diff --git a/workflow/qhtcp-workflow b/workflow/qhtcp-workflow
index f35975df..7185b990 100755
--- a/workflow/qhtcp-workflow
+++ b/workflow/qhtcp-workflow
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 # @option -h | --help Print help message and exit (overrides other options)
 
 DEBUG=1 # Turn debugging ON by default during development
+DEMO=1 # Turn demo mode on (uses demo dirs instead of production paths)
 shopt -s extglob
 
 # @section Libraries
@@ -1596,8 +1597,11 @@ main() {
 
   # Find a scans directory
   # TODO change back for production, avoid actual scan dirs during testing
-  # local scans_heirarchy=("./scans" "/mnt/data/scans" "/mnt/data/ExpJobs" "./scans") 
-  local scans_heirarchy=( "$SCANS_DIR" "./scans" "/mnt/data/scans" "./scans")
+  # local scans_heirarchy=("./scans" "/mnt/data/scans" "/mnt/data/ExpJobs" "./scans")
+  local scans_heirarchy=( "$SCANS_DIR" "./scans" "/mnt/data/scans" "templates/scans-demo" "./scans")
+
+  # In demo mode prepend the array with the demo scans dir
+  ((DEMO)) && scans_heirarchy=("templates/scans-demo" "${scans_heirarchy[@]}")
   
   [[ -z $SCANS_DIR ]] && for d in "${scans_heirarchy[@]}"; do
     if [[ -d $d ]]; then