diff --git a/GPy/util/datasets.py b/GPy/util/datasets.py
index b3675a8e..d679c6c3 100644
--- a/GPy/util/datasets.py
+++ b/GPy/util/datasets.py
@@ -17,17 +17,24 @@ def sample_class(f):
     c = np.where(c, 1, -1)
     return c
 
-def fetch_dataset(resource, file_name, messages = True):
+def fetch_dataset(resource, save_name = None, save_file = True, messages = True):
     if messages:
         print "Downloading resource: " , resource, " ... "
     response = url.urlopen(resource)
     # TODO: Some error checking...
+    # ... 
     html = response.read()
     response.close()
-    with open(file_name, "w") as text_file:
-        text_file.write("%s"%html)
-    if messages:
-        print "Done!"
+    if save_file:
+        # TODO: Check if already exists...
+        # ...
+        with open(save_name, "w") as text_file:
+            text_file.write("%s"%html)
+            if messages:
+                print "Done!"
+    return html
+        
+    
 
 def della_gatta_TRP63_gene_expression(gene_number=None):
     mat_data = scipy.io.loadmat(os.path.join(data_path, 'DellaGattadata.mat'))