diff --git a/forestplot/dataframe_utils.py b/forestplot/dataframe_utils.py
index 42907b6..8ff0118 100644
--- a/forestplot/dataframe_utils.py
+++ b/forestplot/dataframe_utils.py
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 """Holds functions to check prepare dataframe for plotting."""
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Optional, Union
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 
+offline = os.getenv("FORESTPLOT_OFFLINE")
+
 
 def insert_groups(
     dataframe: pd.core.frame.DataFrame, groupvar: str, varlabel: str
@@ -120,19 +124,26 @@ def insert_empty_row(dataframe: pd.core.frame.DataFrame) -> pd.core.frame.DataFr
     return dataframe
 
 
-def load_data(name: str, **param_dict: Optional[Any]) -> pd.core.frame.DataFrame:
+def load_data(
+    name: str,
+    data_path: Union[Path, str] = Path("./examples/data/"),
+    **param_dict: Optional[Any],
+) -> pd.core.frame.DataFrame:
     """
     Load example dataset for quickstart.
 
     Example data available now:
             - mortality
 
-    The source of these data will be from: https://github.com/LSYS/forestplot/tree/main/examples/data.
+    The source of the data will be in forestplot/examples/data if files exist there
+    else from https://github.com/LSYS/forestplot/tree/main/examples/data.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     name (str)
             Name of the example data set.
+    data_path (Path) [Optional]
+            Directory containing local copies of csv data
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -141,10 +152,16 @@ def load_data(name: str, **param_dict: Optional[Any]) -> pd.core.frame.DataFrame
     available_data = ["mortality", "sleep", "sleep-untruncated"]
     name = name.lower().strip()
     if name in available_data:
-        url = (
-            f"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lsys/forestplot/main/examples/data/{name}.csv"
-        )
-        df = pd.read_csv(url, **param_dict)
+        data_path = Path(data_path) / f"{name}.csv"
+        if data_path.is_file():
+            df = pd.read_csv(data_path, **param_dict)
+        elif offline:
+            raise AssertionError(
+                f"{data_path} not found. Working offline (FORESTPLOT_OFFLINE={offline})."
+            )
+        else:
+            url = f"https://github.com/LSYS/forestplot/tree/main/examples/data/{name}.csv"
+            df = pd.read_csv(url, **param_dict)
         if name == "sleep":
             df["n"] = df["n"].astype("str")
         return df
diff --git a/forestplot/graph_utils.py b/forestplot/graph_utils.py
index a81ba09..749ed1d 100644
--- a/forestplot/graph_utils.py
+++ b/forestplot/graph_utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
 
 
+def _get_pad(ax: Axes, **kwargs: Optional[Any]) -> float:
+    extrapad = kwargs.get("extrapad", 0.05)
+    return ax.get_xlim()[1] + extrapad * (ax.get_xlim()[1] - ax.get_xlim()[0])
+
+
 def draw_ci(
     dataframe: pd.core.frame.DataFrame,
     estimate: str,
@@ -233,8 +238,7 @@ def draw_pval_right(
             if pd.isna(yticklabel2):
                 yticklabel2 = ""
 
-            extrapad = 0.05
-            pad = ax.get_xlim()[1] * (1 + extrapad)
+            pad = _get_pad(ax, **kwargs)
             t = ax.text(
                 x=pad,
                 y=yticklabel1,
@@ -330,8 +334,7 @@ def draw_yticklabel2(
         yticklabel1 = row["yticklabel"]
         yticklabel2 = row["yticklabel2"]
 
-        extrapad = 0.05
-        pad = ax.get_xlim()[1] * (1 + extrapad)
+        pad = _get_pad(ax, **kwargs)
         if (ix == top_row_ix) and (
             annoteheaders is not None or right_annoteheaders is not None
         ):
@@ -706,8 +709,7 @@ def draw_tablelines(
         [x0, x1], [nrows - 1.45, nrows - 1.45], color="0.5", linewidth=lower_lw, clip_on=False
     )
     if (right_annoteheaders is not None) or (pval is not None):
-        extrapad = kwargs.get("extrapad", 0.05)
-        x0 = ax.get_xlim()[1] * (1 + extrapad)
+        x0 = _get_pad(ax, **kwargs)
         plt.plot(
             [x0, righttext_width],
             [nrows - 0.4, nrows - 0.4],
diff --git a/tests/test_plot.py b/tests/test_plot.py
index 39bbc2d..94304d3 100644
--- a/tests/test_plot.py
+++ b/tests/test_plot.py
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # coding: utf-8
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import pandas as pd
 from matplotlib.pyplot import Axes
 
 from forestplot import forestplot
 
 dataname = "sleep"
-data = f"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lsys/pyforestplot/main/examples/data/{dataname}.csv"
+data = Path(f"./examples/data/{dataname}.csv")
+if not data.is_file():
+    data = f"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lsys/pyforestplot/main/examples/data/{dataname}.csv"
+
 df = pd.read_csv(data).assign(n=lambda df: df["n"].map(str))
 
 # fmt: off