diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 55c89d4..13a8966 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ npx update-ts-references --help
     --createPathMappings Create paths mappings under compilerOptions for a better IDE support. It respects the rootDir if no rootDir available it falls back to "src"
     --cwd           Set working directory. Default: /Users/john-doe/projects/my-project
     --verbose       Show verbose output. Default: false
+    --usecase       Use a specific usecase configuration. Default: update-ts-references.yaml
 
 ```
 
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ Additional to that you can configure also the following options:
 
 Example configuration see [here](./test-scenarios/ts-options-yaml/update-ts-references.yaml)
 
-
+### using multiple configurations for different usecases
+Executing update-ts-references with different configurations via the parameter `--usecase`.
 
 ## FAQ
 ### Why is my pnpm workspace alias not working?
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bcb8872..3e85622 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "update-ts-references",
-  "version": "3.2.1",
+  "version": "3.3.0",
   "description": "Updates TypeScript references automatically while using workspaces",
   "bin": "src/index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 5027afa..05f518b 100755
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const {
   h = defaultOptions.help,
   check = defaultOptions.check,
   createPathMappings = defaultOptions.createPathMappings,
+  usecase = defaultOptions.usecase
 } = minimist(process.argv.slice(2));
 if (help || h) {
   console.log(`
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ if (help || h) {
     --createPathMappings Create paths mappings under compilerOptions for a better IDE support. It respects the rootDir if no rootDir available it falls back to "src"
     --cwd           Set working directory. Default: ${defaultOptions.cwd}
     --verbose       Show verbose output. Default: ${defaultOptions.verbose}
+    --usecase       The use case for the script. Default: ${defaultOptions.usecase}
   `);
   process.exit(0);
 }
@@ -40,7 +42,8 @@ const run = async () => {
       configName,
       rootConfigName,
       createTsConfig,
-      createPathMappings
+      createPathMappings,
+      usecase
     });
 
     if (check && changesCount > 0) {
diff --git a/src/update-ts-references.js b/src/update-ts-references.js
index 38d89ae..5936ad0 100644
--- a/src/update-ts-references.js
+++ b/src/update-ts-references.js
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ const defaultOptions = {
     verbose: false,
     help: false,
     check: false,
-    createPathMappings: false
+    createPathMappings: false,
+    usecase: 'update-ts-references.yaml'
 };
 
 const getAllPackageJsons = async (workspaces, cwd) => {
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ const execute = async ({
                            cwd, createTsConfig,
                            verbose,
                            check,
+                           usecase,
                            ...configurable
                        }) => {
     let changesCount = 0;
@@ -260,9 +262,9 @@ const execute = async ({
         createPathMappings
     } = configurable
 
-    if (fs.existsSync(path.join(cwd, 'update-ts-references.yaml'))) {
+    if (fs.existsSync(path.join(cwd, usecase))) {
         const yamlConfig = yaml.load(
-            fs.readFileSync(path.join(cwd, 'update-ts-references.yaml'))
+            fs.readFileSync(path.join(cwd, usecase))
         );
         configName = yamlConfig.configName ?? configName
         rootConfigName = yamlConfig.rootConfigName ?? rootConfigName
diff --git a/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/package.json b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73a13fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "name": "ts-ref-yaml-workspace",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "private": true,
+  "workspaces": [
+    "workspace-b",
+    "shared/*",
+    "utils/**/"
+  ],
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "typescript": "latest"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/tsconfig.root.json b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/tsconfig.root.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23b6225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/tsconfig.root.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "files": [],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    /* Basic Options */
+    // "allowJs": true,
+    "composite": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/update-ts-references.e2e.yaml b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/update-ts-references.e2e.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..338df0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/update-ts-references.e2e.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+configName: 'tsconfig.dev.json'
+rootConfigName: 'tsconfig.root.json'
+createPathMappings: true
+packages:
+  # all packages in subdirs of packages/ and components/
+  - 'workspace-a'
+  # exclude packages that are inside test directories
+  - '!**/tests/**'
+  - '!workspace-ignore'
diff --git a/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-a/package.json b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-a/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b40e48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-a/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "name": "workspace-a",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "workspace-b": "1.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-a/tsconfig.dev.json b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-a/tsconfig.dev.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dd8e13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-a/tsconfig.dev.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "rootDir": "src"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-b/package.json b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..552cf0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "name": "workspace-b",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "cross-env": "5.0.5"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "foo-b": "1.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-b/tsconfig.dev.json b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-b/tsconfig.dev.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dd8e13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-b/tsconfig.dev.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "rootDir": "src"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-ignore/package.json b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-ignore/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..280f2d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-ignore/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "name": "ignore",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "cross-env": "5.0.5"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "foo-b": "1.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-ignore/tsconfig.json b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-ignore/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dd8e13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-scenarios/ts-options-usecase-yaml/workspace-ignore/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "rootDir": "src"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/setup.js b/tests/setup.js
index 6c9ce0b..55155e9 100644
--- a/tests/setup.js
+++ b/tests/setup.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const execSh = require('exec-sh').promise;
 const fs = require('fs');
 
-const setup = async (rootFolder, configName, rootConfigName, createTsConfig, createPathMappings) => {
+const setup = async (rootFolder, configName, rootConfigName, createTsConfig, createPathMappings, usecase) => {
     if (!fs.existsSync(rootFolder)) {
         throw new Error(`folder is missing -> ${rootFolder}`);
     }
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const setup = async (rootFolder, configName, rootConfigName, createTsConfig, cre
                 configName ? ` --configName ${configName}` : ''
             }${
                 rootConfigName ? ` --rootConfigName ${rootConfigName}` : ''
-            }${createTsConfig ? ` --createTsConfig` : ''}${createPathMappings ? ` --createPathMappings` : ''}`,
+            }${createTsConfig ? ` --createTsConfig` : ''}${createPathMappings ? ` --createPathMappings` : ''}${usecase ? ` --usecase ${usecase}` : ''}`,
             {
                 cwd: rootFolder,
             }
diff --git a/tests/update-ts-references.yaml.test.js b/tests/update-ts-references.yaml.test.js
index 1fd1e5b..061a704 100644
--- a/tests/update-ts-references.yaml.test.js
+++ b/tests/update-ts-references.yaml.test.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const {parse} = require("comment-json")
 
 const rootFolderTsRefYaml = path.join(process.cwd(), 'test-run', 'ts-ref-yaml');
 const rootFolderTsOptionsYaml = path.join(process.cwd(), 'test-run', 'ts-options-yaml');
+const rootFolderUsecaseYaml = path.join(process.cwd(), 'test-run', 'ts-options-usecase-yaml');
 
 const compilerOptions = {outDir: 'dist', rootDir: 'src'};
 
@@ -195,3 +196,59 @@ test('receive options via the config', async () => {
         parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(rootFolderTsOptionsYaml, 'workspace-ignore', 'tsconfig.json')).toString())
     ).toEqual({compilerOptions});
 });
+
+test('receive options for a different usecase', async () => {
+    await setup(rootFolderUsecaseYaml, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, 'update-ts-references.e2e.yaml');
+    const root = [
+        '.',
+        {
+            compilerOptions: {
+                composite: true,
+            },
+            files: [],
+            references: [
+                {
+                    path: 'workspace-a/tsconfig.dev.json',
+                },
+                {
+                    path: 'workspace-b/tsconfig.dev.json',
+                },
+            ],
+        },
+    ];
+
+    const a = [
+        './workspace-a',
+        {
+            compilerOptions: {
+                ...compilerOptions,
+                paths: {"workspace-b": ["../workspace-b/src"]}
+            },
+            references: [
+                {
+                    path: '../workspace-b/tsconfig.dev.json',
+                },
+            ],
+        },
+    ];
+
+    const b = [
+        './workspace-b',
+        {
+            compilerOptions,
+        },
+    ];
+
+    [root,a,b].forEach((tsconfig) => {
+        const [configPath, config] = tsconfig;
+
+        expect(
+            parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(rootFolderUsecaseYaml, configPath, configPath === '.'?'tsconfig.root.json':'tsconfig.dev.json')).toString())
+        ).toEqual(config);
+    });
+
+    // should not touch the ignore config
+    expect(
+        parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(rootFolderUsecaseYaml, 'workspace-ignore', 'tsconfig.json')).toString())
+    ).toEqual({compilerOptions});
+});