diff --git a/src/spikeanalysis/spike_analysis.py b/src/spikeanalysis/spike_analysis.py
index a0a813f..3bce7ed 100644
--- a/src/spikeanalysis/spike_analysis.py
+++ b/src/spikeanalysis/spike_analysis.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def __repr__(self):
         final_vars = [current_var for current_var in var if "_" not in current_var[:2]]
         return f"The methods are: {final_methods} \n\n Variables are: {final_vars}"
 
-    def set_spike_data(self, sp: SpikeData):
+    def set_spike_data(self, sp: SpikeData, cluster_ids: np.array | list | None = None):
         """
         loads in spike data from phy for analysis
 
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ def set_spike_data(self, sp: SpikeData):
         ----------
         sp : SpikeData
             A SpikeData object to analyze spike trains
-
+        cluster_ids: np.array | list | None, default: None
+            If one decides to run a subset of clusters of their own choice enter here
 
         """
         if self._file_path is None:
@@ -71,32 +72,39 @@ def set_spike_data(self, sp: SpikeData):
             self.spike_times = sp.raw_spike_times / sp._sampling_rate
 
         self._cids = sp._cids
-        try:
-            self._qc_threshold = sp._qc_threshold
-            QC_DATA = True
-        except AttributeError:
-            if self._verbose:
-                print(
-                    f"There is no qc run_threshold. Run {_possible_qc} to only\
-                    include acceptable values"
-                )
-            self.qc_threshold = np.array([True for _ in self._cids])
-            QC_DATA = False
-
-        if sp.QC_RUN and QC_DATA:
-            sp.denoise_data()
-        elif QC_DATA:
-            sp.set_qc()
-            sp.denoise_data()
-        else:
+
+        if cluster_ids is None:
             try:
-                sp.denoise_data()
-            except TypeError:
+                self._qc_threshold = sp._qc_threshold
+                QC_DATA = True
+            except AttributeError:
                 if self._verbose:
-                    print("no qc run")
+                    print(
+                        f"There is no qc run_threshold. Run {_possible_qc} to only\
+                        include acceptable values"
+                    )
+                self.qc_threshold = np.array([True for _ in self._cids])
+                QC_DATA = False
+
+            if sp.QC_RUN and QC_DATA:
+                sp.denoise_data()
+            elif QC_DATA:
+                sp.set_qc()
+                sp.denoise_data()
+            else:
+                try:
+                    sp.denoise_data()
+                except TypeError:
+                    if self._verbose:
+                        print("no qc run")
 
         self.raw_spike_times = sp.raw_spike_times
-        self.cluster_ids = sp._cids
+
+        if cluster_ids is None:
+            self.cluster_ids = sp._cids
+        else:
+            self.cluster_ids = np.array(cluster_ids)
+
         self.spike_clusters = sp.spike_clusters
         self._sampling_rate = sp._sampling_rate
 
diff --git a/src/spikeanalysis/utils.py b/src/spikeanalysis/utils.py
index 7f656a0..fc6d4ce 100644
--- a/src/spikeanalysis/utils.py
+++ b/src/spikeanalysis/utils.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from typing import Union
 import numpy as np
 from pathlib import Path
+from collections import namedtuple
 
 
 class NumpyEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
@@ -30,6 +31,42 @@ def jsonify_parameters(parameters: dict, file_path: Path | None = None):
         json.dump(new_parameters, write_file)
 
 
+def get_parameters(file_path: str | Path) -> namedtuple[dict]:
+    """
+    function to read in the analysis_parameter.json.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    file_path: str | Path
+        the path to the folder containing the json
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    function_kwargs: namedtuple[dict]
+        A namedtuple of the analysis parameters
+    """
+
+    file_path = Path(file_path)
+    assert file_path.is_dir(), "file_path must be the dir containing the analysis_parameters"
+
+    with open(file_path / "analysis_parameters.json", "r") as read_file:
+        parameters = json.load(read_file)
+
+    z_score = parameters.pop("z_score_data", None)
+    raw_firing = parameters.pop("get_raw_firing_rate", None)
+    psth = parameters.pop("get_raw_psth", None)
+    lats = parameters.pop("latencies", None)
+    isi = parameters.pop("compute_event_interspike_interval", None)
+    trial_corr = parameters.pop("trial_correlation", None)
+
+    Functionkwargs = namedtuple(
+        "Functionkwargs", ["psth", "zscore", "latencies", "isi", "trial_correlations", "firing_rate"]
+    )
+    function_kwargs = Functionkwargs(psth, z_score, lats, isi, trial_corr, raw_firing)
+
+    return function_kwargs
+
+
 def verify_window_format(window: Union[list, list[list]], num_stim: int) -> list[list]:
     """Utility function for making sure window format is correct for analysis
     and plotting functions