diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8048f23..e20dc6a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Mecsimcalc v0.1.4 documentation
+# Mecsimcalc v0.1.5 documentation
 
 This library is designed to provide a set of functions for handling and converting various types of data, such as base64 encoded data, Pandas DataFrames, and Pillow images.
 
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ Create a DataFrame from given rows and column headers
 | -------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | **`column_headers`** | **List[str]**       | List of column headers                                                          |
 | **`rows`**           | **List[List[str]]** | List of rows to be converted into a DataFrame. Each column is a list of strings |
+| **`index`**          | **bool** (optional) | Whether to use the first column as the DataFrame's index. (Defaults to True)    |
 
 #### Returns:
 
@@ -346,10 +347,11 @@ Creates an HTML table from given rows and column headers
 
 #### Arguments:
 
-| Argument             | Type                | Description                                                                 |
-| -------------------- | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| **`column_headers`** | **List[str]**       | List of column headers                                                      |
-| **`rows`**           | **List[List[str]]** | List of rows to be converted into a table. Each column is a list of strings |
+| Argument             | Type                | Description                                                                  |
+| -------------------- | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **`column_headers`** | **List[str]**       | List of column headers                                                       |
+| **`rows`**           | **List[List[str]]** | List of rows to be converted into a table. Each column is a list of strings  |
+| **`index`**          | **bool** (optional) | Whether to use the first column as the DataFrame's index. (Defaults to True) |
 
 #### Returns:
 
diff --git a/mecsimcalc/table_utils.py b/mecsimcalc/table_utils.py
index b5d93bb..8ccb3a3 100644
--- a/mecsimcalc/table_utils.py
+++ b/mecsimcalc/table_utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 
 def table_to_dataframe(
-    column_headers: List[str], rows: List[List[str]]
+    column_headers: List[str], rows: List[List[str]], index: bool = True
 ) -> pd.DataFrame:
     """
     >>> table_to_dataframe(column_headers: List[str], rows: List[List[str]]) -> pd.DataFrame
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ def table_to_dataframe(
         List of column headers.
     rows : List[List[str]]
         List of rows to be converted into a DataFrame. Each row is a list of strings.
+    index : bool
+        Whether to use the first column as the DataFrame's index. (Defaults to True)
 
     # Raises
 
@@ -41,10 +43,12 @@ def table_to_dataframe(
         if len(row) != len(column_headers):
             raise ValueError("Each row must have the same length as the column headers")
 
-    return pd.DataFrame(rows, columns=column_headers)
+    return pd.DataFrame(rows, columns=column_headers, index=index)
 
 
-def print_table(column_headers: List[str], rows: List[List[str]]) -> str:
+def print_table(
+    column_headers: List[str], rows: List[List[str]], index: bool = True
+) -> str:
     """
     >>> print_table(column_headers: List[str], rows: List[List[str]]) -> str
 
@@ -56,6 +60,8 @@ def print_table(column_headers: List[str], rows: List[List[str]]) -> str:
         The header for each column.
     rows : List[List[str]]
         A list of rows (each row is a list of strings).
+    index : bool
+        Whether to use the first column as the DataFrame's index. (Defaults to True)
 
     # Returns
 
@@ -72,4 +78,4 @@ def print_table(column_headers: List[str], rows: List[List[str]]) -> str:
     """
 
     df = table_to_dataframe(column_headers, rows)
-    return df.to_html(index=True, border=1, escape=True)
+    return df.to_html(index=index, border=1, escape=True)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ea433cd..0232345 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 with codecs.open(os.path.join(here, "README.md"), encoding="utf-8") as fh:
     long_description = "\n" + fh.read()
 
-VERSION = "0.1.4"
+VERSION = "0.1.5"
 DESCRIPTION = "Useful functions for MecSimCalc.com"
 
 # Setting up