diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0185a88..5db0907 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ program
   .option('--depthLimit [value]', 'query depth you want to limit(The default is 100)')
   .option('--ext [value]', 'extension file to use', 'gql')
   .option('-C, --includeDeprecatedFields [value]', 'Flag to include deprecated fields (The default is to exclude)')
+  .option('-C, --avoidCycles [value]', 'Flag to avoid cycles in the generated queries (The default is set to false)')
   .parse(process.argv);
 
 const {
-  schemaFilePath, destDirPath, depthLimit = 100, includeDeprecatedFields = false, ext: fileExtension,
+  schemaFilePath, destDirPath, depthLimit = 100, includeDeprecatedFields = false, ext: fileExtension, avoidCycles = false
 } = program;
 const typeDef = fs.readFileSync(schemaFilePath, 'utf-8');
 const source = new Source(typeDef);
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ const getVarsToTypesStr = dict => Object.entries(dict)
  * @param crossReferenceKeyList list of the cross reference
  * @param curDepth current depth of field
  * @param fromUnion adds additional depth for unions to avoid empty child
+ * @param parents a set of previous parent names used to avoid cycles
  */
 const generateQuery = (
   curName,
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ const generateQuery = (
   crossReferenceKeyList = [], // [`${curParentName}To${curName}Key`]
   curDepth = 1,
   fromUnion = false,
+  parents = new Set(),
 ) => {
   const field = gqlSchema.getType(curParentType).getFields()[curName];
   const curTypeName = field.type.inspect().replace(/[[\]!]/g, '');
@@ -97,6 +100,11 @@ const generateQuery = (
   let queryStr = '';
   let childQuery = '';
 
+  /* Avoid cycles */
+  if (avoidCycles && parents.has(curName)) {
+    return {queryStr, argumentsDict}
+  } 
+
   if (curType.getFields) {
     const crossReferenceKey = `${curParentName}To${curName}Key`;
     if (crossReferenceKeyList.indexOf(crossReferenceKey) !== -1 || (fromUnion ? curDepth - 2 : curDepth) > depthLimit) return '';
@@ -110,8 +118,11 @@ const generateQuery = (
         const fieldSchema = gqlSchema.getType(curType).getFields()[fieldName];
         return includeDeprecatedFields || !fieldSchema.isDeprecated;
       })
-      .map(cur => generateQuery(cur, curType, curName, argumentsDict, duplicateArgCounts,
-        crossReferenceKeyList, curDepth + 1, fromUnion).queryStr)
+      .map(cur => 
+        avoidCycles 
+        ? generateQuery(cur, curType, curName, argumentsDict, duplicateArgCounts, crossReferenceKeyList, curDepth + 1, fromUnion, new Set([...parents, curName])).queryStr 
+        : generateQuery(cur, curType, curName, argumentsDict, duplicateArgCounts, crossReferenceKeyList, curDepth + 1, fromUnion).queryStr
+      )
       .filter(cur => Boolean(cur))
       .join('\n');
   }
@@ -140,8 +151,11 @@ const generateQuery = (
         const valueTypeName = types[i];
         const valueType = gqlSchema.getType(valueTypeName);
         const unionChildQuery = Object.keys(valueType.getFields())
-          .map(cur => generateQuery(cur, valueType, curName, argumentsDict, duplicateArgCounts,
-            crossReferenceKeyList, curDepth + 2, true).queryStr)
+          .map(cur => 
+            avoidCycles 
+            ? generateQuery(cur, valueType, curName, argumentsDict, duplicateArgCounts, crossReferenceKeyList, curDepth + 2, true, new Set([...parents, curName])).queryStr
+            : generateQuery(cur, valueType, curName, argumentsDict, duplicateArgCounts, crossReferenceKeyList, curDepth + 2, true).queryStr
+          )
           .filter(cur => Boolean(cur))
           .join('\n');