diff --git a/JetStreamDriver.js b/JetStreamDriver.js
index 77d74c5..b7fb0e1 100644
--- a/JetStreamDriver.js
+++ b/JetStreamDriver.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ globalThis.testWorstCaseCountMap ??= new Map();
 globalThis.dumpJSONResults ??= false;
 globalThis.customTestList ??= [];
 globalThis.startDelay ??= undefined;
+globalThis.prefetchResources ??= true;
 
 let shouldReport = false;
 
@@ -52,6 +53,13 @@ function getIntParam(urlParams, key) {
     return value
 }
 
+function getBoolParam(urlParams, key, defaultValue=false) {
+    if (!urlParams.has(key))
+        return defaultValue;
+    const rawValue = urlParams.get(key).toLowerCase()
+    return !(rawValue === "false" || rawValue === "0")
+ }
+
 if (typeof(URLSearchParams) !== "undefined") {
     const urlParameters = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
     shouldReport = urlParameters.has('report') && urlParameters.get('report').toLowerCase() == 'true';
@@ -62,8 +70,12 @@ if (typeof(URLSearchParams) !== "undefined") {
         customTestList = urlParameters.getAll("test");
     globalThis.testIterationCount = getIntParam(urlParameters, "iterationCount");
     globalThis.testWorstCaseCount = getIntParam(urlParameters, "worstCaseCount");
+    globalThis.prefetchResources = getBoolParam(urlParameters, "prefetchResources", true);
 }
 
+if (!globalThis.prefetchResources)
+    console.warn("Disabling resource prefetching!", globalThis.prefetchResources)
+
 // Used for the promise representing the current benchmark run.
 this.currentResolve = null;
 this.currentReject = null;
@@ -190,51 +202,56 @@ function uiFriendlyDuration(time)
     return result;
 }
 
-const fileLoader = (function() {
-    class Loader {
-        constructor() {
-            this.requests = new Map;
+class FileLoader {
+    constructor() {
+        this.requests = new Map;
+    }
+
+    async _loadInternal(url) {
+        if (!isInBrowser) {
+            if (!globalThis.prefetchResources)
+                return Promise.resolve(`load("${url}");`);
+            return Promise.resolve(readFile(url));
         }
 
-        async _loadInternal(url) {
-            if (!isInBrowser)
-                return Promise.resolve(readFile(url));
+        if (!globalThis.prefetchResources)
+            return Promise.resolve(`<script src="${url}"></script>"`);
 
-            let response;
-            const tries = 3;
-            while (tries--) {
-                let hasError = false;
-                try {
-                    response = await fetch(url);
-                } catch (e) {
-                    hasError = true;
-                }
-                if (!hasError && response.ok)
-                    break;
-                if (tries)
-                    continue;
-                globalThis.allIsGood = false;
-                throw new Error("Fetch failed");
+        let response;
+        const tries = 3;
+        while (tries--) {
+            let hasError = false;
+            try {
+                response = await fetch(url);
+            } catch (e) {
+                hasError = true;
             }
-            if (url.indexOf(".js") !== -1)
-                return response.text();
-            else if (url.indexOf(".wasm") !== -1)
-                return response.arrayBuffer();
-
-            throw new Error("should not be reached!");
+            if (!hasError && response.ok)
+                break;
+            if (tries)
+                continue;
+            globalThis.allIsGood = false;
+            throw new Error("Fetch failed");
         }
+        if (url.indexOf(".js") !== -1)
+            return response.text();
+        else if (url.indexOf(".wasm") !== -1)
+            return response.arrayBuffer();
 
-        async load(url) {
-            if (this.requests.has(url))
-                return this.requests.get(url);
+        throw new Error("should not be reached!");
+    }
 
-            const promise = this._loadInternal(url);
-            this.requests.set(url, promise);
-            return promise;
-        }
+    async load(url) {
+        if (this.requests.has(url))
+            return this.requests.get(url);
+
+        const promise = this._loadInternal(url);
+        this.requests.set(url, promise);
+        return promise;
     }
-    return new Loader;
-})();
+}
+
+const fileLoader = new FileLoader();
 
 class Driver {
     constructor() {
@@ -283,7 +300,7 @@ class Driver {
             benchmark.updateUIAfterRun();
             console.log(benchmark.name)
 
-            if (isInBrowser) {
+            if (isInBrowser && globalThis.prefetchResources) {
                 const cache = JetStream.blobDataCache;
                 for (const file of benchmark.plan.files) {
                     const blobData = cache[file];
@@ -791,8 +808,12 @@ class Benchmark {
                 addScript(text);
         } else {
             const cache = JetStream.blobDataCache;
-            for (const file of this.plan.files)
-                addScriptWithURL(cache[file].blobURL);
+            for (const file of this.plan.files) {
+                if (globalThis.prefetchResources)
+                    addScriptWithURL(cache[file].blobURL);
+                else
+                    addScriptWithURL(file);
+            }
         }
 
         const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -845,6 +866,11 @@ class Benchmark {
     }
 
     async doLoadBlob(resource) {
+        const blobData = JetStream.blobDataCache[resource];
+        if (!globalThis.prefetchResources) {
+            blobData.blobURL = resource; 
+            return blobData;
+        }
         let response;
         let tries = 3;
         while (tries--) {
@@ -861,7 +887,6 @@ class Benchmark {
             throw new Error("Fetch failed");
         }
         const blob = await response.blob();
-        const blobData = JetStream.blobDataCache[resource];
         blobData.blob = blob;
         blobData.blobURL = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
         return blobData;
diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index 7a3a5cc..5dba199 100644
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@
  * THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 */
 
+globalThis.prefetchResources = true;
 const isInBrowser = false;
 console = {
     log: globalThis?.console?.log ?? print,
+    warn: globalThis?.console?.warn ?? print,
     error: globalThis?.console?.error ?? print,
 }
 
@@ -33,15 +35,35 @@ const isD8 = typeof Realm !== "undefined";
 if (isD8)
     globalThis.readFile = read;
 const isSpiderMonkey = typeof newGlobal !== "undefined";
-if (isSpiderMonkey) {
+if (isSpiderMonkey)
     globalThis.readFile = readRelativeToScript;
-    globalThis.arguments = scriptArgs;
+
+
+let cliFlags = {};
+let cliArgs = [];
+
+if (typeof arguments != "undefined" && arguments.length > 0) {
+    for (const arg of arguments) {
+        if (arg.startsWith("--")) {
+            const parts = arg.split("=");
+            cliFlags[parts[0]] = parts.slice(1).join("=");
+        } else {
+            cliArgs.push(arg);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+if (typeof testList === "undefined") {
+    if (cliArgs.length > 0) {
+        testList = cliArgs;
+    } else {
+        testList = undefined;
+    }
 }
 
-if (typeof arguments !== "undefined" && arguments.length > 0)
-    testList = arguments.slice();
-if (typeof testList === "undefined")
-    testList = undefined;
+if ("--no-prefetch" in cliFlags || "--noprefetch" in cliFlags)
+   globalThis.prefetchResources = false
+
 
 if (typeof testIterationCount === "undefined")
     testIterationCount = undefined;
@@ -53,6 +75,20 @@ else
 
 load("./JetStreamDriver.js");
 
+if ("--help" in cliFlags) {
+    print("JetStream Driver Help")
+    print("")
+    print("Options:")
+    print("   --no-prefetch: directly use load('...') for benchmark resources.")
+    print("")
+    print("Available tests:")
+    for (const test of testPlans)
+        print("  ", test.name)
+} else {
+    print("Running tests: " + testList)
+    runJetStream();
+}
+
 async function runJetStream() {
     try {
         await JetStream.initialize();
@@ -63,4 +99,3 @@ async function runJetStream() {
         throw e;
     }
 }
-runJetStream();
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 98992b5..27bc1ec 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
     const isInBrowser = true;
     const isD8 = false;
     const isSpiderMonkey = false;
+    globalThis.prefetchResources = true;
     globalThis.allIsGood = true;
+
     window.onerror = function(e) {
         if (e == "Script error.") {
             // This is a workaround for Firefox on iOS which has an uncaught exception from