diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmark.cpp b/benchmarks/benchmark.cpp
index 8924694..42be62b 100644
--- a/benchmarks/benchmark.cpp
+++ b/benchmarks/benchmark.cpp
@@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
               << std::endl;
 #endif
   }
+  if(argc > 1) {
+    fileload(argv[1]);
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+  }
   fileload(std::string(BENCHMARK_DATA_DIR) + "/canada.txt");
   fileload(std::string(BENCHMARK_DATA_DIR) + "/mesh.txt");
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }