diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eaf1eb9..1063044 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 *.ird
 *.gz
 *.db
+*.zip
 
 PS3_GAME/
 PS3_UPDATE/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5bc2ff6..66644c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
+## [0.0.8] - 2021-11-27
+### Fixed
+- Issue #7: fix manually supplied .ird files not being used.
+
 ## [0.0.7] - 2021-06-29
 ### Added
 - PARAM.SFO reader (sfo.py)
diff --git a/libray/ird.py b/libray/ird.py
index fbcc1db..a2d28f9 100644
--- a/libray/ird.py
+++ b/libray/ird.py
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ class IRD:
   MAGIC_STRING = b'3IRD'
 
 
-  def __init__(self, args):
+  def __init__(self, ird_path, verbose=False):
     """IRD constructor using args from argparse."""
 
-    self.uncompress(args.ird) # TODO: Try/Except?
+    self.uncompress(ird_path) # TODO: Try/Except?
 
     self.size = core.size(self.TEMP_FILE)
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class IRD:
       if self.version < 7:
         self.uid = core.to_int(input_ird.read(4), self.ORDER)
 
-      if args.verbose:
+      if verbose:
         self.print_info()
 
     os.remove(self.TEMP_FILE)
diff --git a/libray/iso.py b/libray/iso.py
index bef83bb..12eb09f 100644
--- a/libray/iso.py
+++ b/libray/iso.py
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ class ISO:
             db = sqlite3.connect((pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve() / 'data/') / 'keys.db')
           c = db.cursor()
 
-
-
           #core.vprint('Calculating crc32', args)
 
           #input_iso.seek(0)
@@ -228,7 +226,7 @@ class ISO:
           core.warning('No IRD file specified, finding required file', args)
           args.ird = core.ird_by_game_id(self.game_id) # Download ird
 
-          self.ird = ird.IRD(args)
+          self.ird = ird.IRD(args.ird)
 
           if self.ird.region_count != len(self.regions)-1:
             core.error('Corrupt ISO or error in IRD. Expected %s regions, found %s regions' % (self.ird.region_count, len(self.regions)-1))
@@ -237,6 +235,21 @@ class ISO:
             core.error('Corrupt ISO or error in IRD. Expected filesize larger than %.2f GiB, actual size is %.2f GiB' % (self.regions[-1]['start'] / 1024**3, self.size / 1024**3 ) )
 
           self.disc_key = cipher.encrypt(self.ird.data1)
+
+      else:
+
+        # .ird file given with -k / --ird
+
+        self.ird = ird.IRD(args.ird)
+
+        if self.ird.region_count != len(self.regions)-1:
+          core.error('Corrupt ISO or error in IRD. Expected %s regions, found %s regions' % (self.ird.region_count, len(self.regions)-1))
+
+        if self.regions[-1]['start'] > self.size:
+          core.error('Corrupt ISO or error in IRD. Expected filesize larger than %.2f GiB, actual size is %.2f GiB' % (self.regions[-1]['start'] / 1024**3, self.size / 1024**3 ) )
+
+        self.disc_key = cipher.encrypt(self.ird.data1)
+
     else:
       self.disc_key = core.to_bytes(args.decryption_key)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2f97505..9827536 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ with open('README.md') as f:
 
 setup(
   name="libray",
-  version="0.0.7",
+  version="0.0.8",
   description='A Libre (FLOSS) Python application for unencrypting, extracting, repackaging, and encrypting PS3 ISOs',
   long_description=long_description,
   long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
diff --git a/tools/keys2db.py b/tools/keys2db.py
index f5bd78c..8c7423a 100755
--- a/tools/keys2db.py
+++ b/tools/keys2db.py
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     cwd = pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent
 
+    keys_path = cwd / 'keys'
+
+    if not keys_path.exists():
+        print('Error: No keys/ folder. Place the .key files in a tools/keys/ folder')
+        sys.exit()
+
     any_dats = [x for x in cwd.glob('*.dat')]
 
     if not any_dats:
@@ -82,6 +88,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     db.close()
 
+    data_path = (cwd.parent / 'libray') / 'data/'
+
+    if not data_path.exists():
+        data_path.mkdir()
+
     shutil.copyfile(db_path, ((cwd.parent / 'libray') / 'data/') / db_path.name)
 
     print('Warning: no keyfiles for %s titles' % str(warnings))