diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index c531615..4fe000e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,29 +1,17 @@
 v0.1.0, 01 Jan 2013 -- Initial release.
-
 v0.1.1, 08 Jan 2013 -- Added cache for Google geocoder
-
 v0.1.2, 20 Jan 2013 -- Improved exception handling for less fragile connections to twitter.com.
                        Streaming 'location' option now uses the API's 'locations' parameter. 
                        Dynamic throttling of Google geocode requests to not exceed rate limit.
-
 v1.0.0, 30 Jan 2013 -- Uploaded to github.
-
 v1.1.0, 12 Feb 2013 -- Replaced TwitterAPI with puttytat for Twitter requests.
-
 v1.1.1, 19 Feb 2013 -- Geocoder uses viewport instead of bounds.
-
 v2.0.1, 14 Jun 2013 -- Switch to TwitterAPI and renamed to TwitterGeoPics.
-
 v2.0.2, 14 Jun 2013 -- Included pygeocoder source until fixed for python 3.
-
 v2.0.3, 25 Jun 2013 -- Fixed printing.
-
 v2.1.0, 17 Sep 2013 -- Requires TwitterAPI 3.
-
 v2.1.1, 11 Oct 2013 -- Prints GEOCODE with place and lat,lng.
-
 v2.2.0, 15 Oct 2013 -- Combined scripts.
-
 v2.2.1, 27 Dec 2013 -- Added pygeocoder to setup.py.
-
 v2.2.3, 27 Oct 2015 -- Added tzwhere to setup.py.
+v2.2.4, 03 Jun 2016 -- Changed print_stats to return string.
diff --git a/TwitterGeoPics/Geocoder.py b/TwitterGeoPics/Geocoder.py
index 871ff79..7167bf2 100755
--- a/TwitterGeoPics/Geocoder.py
+++ b/TwitterGeoPics/Geocoder.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ def print_stats(self):
 		stats = \
 			('\n--STATS--\n'
 			'geo requests:       %s\n'
-			'geo requets ok:     %s\n'
+			'geo requests ok:    %s\n'
 			'geo quota exceeded: %s\n'
 			'geo throttle:       %s\n'
 			'has none:           %s\n'
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ def print_stats(self):
 			(self.count_request, self.count_request_ok, self.quota_exceeded_at, self.throttle, 
 			self.count_nowhere, self.count_has_geocode, self.count_has_location)
 				 
-		sys.stdout.write(stats)
+		# sys.stdout.write(stats)
 
 		if self.cache:
 			counts = [ 0, 0, 0 ]
@@ -289,4 +289,7 @@ def print_stats(self):
 				'size:               %s\n'
 				'counts:             %s\n'
 				'max place:          %s\n') % (len(self.cache), counts, max_place)
-			sys.stdout.write(cache)
\ No newline at end of file
+			# sys.stdout.write(cache)
+			stats = stats + cache
+
+		return stats
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TwitterGeoPics/__init__.py b/TwitterGeoPics/__init__.py
index 2a081dc..a382107 100644
--- a/TwitterGeoPics/__init__.py
+++ b/TwitterGeoPics/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 __title__ = 'TwitterGeoPics'
-__version__ = '2.2.3'
+__version__ = '2.2.4'
 __author__ = 'Jonas Geduldig'
 __license__ = 'MIT'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2013 Jonas Geduldig'