diff --git a/src/sicccobject.H b/src/sicccobject.H
index 9bcdc1c..eedce1a 100644
--- a/src/sicccobject.H
+++ b/src/sicccobject.H
@@ -58,6 +58,21 @@ class Sicccobject {
         std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock>
             get_uploadtime() const { return upload_date; }
 
+		std::string get_pretty_sized() const
+		{
+			std::ostringstream strm( std::ios_base::ate);
+			int i = 0;
+			size_t mysize = size;
+			const char* units[] = {"B", "kB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB", "EB", "ZB", "YB"};
+			while (mysize > 1024) {
+				mysize /= 1024;
+				i++;
+			}
+			assert(i < 9);
+			strm << mysize << units[i];
+			return strm.str();
+		}
+
     private:
         std::string filename;
         std::string filetype;