diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 527d153..a388ca8 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -42,14 +42,18 @@ The config file should be placed in ``/etc/archmap.conf``, this can be overridde
 Use
 ---
 
-Running ``archmap --help`` will display this help message::
+Running ``archmap --help`` will display this help message:
 
-  archmap [-h] [-v] [--config FILE] [--users FILE] [--geojson FILE] [--kml FILE] [--csv FILE]
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  archmap [-h] [-v] [--config FILE] [--url URL] [--file FILE] [--users FILE] [--geojson FILE] [--kml FILE] [--csv FILE]
 
   optional arguments:
   -h, --help      show this help message and exit
   -v, --verbose   Show info messages
   --config FILE   Use an alternative configuration file instead of /etc/archmap.conf
+  --url URL       Use an alternative URL to parse the wiki list from
+  --file FILE     Use a file to parse the wiki list from
   --users FILE    Output the list of users to FILE, use 'no' to disable output
   --geojson FILE  Output the GeoJSON to FILE, use 'no' to disable output
   --kml FILE      Output the KML to FILE, use 'no' to disable output
diff --git a/archmap.conf b/archmap.conf
index 9dcde9d..d8ffc23 100644
--- a/archmap.conf
+++ b/archmap.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 [files]
+# Define where to get the wiki list from.
+# If a file path is supplied to 'default_file', it will be used instead of the URL
+url = https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ArchMap/List
+file =
+
 # The location to save the list of users and the GIS files,
 # use 'no' to disable output.
 users  = /tmp/archmap_users.txt
diff --git a/archmap.py b/archmap.py
index 8ac24dc..d06dac3 100755
--- a/archmap.py
+++ b/archmap.py
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
 # they will override the settings in the config file.
 default_config = '/etc/archmap.conf'
 
+# Define where to get the wiki list from.
+# If a file path is supplied to 'default_file', it will be used instead of the URL
+default_url = 'https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ArchMap/List'
+default_file = ''
+
 # Set the output locations for users, GeoJSON, KML and CSV.
 # Setting any of the following to 'no' will disable the output.
 # These settings are overridden by the config file, if it exists.
@@ -231,6 +236,10 @@ def make_csv(parsed_users, output_file):
     parser.add_argument('--config', metavar='FILE', default=default_config,
                         help='Use an alternative configuration file \
                              instead of /etc/archmap.conf')
+    parser.add_argument('--url', metavar='URL',
+                        help='Use an alternative URL to parse the wiki list from')
+    parser.add_argument('--file', metavar='FILE',
+                        help='Use a file to parse the wiki list from')
     parser.add_argument('--users', metavar='FILE',
                         help="Output the user list to FILE, use 'no' to disable output")
     parser.add_argument('--geojson', metavar='FILE',
@@ -246,6 +255,8 @@ def make_csv(parsed_users, output_file):
         config = ConfigParser()
         config.read(args.config)
         verbosity = int(config['extras']['verbosity'])
+        input_url = config['files']['url']
+        input_file = config['files']['file']
         output_file_users = config['files']['users']
         output_file_geojson = config['files']['geojson']
         output_file_kml = config['files']['kml']
@@ -253,6 +264,8 @@ def make_csv(parsed_users, output_file):
     except Exception as e:
         log.warning('Warning: Configuation file error: {}. Using defaults'.format(e))
         verbosity = default_verbosity
+        input_url = default_url
+        input_file = default_file
         output_file_users = default_users
         output_file_geojson = default_geojson
         output_file_kml = default_kml
@@ -266,6 +279,12 @@ def make_csv(parsed_users, output_file):
     if verbosity >= 1:
         log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
+    if args.url is not None:
+        input_url = args.url
+
+    if args.file is not None:
+        input_file = args.file
+
     if args.users is not None:
         output_file_users = args.users
 
@@ -285,7 +304,7 @@ def make_csv(parsed_users, output_file):
        output_file_csv == 'no':
         log.warning('There is nothing to do')
     else:
-        users = get_users()
+        users = get_users(url=input_url, local=input_file)
         parsed_users = parse_users(users)
 
         if output_file_users != 'no':
diff --git a/docs/usage/basic_usage.rst b/docs/usage/basic_usage.rst
index 0fbea43..888e118 100644
--- a/docs/usage/basic_usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage/basic_usage.rst
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ You can specify the output location for the user list text, GeoJSON, KML and CSV
    archmap --users /tmp/archmap_users.txt --geojson /tmp/archmap.geojson --kml /tmp/archmap.kml --csv /tmp/archmap.csv
 
 
+If you would like to parse an alternate copy of the wiki list, simply pass either the --url or --file flags::
+
+    archmap --url https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=ArchMap/List&oldid=131196
+
+or ::
+
+    archmap --file "$HOME/Downloads/ArchMap_List - ArchWiki.html"
+
 Logging
 -------
 If the script is run on a system that uses systemd, it will log to it using the syslog identifier - "archmap".