diff --git a/bin/rebuild_metaphones b/bin/rebuild_metaphones
index 64fe3c7..5a17e6f 100755
--- a/bin/rebuild_metaphones
+++ b/bin/rebuild_metaphones
@@ -4,7 +4,16 @@ require 'rubygems'
 require 'sqlite3'
 require 'text'
 
-    @db = SQLite3::Database.new("../geocoderdata/geocoder.db")
+if(ARGV.length < 1)
+print "Missing SQLite file parameter"
+printf "\nUSAGE:\n"
+print """./rebuild_metaphones [SQLite File]
+  [SQLite File] - SQLite file generated by the geocoder.
+"""
+exit
+end
+
+    @db = SQLite3::Database.new(ARGV[0])
     @db.create_function("metaphone", 2) do |func, string, len|
       test = string.to_s.gsub(/\W/o, "")
       if test =~ /^(\d+)/o