diff --git a/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/detr_partitioner.py b/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/detr_partitioner.py
index 09a00b887..453a49c50 100644
--- a/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/detr_partitioner.py
+++ b/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/detr_partitioner.py
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@
 from sycamore.data.element import create_element
 from sycamore.transforms.table_structure.extract import DEFAULT_TABLE_STRUCTURE_EXTRACTOR
 from sycamore.utils import choose_device
+from sycamore.utils.bbox_sort import bbox_sort_page
 from sycamore.utils.cache import Cache, DiskCache
 from sycamore.utils.image_utils import crop_to_bbox, image_to_bytes
 from sycamore.utils.import_utils import requires_modules
+from sycamore.utils.markdown import elements_to_markdown
 from sycamore.utils.memory_debugging import display_top, gc_tensor_dump
 from sycamore.utils.pdf import convert_from_path_streamed_batched
 from sycamore.utils.time_trace import LogTime, timetrace
@@ -71,6 +73,18 @@ def get_page_count(fp: BinaryIO):
     return num_pages
 
 
+def text_elem(text: str) -> Element:
+    return Element(
+        {
+            "type": "Text",
+            "properties": {
+                "page_number": 1,
+            },
+            "text_representation": text,
+        }
+    )
+
+
 class ArynPDFPartitioner:
     """
     This class contains the implementation of PDF partitioning using a Deformable DETR model.
@@ -146,6 +160,7 @@ def partition_pdf(
         aryn_partitioner_address=DEFAULT_ARYN_PARTITIONER_ADDRESS,
         use_cache=False,
         pages_per_call: int = -1,
+        output_format: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> List[Element]:
         if use_partitioning_service:
             assert aryn_api_key != ""
@@ -161,6 +176,7 @@ def partition_pdf(
                 extract_table_structure=extract_table_structure,
                 extract_images=extract_images,
                 pages_per_call=pages_per_call,
+                output_format=output_format,
             )
         else:
             if isinstance(threshold, str):
@@ -180,9 +196,15 @@ def partition_pdf(
             )
             elements = []
             for i, r in enumerate(temp):
+                page = []
                 for ele in r:
                     ele.properties["page_number"] = i + 1
-                    elements.append(ele)
+                    page.append(ele)
+                bbox_sort_page(page)
+                elements.extend(page)
+            if output_format == "markdown":
+                md = elements_to_markdown(elements)
+                return [text_elem(md)]
             return elements
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -202,6 +224,7 @@ def _call_remote_partitioner(
         extract_table_structure: bool = False,
         extract_images: bool = False,
         selected_pages: list = [],
+        output_format: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> List[Element]:
         file.seek(0)
         options = {
@@ -214,6 +237,8 @@ def _call_remote_partitioner(
             "selected_pages": selected_pages,
             "source": "sycamore",
         }
+        if output_format:
+            options["output_format"] = output_format
 
         files: Mapping = {"pdf": file, "options": json.dumps(options).encode("utf-8")}
         header = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {aryn_api_key}"}
@@ -288,6 +313,8 @@ def _call_remote_partitioner(
                 raise ArynPDFPartitionerException(
                     f"Error partway through processing: {response_json['error']}\nPartial Status:\n{status}"
                 )
+            if (output_format == "markdown") and ((md := response_json.get("markdown")) is not None):
+                return [text_elem(md)]
             response_json = response_json.get("elements", [])
 
         elements = []
@@ -311,6 +338,7 @@ def _partition_remote(
         extract_table_structure: bool = False,
         extract_images: bool = False,
         pages_per_call: int = -1,
+        output_format: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> List[Element]:
         page_count = get_page_count(file)
 
@@ -332,6 +360,7 @@ def _partition_remote(
                     extract_table_structure=extract_table_structure,
                     extract_images=extract_images,
                     selected_pages=[[low, min(high, page_count)]],
+                    output_format=output_format,
                 )
             )
             low = high + 1
diff --git a/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/partition.py b/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/partition.py
index 8106776a5..50a318442 100644
--- a/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/partition.py
+++ b/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/partition.py
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ class ArynPartitioner(Partitioner):
         use_cache: Cache results from the partitioner for faster inferences on the same documents in future runs.
         pages_per_call: Number of pages to send in a single call to the remote service. Default is -1,
              which means send all pages in one call.
+        output_format: controls output representation: json (default) or markdown.
 
     Example:
          The following shows an example of using the ArynPartitioner to partition a PDF and extract
@@ -417,6 +418,7 @@ def __init__(
         use_cache=False,
         pages_per_call: int = -1,
         cache: Optional[Cache] = None,
+        output_format: Optional[str] = None,
     ):
         if use_partitioning_service:
             device = "cpu"
@@ -446,6 +448,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._extract_table_structure = extract_table_structure
         self._table_structure_extractor = table_structure_extractor
         self._extract_images = extract_images
+        self._output_format = output_format
         self._batch_size = batch_size
         self._use_partitioning_service = use_partitioning_service
         self._aryn_partitioner_address = aryn_partitioner_address
@@ -476,6 +479,7 @@ def partition(self, document: Document) -> Document:
                 aryn_partitioner_address=self._aryn_partitioner_address,
                 use_cache=self._use_cache,
                 pages_per_call=self._pages_per_call,
+                output_format=self._output_format,
             )
         except Exception as e:
             path = document.properties["path"]