diff --git a/inftools/tistools/plot_ens.py b/inftools/tistools/plot_ens.py
index 6e7aa20..4974b6b 100644
--- a/inftools/tistools/plot_ens.py
+++ b/inftools/tistools/plot_ens.py
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
-from typing import Annotated
+from typing import Annotated as Atd
 import typer
 
 
 
 def plot_ens(
-    toml: Annotated[str, typer.Option("-toml")] = "restart.toml",
-    skip: Annotated[bool, typer.Option("-skip", help="skip initial load paths")] = False,
-    save: Annotated[ str, typer.Option("-save", help="save with scienceplots.") ] = "no",
-    pp: Annotated[ bool, typer.Option("-pp", help="partial paths version") ] = False,
-    cap: Annotated[ int, typer.Option("-cap", help="max paths plotted per ens") ] = 100,
-    time: Annotated[float, typer.Option("-time", help="divide dt by an amount") ] = 1,
+    toml: Atd[str, typer.Option("-toml")] = "restart.toml",
+    data: Atd[str, typer.Option("-data")] = "",
+    skip: Atd[bool, typer.Option("-skip", help="skip initial load paths")] = False,
+    save: Atd[ str, typer.Option("-save", help="save with scienceplots.") ] = "no",
+    pp: Atd[ bool, typer.Option("-pp", help="partial paths version") ] = False,
+    cap: Atd[ int, typer.Option("-cap", help="max paths plotted per ens") ] = 100,
+    time: Atd[float, typer.Option("-time", help="divide dt by an amount") ] = 1,
+    load: Atd[str, typer.Option("-load",
+        help = "the path directory, reads load_dir from toml if not given") ] = "",
 ):
     """Plot sampled ensemble paths with interfaces"""
     import os
@@ -24,11 +27,20 @@ def plot_ens(
         plt.figure(figsize=(14, 10))
 
     # Read toml info
-    with open("restart.toml", "rb") as toml_file:
+    with open(toml, "rb") as toml_file:
         toml = tomli.load(toml_file)
     intf = toml["simulation"]["interfaces"]
-    datafile = toml["output"]["data_file"]
-    load_dir = toml["simulation"]["load_dir"]
+    if not toml["output"].get("data_file", False) and not data:
+        exit("Supply a infretis_data.txt file with -data")
+    elif data:
+        print(f"Using {data}")
+        datafile = data
+    else:
+        datafile = toml["output"]["data_file"]
+    if not load:
+        load_dir = toml["simulation"]["load_dir"]
+    else:
+        load_dir = load
 
     plt.title("intfs: " + " ".join([str(i) for i in intf]))
     plt.axhline(intf[0], ls="--", color="k", alpha=0.5)