diff --git a/docker_build.sh b/docker_build.sh
index 1c0a8e1..9f02278 100755
--- a/docker_build.sh
+++ b/docker_build.sh
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ export PBF2JSON_FILE="${PBF_FILES[0]}"
 export POLYLINE_FILE="${POLYLINE_FILES[0]}"
 
 # run the build
-exec ./script/build.sh
+exec ./script/build.sh $@
diff --git a/script/build.sh b/script/build.sh
index e822c15..003dc0d 100755
--- a/script/build.sh
+++ b/script/build.sh
@@ -48,18 +48,27 @@ if type pigz >/dev/null
   then pigz -k -c --best "$BUILDDIR/street.db" > "$BUILDDIR/street.db.gz";
   else gzip -c --best "$BUILDDIR/street.db" > "$BUILDDIR/street.db.gz";
 fi
-
-# run openaddresses conflation
-echo "- conflating openaddresses"
-$DIR/conflate_oa.sh;
-
-# run openstreetmap conflation
-echo "- conflating openstreetmap"
-$DIR/conflate_osm.sh;
-
-# run tiger conflation
-echo "- conflating tiger"
-$DIR/conflate_tiger.sh;
+#joined catches all additional arguments given to the script into a single string
+joined="$*"
+if [[ "$joined" =~ "oa" || $# -eq 0 ]]; then
+ # run openaddresses conflation
+  echo "- conflating openaddresses"
+  $DIR/conflate_oa.sh;
+fi
+if [[ "$joined" =~ "osm" || $# -eq 0 ]]; then
+  # run openstreetmap conflation
+  echo "- conflating openstreetmap"
+  $DIR/conflate_osm.sh;
+fi
+if [[ "$joined" =~ "tiger" || $# -eq 0 ]]; then
+  # run tiger conflation
+  echo "- conflating tiger"
+  $DIR/conflate_tiger.sh;
+fi
+#If we don't hit any of the above, but additional arguments were given we don't run any conflation and exit with 22.
+if [[ ! "$joined" =~ "tiger" ]] && [[ ! "$joined" =~ "osm" ]] && [[ ! "$joined" =~ "oa" ]] && [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; then
+  echo "No valid conflation source specified, running no conflations"; exit 22;
+fi
 
 # run vertex interpolation
 echo "- interpolating vertices"