diff --git a/ingest.py b/ingest.py
index 5819e0f8..7bd92e15 100644
--- a/ingest.py
+++ b/ingest.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def load_single_document(file_path: str) -> Document:
        return loader.load()[0]
     except Exception as ex:
        file_log('%s loading error: \n%s' % (file_path, ex))
-       return None 
+       return None
 
 def load_document_batch(filepaths):
     logging.info("Loading document batch")
@@ -56,15 +56,17 @@ def load_document_batch(filepaths):
            return (data_list, filepaths)
 
 
-def load_documents(source_dir: str) -> list[Document]:
+def load_documents(source_dir: str, extensions: str) -> list[Document]:
+    exts = extensions.split(',')
+
     # Loads all documents from the source documents directory, including nested folders
     paths = []
     for root, _, files in os.walk(source_dir):
         for file_name in files:
-            print('Importing: ' + file_name)
             file_extension = os.path.splitext(file_name)[1]
             source_file_path = os.path.join(root, file_name)
-            if file_extension in DOCUMENT_MAP.keys():
+            if file_extension in exts and file_extension in DOCUMENT_MAP.keys():
+                print('Importing: ' + file_name)
                 paths.append(source_file_path)
 
     # Have at least one worker and at most INGEST_THREADS workers
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ def load_documents(source_dir: str) -> list[Document]:
                 docs.extend(contents)
             except Exception as ex:
                 file_log('Exception: %s' % (ex))
-                
+
     return docs
 
 
@@ -139,10 +141,27 @@ def split_documents(documents: list[Document]) -> tuple[list[Document], list[Doc
     ),
     help="Device to run on. (Default is cuda)",
 )
-def main(device_type):
+
+@click.option(
+    "--ingest_self",
+    default=False,
+    type=bool,
+    help="Ingest the current directory.",
+)
+
+@click.option(
+    "--extensions",
+    default=','.join(DOCUMENT_MAP.keys()),
+    type=str,
+    help="List of extensions to ingest, e.g.: .md,.py,.pdf (Default is all supported extensions)",
+)
+
+def main(device_type, ingest_self, extensions):
+    source_dir = SOURCE_DIRECTORY if not ingest_self else os.getcwd()
+
     # Load documents and split in chunks
-    logging.info(f"Loading documents from {SOURCE_DIRECTORY}")
-    documents = load_documents(SOURCE_DIRECTORY)
+    logging.info(f"Loading documents from {source_dir}")
+    documents = load_documents(source_dir, extensions)
     text_documents, python_documents = split_documents(documents)
     text_splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(chunk_size=1000, chunk_overlap=200)
     python_splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter.from_language(
@@ -171,7 +190,6 @@ def main(device_type):
         persist_directory=PERSIST_DIRECTORY,
         client_settings=CHROMA_SETTINGS,
     )
-   
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":