGS'] = []
 
-print(f'Detected system cache directory: {env["SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR"]}')
+_info(None, f'Detected system cache directory: {env["SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR"]}')
 try:
     os.makedirs(env['SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR'], exist_ok=True)
 except:
     env['SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR'] = os.path.join(_get_fallback_cache_dir(), 'spp_cache')
-    print(f'Creating spp cache dir failed, using fallback: {env["SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR"]}.')
+    _info(None, f'Creating spp cache dir failed, using fallback: {env["SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR"]}.')
     os.makedirs(env['SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR'], exist_ok=True) # no more safeguards!
 env['CLONE_DIR'] = os.path.join(env['SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR'], 'cloned')
 env['DOWNLOAD_DIR'] = os.path.join(env['SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR'], 'downloaded')
@@ -878,8 +904,8 @@ if os.path.exists(update_stamp_file):
         except:
             pass
 boot_time = psutil.boot_time()
-if boot_time > update_time:
-    print('Didn\'t update repositories since last boot, doing it now...')
+if not disable_auto_update and boot_time > update_time:
+    _info(None, 'Didn\'t update repositories since last boot, doing it now...')
     env['UPDATE_REPOSITORIES'] = True
 if env['UPDATE_REPOSITORIES']:
     with open(update_stamp_file, 'w') as f:
@@ -1008,6 +1034,7 @@ env.AddMethod(_make_interface, 'MakeInterface')
 env.AddMethod(_lib_filename, 'LibFilename')
 env.AddMethod(_find_executable, 'FindExecutable')
 env.AddMethod(_find_lib, 'FindLib')
+env.AddMethod(_info, 'Info')
 env.AddMethod(_error, 'Error')
 env.AddMethod(_wrap_builder(env.Library, TargetType.STATIC_LIBRARY), 'Library')
 env.AddMethod(_wrap_builder(env.StaticLibrary, TargetType.STATIC_LIBRARY), 'StaticLibrary')
@@ -1025,15 +1052,33 @@ env.AddMethod(_finalize, 'Finalize')
 env.AddMethod(_find_target, 'FindTarget')
 
 if hasattr(env, 'Gch'):
-    env.AddMethod(_wrap_builder(env.Gch), 'Gch')
+    env.AddMethod(_wrap_builder(env.Gch, TargetType.STATIC_LIBRARY), 'Gch')
 
 for addon_file in env.Glob('addons/*.py'):
     env = SConscript(addon_file, exports = 'env')
 
-if dump_env:
-    print('==== Begin Environment Dump =====')
-    print(env.Dump())
-    print('==== End Environment Dump =====')
+if dump is not None:
+    def _dump_as_text(data: Any) -> str:
+        from pprint import pformat
+        dump_name = {
+            'env': 'Environment',
+            'config': 'Configuration'
+        }[dump]
+
+        return '\n'.join((
+            f'==== Begin {dump_name} Dump ====',
+            pformat(data),
+            f'==== End {dump_name} Dump ===='
+        ))
+    data = {
+        'env': env.Dictionary,
+        'config': lambda: config
+    }[dump]()
+    dump_fn = {
+        'text': _dump_as_text,
+        'json': json.dumps
+    }[dump_format]
+    print(dump_fn(data))
     Exit(0)
 
 Return('env')