diff --git a/blazegraph-deb/src/deb/bin/loadRestAPI.sh b/blazegraph-deb/src/deb/bin/loadRestAPI.sh
index 2ee49edc00..e17a25d52e 100755
--- a/blazegraph-deb/src/deb/bin/loadRestAPI.sh
+++ b/blazegraph-deb/src/deb/bin/loadRestAPI.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,32 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-FILE_OR_DIR=$1
-
-[ -f /etc/default/blazegraph ] && . /etc/default/blazegraph
+if [ "$1" == "" -o "$1" == "-h" -o "$1" == "--help" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 {file_or_directory} [{graph_namespace}]"
+    exit
+else
+    FILE_OR_DIR=$1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "$2" ]; then
+    NAMESPACE=$2
+else
+    NAMESPACE=kb
+fi
+
+[ -f /etc/default/blazegraph ] && source /etc/default/blazegraph
 [ -z "$JETTY_PORT" ] && JETTY_PORT=9999
 
-LOAD_PROP_FILE=/tmp/$$.properties
+[ -z "${NSS_PROPERTIES}" ] && NSS_PROPERTIES=/etc/blazegraph/RWStore.properties
 
-[ -z "${NSS_PROPERTIES}" ] && NSS_PROPERTIES=/etc/blazegraph
+export NSS_DATALOAD_PROPERTIES=${NSS_PROPERTIES}
 
-export NSS_DATALOAD_PROPERTIES="${NSS_PROPERTIES}/RWStore.properties"
+BG_URL="http://localhost:${JETTY_PORT}/blazegraph/dataloader"
+
+LOAD_PROP_FILE=/tmp/$$.properties
 
 #Probably some unused properties below, but copied all to be safe.
 
-cat <<EOT >> $LOAD_PROP_FILE
+cat <<EOT > $LOAD_PROP_FILE
 quiet=false
 verbose=0
 closure=false
@@ -24,18 +37,20 @@ com.bigdata.rdf.store.DataLoader.flush=false
 com.bigdata.rdf.store.DataLoader.bufferCapacity=100000
 com.bigdata.rdf.store.DataLoader.queueCapacity=10
 #Namespace to load
-namespace=kb
+namespace=${NAMESPACE}
 #Files to load
-fileOrDirs=$1
+fileOrDirs=${FILE_OR_DIR}
 #Property file (if creating a new namespace)
 propertyFile=$NSS_DATALOAD_PROPERTIES
 EOT
 
-echo "Loading with properties..."
-
-cat $LOAD_PROP_FILE
+echo "Submitting to loader at: ${BG_URL}"
+echo "Submitting with properties..."
+cat ${LOAD_PROP_FILE}
+echo
 
-curl -X POST --data-binary @${LOAD_PROP_FILE} --header 'Content-Type:text/plain' http://localhost:${JETTY_PORT}/blazegraph/dataloader
+curl -X POST --data-binary @${LOAD_PROP_FILE} --header 'Content-Type:text/plain' ${BG_URL}
+echo
 
 #Let the output go to STDOUT/ERR to allow script redirection