diff --git a/docling/datamodel/document.py b/docling/datamodel/document.py
index 721ccfcd..ede4e328 100644
--- a/docling/datamodel/document.py
+++ b/docling/datamodel/document.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class ConvertedDocument(BaseModel):
     pages: List[Page] = []
     assembled: AssembledUnit = AssembledUnit()
 
-    legacy_output: DsDocument = _EMPTY_LEGACY_DOC
+    legacy_output: Optional[DsDocument] = None  # _EMPTY_LEGACY_DOC
     output: DoclingDocument = _EMPTY_DOCLING_DOC
 
     def _to_legacy_document(self) -> DsDocument:
diff --git a/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py b/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
index 4be6fcec..45a9771b 100644
--- a/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
+++ b/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ class TesseractOcrOptions(OcrOptions):
     )
 
 
-class PipelineOptions(BaseModel): ...
+class PipelineOptions(BaseModel):
+    create_legacy_output: bool = (
+        True  # This defautl will be set to False on a future version of docling
+    )
 
 
 class PdfPipelineOptions(PipelineOptions):
diff --git a/docling/models/ds_glm_model.py b/docling/models/ds_glm_model.py
index 06c0aea3..529b12ce 100644
--- a/docling/models/ds_glm_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/ds_glm_model.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ from docling.datamodel.document import ConversionResult
 class GlmModel:
     def __init__(self, config):
         self.config = config
+        self.create_legacy_output = config.get("create_legacy_output", True)
+
         self.model_names = self.config.get(
             "model_names", ""
         )  # "language;term;reference"
@@ -42,7 +44,10 @@ class GlmModel:
         )
 
         docling_doc: DoclingDocument = to_docling_document(glm_doc)  # Experimental
-        legacy_doc = DsLegacyDocument.model_validate(ds_doc_dict)
+        legacy_doc: DsLegacyDocument = None
+
+        if self.create_legacy_output:
+            legacy_doc = DsLegacyDocument.model_validate(ds_doc_dict)
 
         # DEBUG code:
         def draw_clusters_and_cells(ds_document, page_no):
@@ -92,4 +97,4 @@ class GlmModel:
         # draw_clusters_and_cells(ds_doc, 0)
         # draw_clusters_and_cells(exported_doc, 0)
 
-        return (legacy_doc, docling_doc)
+        return (docling_doc, legacy_doc)
diff --git a/docling/pipeline/standard_pdf_model_pipeline.py b/docling/pipeline/standard_pdf_model_pipeline.py
index dba1f3dc..c0dab3b4 100644
--- a/docling/pipeline/standard_pdf_model_pipeline.py
+++ b/docling/pipeline/standard_pdf_model_pipeline.py
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ class StandardPdfModelPipeline(PaginatedModelPipeline):
             artifacts_path = self.download_models_hf()
 
         self.artifacts_path = Path(artifacts_path)
-        self.glm_model = GlmModel(config={})
+        self.glm_model = GlmModel(
+            config={"create_legacy_output": pipeline_options.create_legacy_output}
+        )
 
         ocr_model: BaseOcrModel
         if isinstance(pipeline_options.ocr_options, EasyOcrOptions):
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ class StandardPdfModelPipeline(PaginatedModelPipeline):
             elements=all_elements, headers=all_headers, body=all_body
         )
 
-        conv_res.legacy_output, conv_res.output = self.glm_model(conv_res)
+        conv_res.output, conv_res.legacy_output = self.glm_model(conv_res)
 
         return conv_res
 
diff --git a/examples/run_with_formats.py b/examples/run_with_formats.py
index 398121bd..f086bae2 100644
--- a/examples/run_with_formats.py
+++ b/examples/run_with_formats.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import json
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -54,12 +55,15 @@ doc_converter = DocumentConverter(  # all of the below is optional, has internal
 conv_results = doc_converter.convert_batch(input)
 
 for res in conv_results:
-    out_path = Path("./scratch") / f"{res.input.file.name}.experimental.md"
+    out_path = Path("./scratch")
     print(
         f"Document {res.input.file.name} converted with status {res.status}."
         f"\nSaved markdown output to: {str(out_path)}"
     )
     # print(res.experimental.export_to_markdown())
     # Export Docling document format to markdown (experimental):
-    with out_path.open("w") as fp:
+    with (out_path / f"{res.input.file.name}.md").open("w") as fp:
         fp.write(res.output.export_to_markdown())
+
+    with (out_path / f"{res.input.file.name}.json").open("w") as fp:
+        fp.write(json.dumps(res.output.export_to_dict()))
diff --git a/tests/data/word_sample.docx b/tests/data/word_sample.docx
index 70ef7375..b1889405 100644
Binary files a/tests/data/word_sample.docx and b/tests/data/word_sample.docx differ
diff --git a/tests/test_e2e_ocr_conversion.py b/tests/test_e2e_ocr_conversion.py
index c0c0a497..9d98abfa 100644
--- a/tests/test_e2e_ocr_conversion.py
+++ b/tests/test_e2e_ocr_conversion.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from docling.document_converter import DocumentConverter, PdfFormatOption
 
 from .verify_utils import verify_conversion_result_v1, verify_conversion_result_v2
 
-GENERATE = True
+GENERATE = False
 
 
 # Debug