diff --git a/commands/common.sh b/commands/common.sh
index 8365f93..d923404 100644
--- a/commands/common.sh
+++ b/commands/common.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ get_storage_commands() {
             fetch_cmd=( "gsutil" "cp" )
             storage_type="gs"
             gsutil_auth
+            find_object="find_object_gs"
             ;;
         s3://*)
             echo ">> Storage type: aws s3"
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ get_storage_commands() {
             ls_cmd=( "aws" "s3" "ls" "${AWS_S3_ADDITIONAL_ARGS}" )
             fetch_cmd=( "aws" "s3" "cp" "${AWS_S3_ADDITIONAL_ARGS}" )
             storage_type="s3"
+            find_object="find_object_s3"
             ;;
         file://*|/*|./*)
             echo ">> Storage type: file"
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ get_storage_commands() {
             fetch_cmd=( "cat" )
             source="${source#file:\/\/}"
             storage_type="file"
+            find_object="find_object_file"
             ;;
         *)
             echoerr "Unknown storage type"
@@ -136,3 +139,108 @@ gsutil_auth() {
           "service_account = default" > /etc/boto.cfg
     fi
 }
+
+# helper functions
+function get_filename_from_object_path() {
+  # Returns just the filename portion of the full object path
+  echo "${1}" | sed -E -e 's/.*[\/ ]([^\/]*)$/\1/'
+}
+
+function get_basename_from_object_path() {
+  # Returns just the bucketname / base path
+  echo "${1}" | sed 's/\(file\|s3\|gs\):\/\/\([^\/]\+\)\/.*/\1:\/\/\2\//'
+}
+
+function get_timestamp_from_object_path() {
+  # Returns just the timestamp portion of the full object path 2-14 digits
+  echo "${1}" | sed -n 's/.*\/\([0-9]\{2,14\}\).*/\1/p; t; q;'
+}
+
+function check_object_exists() {
+  if [[ $(eval "${ls_cmd[@]}" "${1}") ]]; then
+    return 0
+  else
+    echoerr "Error file not found"
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+function find_object_gs {
+  # find the object
+  # the following are are all valid
+  # gs://mybucket/20230413000003/my_database.sql.lz4
+  # gs://mybucket/20230413000003/ my_database
+  # gs://mybucket/ my_database
+  # gs://mybucket/20230413 my_database
+
+  source="${1}"
+  database="${2:-}"
+  timestamp="$(get_timestamp_from_object_path "${source}")"
+  base="$(get_basename_from_object_path "${source}")"
+
+  if [[ "${timestamp}" == "" ]]; then
+    # no timestamp in the path, find the latest
+    timestamp="$(eval "${ls_cmd[@]}" "${source}" | sed -E -e '/[0-9]{14}/!d' -e 's/.*([0-9]{14})\/$/\1/' | sort | tail -n1)"
+    full_path="$(eval "${ls_cmd[@]}" "${source}${timestamp}/" | grep "/${database}[\.\-]")"
+  else
+    # has timestamp, either fully qualified, or needs expanding
+    if [[ $source =~ [0-9]{14}/${database} ]]; then
+      # should be complete path
+      full_path="${source}"
+    elif [[ $source =~ [0-9]{14} ]]; then
+      # complete timestamp
+      full_path="$(eval "${ls_cmd[@]}" "${source}" | grep "/${database}[\.\-]")"
+    else
+      # partial timestamp. search for matching object path
+      full_path="$(eval "${ls_cmd[@]}" "${base}${timestamp}*/" | grep "/${database}[\.\-]")"
+    fi
+  fi
+  check_object_exists "${full_path}" || { echoerr "Error file not found"; exit 1; }
+  echo "${full_path}"
+}
+
+
+function find_object_s3 {
+  # find the object
+  # the following are are all valid
+  # s3://mybucket/20230413000003/my_database.sql.lz4
+  # s3://mybucket/20230413000003/ my_database
+  # s3://mybucket/ my_database
+  # s3://mybucket/20230413 my_database
+
+  source="${1}"
+  database="${2:-}"
+  timestamp="$(get_timestamp_from_object_path "${source}")"
+  base="$(get_basename_from_object_path "${source}")"
+
+  if [[ "${timestamp}" == "" ]]; then
+    # no timestamp in the path, find the latest
+    timestamp="$(eval "${ls_cmd[@]}" "${base}" | sed -E -e '/[0-9]{14}/!d' -e 's/.*([0-9]{14})\/$/\1/' | sort | tail -n1)"
+    file="$(eval "${ls_cmd[@]}" "${base}${timestamp}/" | sed -E -e 's/.*[\/ ]([^\/]*)$/\1/' | grep "^${database}[\.\-]")"
+    full_path="${base}${timestamp}/${file}"
+  else
+    # has timestamp, either fully qualified, or needs expanding
+    if [[ $source =~ [0-9]{14}/${database} ]]; then
+      # should be complete path
+      full_path="${source}"
+    elif [[ $source =~ [0-9]{14} ]]; then
+      # complete timestamp
+      file="$(eval "${ls_cmd[@]}" "${source}" | sed -E -e 's/.*[\/ ]([^\/]*)$/\1/' | grep "^${database}[\.\-]")"
+      full_path="${source}${file}"
+    else
+      # partial timestamp. search for matching object path
+      timestamp="$(eval "${ls_cmd[@]}" "${base}" | sed -E -e '/[0-9]{14}/!d' -e 's/.*([0-9]{14})\/$/\1/' | grep "${timestamp}")"
+      timestamp_count=$(wc -l <<<"${timestamp}")
+      [[ "${timestamp_count}" -gt 1 ]] && { echoerr "Error too many items found. Timestamp is not distinct."; exit 1; }
+      file="$(eval "${ls_cmd[@]}" "${base}${timestamp}/" | sed -E -e 's/.*[\/ ]([^\/]*)$/\1/' | grep "^${database}[\.\-]")"
+      full_path="${base}${timestamp}/${file}"
+    fi
+  fi
+  check_object_exists "${full_path}" || { echoerr "Error file not found"; exit 1; }
+  echo "${full_path}"
+}
+
+function find_object_file {
+  echoerr "find_object_file not implemented"
+  exit 1
+}
diff --git a/commands/load b/commands/load
index 7a4ef06..e860709 100755
--- a/commands/load
+++ b/commands/load
@@ -208,30 +208,24 @@ case "${#args[@]}" in
     ;;
   esac
 
-echo "Source:  ${source}"
-echo "SRC DB:  ${src_database}"
-echo "DEST DB: ${dest_database}"
+echo "Source: ${source}"
+echo "Source Database: ${src_database}"
+echo "Destination Database: ${dest_database}"
 
 # Set the umask, umask defaults to 0077 to keep files private during db dumping
 umask "${umask:-0077}"
 
-date="$(date --utc "+${date_format:-%Y%m%d%H%M%S}")"
-
 get_storage_commands "${source}"
-
-# Find latest
-latest="$(eval "${ls_cmd[@]}" "${source}" | sed -E -e '/[0-9]{14}/!d' -e 's/.*([0-9]{14})\/$/\1/' | sort | tail -n1)"
-echo "Latest: ${latest}"
-
-file="$(eval "${ls_cmd[@]}" "${source}/${latest}/" | sed -E -e 's/.*[\/ ]([^\/]*)$/\1/' | grep "^${src_database}[\.\-]" || true)"
-if [[ -z "${file}" ]]; then
-  echo "No save found for database in ${latest}"
+file_path="$(eval ${find_object} "${source}" "${src_database}")"
+if [[ -z "${file_path}" ]]; then
+  echo "No save found for database ${src_database} in ${source}"
   exit 1
+else
+  echo "Filepath: ${file_path}"
 fi
-echo "File: ${file}"
 
 if [[ "${compression:-auto}" == "auto" ]]; then
-  case "${file##*.}" in
+  case "${file_path##*.}" in
     "lz4")
       compression="lz4"
       ;;
@@ -268,9 +262,9 @@ wait_mariadb "${host}" "${port:-3306}"
 /usr/bin/mysql "${connection[@]}" -rs -e "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS ${dest_database}; CREATE DATABASE ${dest_database}"
 
 if [[ "${#sed_cmd[@]}" -gt 0 ]]; then
-  eval "${fetch_cmd[@]}" "${source}/${latest}/${file}" "-" | "${decompression_cmd[@]}" | sed -E "${sed_cmd[@]}" | /usr/bin/mysql "${connection_no_db[@]}" "${dest_database}"
+  eval "${fetch_cmd[@]}" "${file_path}" "-" | "${decompression_cmd[@]}" | sed -E "${sed_cmd[@]}" | /usr/bin/mysql "${connection_no_db[@]}" "${dest_database}"
 else
-  eval "${fetch_cmd[@]}" "${source}/${latest}/${file}" "-" | "${decompression_cmd[@]}" | /usr/bin/mysql "${connection_no_db[@]}" "${dest_database}"
+  eval "${fetch_cmd[@]}" "${file_path}" "-" | "${decompression_cmd[@]}" | /usr/bin/mysql "${connection_no_db[@]}" "${dest_database}"
 fi
 
 echo ">> Finished."
diff --git a/commands/load.md b/commands/load.md
index a9e0493..1d87722 100644
--- a/commands/load.md
+++ b/commands/load.md
@@ -8,8 +8,5 @@ Command to load a sql dump from object storage (or filesystem) to a destination
 * DROP and CREATE destination database
 * Support for sed filters
 * gsutil auth helper
-
-## Limitations
-
-* Source must be a directory named with the date ie 20200813000000 (must be 14 chars)
-* Only the latest is loadable
+* Source can either be a bucket root with timestamped directories named with the date ie 20200813000000 (must be 14 chars),
+or a path to the dump to restore, or a date stamped path (or partial datestamp), eg `s3://mybucket`, or `s3://mybucket/20200813000000`, or `s3://mybucket/20200813000000/my_database.sql.lz4`
diff --git a/tests/test.sh b/tests/test.sh
index 694e74d..d7b4577 100755
--- a/tests/test.sh
+++ b/tests/test.sh
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ docker run -d --name mariadb -p 3306:3306 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password ${MARI
 docker run -d --name minio -p 9000:9000 ${MINIO_IMAGE}:${MINIO_TAG} server /data > /dev/null
 docker run --rm -i --link minio -e MC_HOST_minio=http://minioadmin:minioadmin@minio:9000 minio/mc:latest --quiet mb minio/backup
 docker run -i --name ${TEST_NAME}-save --link mariadb --link minio -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=minioadmin -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=minioadmin -e AWS_S3_ADDITIONAL_ARGS="--endpoint-url http://minio:9000" $TEST_CONTAINER save --host mariadb --password password s3://backup
-docker run -i --name ${TEST_NAME}-load --link mariadb --link minio -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=minioadmin -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=minioadmin -e AWS_S3_ADDITIONAL_ARGS="--endpoint-url http://minio:9000" $TEST_CONTAINER load --host mariadb --password password s3://backup/ mysql newdb
-cleanup mariadb minio ${TEST_NAME}-save ${TEST_NAME}-load
+docker run -i --name ${TEST_NAME}-load1 --link mariadb --link minio -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=minioadmin -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=minioadmin -e AWS_S3_ADDITIONAL_ARGS="--endpoint-url http://minio:9000" $TEST_CONTAINER load --host mariadb --password password s3://backup/ mysql newdb
+docker run -i --name ${TEST_NAME}-load2 --link mariadb --link minio -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=minioadmin -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=minioadmin -e AWS_S3_ADDITIONAL_ARGS="--endpoint-url http://minio:9000" $TEST_CONTAINER load --host mariadb --password password s3://backup/202 mysql newdb
+cleanup mariadb minio ${TEST_NAME}-save ${TEST_NAME}-load1 ${TEST_NAME}-load2
 
 echo "=> Test mysql command"
 docker run -d --name mariadb -p 3306:3306 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password ${MARIADB_IMAGE}:${MARIADB_TAG} > /dev/null