diff --git a/scripts/run_pipeline.py b/scripts/run_pipeline.py
index c2b4bb0..0a01287 100644
--- a/scripts/run_pipeline.py
+++ b/scripts/run_pipeline.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def parse_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 
     parser.add_argument("input", help="pdf file or directory")
+    parser.add_argument("--metadata", help="optional figure detection metadata")
     parser.add_argument("--print", "-p", help="print output to terminal", action="store_true", default=False)
     parser.add_argument("--page_interval", "-i", help="page interval [i, j), min index = 0", nargs=2, type=int)
 
@@ -22,10 +23,14 @@ def parse_args():
     return args
 
 
-def process_pdf(pipeline, pdf_path, page_range=None):
+def process_pdf(pipeline, pdf_path, metadata=None, page_range=None):
+    if metadata:
+        with open(metadata) as f:
+            metadata = json.load(f)
+
     with open(pdf_path, "rb") as f:
         logger.info(f"Processing {pdf_path}")
-        predictions = list(pipeline(f.read(), page_range=page_range))
+        predictions = list(pipeline(f.read(), page_range=page_range, metadata_per_image=metadata))
 
     annotate_pdf(
         pdf_path, predictions, os.path.join("/tmp", os.path.basename(pdf_path.replace(".pdf", "_annotated.pdf")))
@@ -42,9 +47,10 @@ def main(args):
     else:
         pdf_paths = glob(os.path.join(args.input, "*.pdf"))
     page_range = range(*args.page_interval) if args.page_interval else None
+    metadata = args.metadata if args.metadata else None
 
     for pdf_path in pdf_paths:
-        predictions = process_pdf(pipeline, pdf_path, page_range=page_range)
+        predictions = process_pdf(pipeline, pdf_path, metadata, page_range=page_range)
         if args.print:
             print(pdf_path)
             print(json.dumps(predictions, indent=2))