diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f897db7..c5040f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## Changelog
 
+# v0.8.6
+New features in this release:
+ - You can ignore private members by default by adding the property "ignorePrivateMembers"
+   to the jsconfig.json
+
 # v0.8.3
 Bugfixes:
  - Not all supported items were added to their parent member
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b9e09a..adc7b05 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ $> jsdoc -d <target-dir>/<filename>.d.ts
 **Important: If you want to change the file name of the result file your path has to end with the file ending ```d.ts```**
 
 ## Options
+* **ignorePrivateMembers** Determines if private members should be omitted or not
 * **ignoreScopes** Array with scope names which should not be parsed. Possible values
 ```
 [
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ module.exports = function(taggedVersion, latestVersion) {
 * @interface
 * @since
 * @module (function and variable declarations)
+* @private (not completed yet)
 
 ## Ignored Tags
 * @file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 63b3646..89c5240 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@otris/jsdoc-tsd",
-	"version": "0.8.5",
+	"version": "0.8.6",
 	"description": "JSDoc Template for generate typescript definition files from JSDoc comments",
 	"main": "src-out/core/publish.js",
 	"repository": {
diff --git a/src/core/jsdoc-tsd-parser.ts b/src/core/jsdoc-tsd-parser.ts
index c8f4942..0057ee3 100644
--- a/src/core/jsdoc-tsd-parser.ts
+++ b/src/core/jsdoc-tsd-parser.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ export class JSDocTsdParser {
 			this.config.ignoreScopes = [];
 		}
 
+		if (typeof this.config.ignorePrivateMembers === "undefined") {
+			this.config.ignorePrivateMembers = false;
+		}
+
 		if (typeof this.config.versionComparator !== "function" && (typeof this.config.versionComparator !== "string" || this.config.versionComparator === "")) {
 			this.config.versionComparator = (taggedVersion: string, latestVersion: string): boolean => {
 				if (taggedVersion.match(/v?([0-9]+\.){2}[0-9]+/i)) {
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ export class JSDocTsdParser {
 		jsdocItems.forEach((item) => {
 			if (!this.evaluateSinceTag(item.since)) {
 				this.rejectedItems.push(item.longname);
-			} else if (!item.ignore && this.config.ignoreScopes.indexOf(item.scope) === -1 && (!item.access || item.access !== "private")) {
+			} else if (!item.ignore && this.config.ignoreScopes.indexOf(item.scope) === -1 && !(this.config.ignorePrivateMembers && item.access === "private")) {
 				let addItem = true;
 				let addJsDocComment = true;
 				let parsedItem: dom.DeclarationBase = {};
@@ -188,9 +192,6 @@ export class JSDocTsdParser {
 		let domTopLevelDeclarations: { [key: string]: dom.TopLevelDeclaration } = {};
 
 		for (let jsdocItem of this.jsdocItems) {
-			if (jsdocItem.longname === "lcmContractTermHelper.ContractTermReminderConfiguration") {
-				let a = 0;
-			}
 			let parentItem = this.findParentItem(jsdocItem, domTopLevelDeclarations);
 
 			if (parentItem) {