diff --git a/dysgu/__init__.py b/dysgu/__init__.py
index 35c25b1..4a52493 100644
--- a/dysgu/__init__.py
+++ b/dysgu/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 
 from dysgu.python_api import DysguSV,\
-    dysgu_default_args, merge_intervals, load_bed, load_dysgu_vcf, merge_dysgu_df
+    dysgu_default_args, dysgu_preset_args, merge_intervals, load_bed, load_dysgu_vcf, merge_dysgu_df
+
 
 __all__ = [
     'DysguSV',
     'dysgu_default_args',
+    'dysgu_preset_args',
     'merge_intervals',
     'merge_dysgu_df',
     'load_bed',
diff --git a/dysgu/main.py b/dysgu/main.py
index 99035b5..1497dfa 100644
--- a/dysgu/main.py
+++ b/dysgu/main.py
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ def show_params():
 
 
 def apply_preset(kwargs):
+    if kwargs["mode"] == "pacbio": 
+        logging.warning("Using --mode pacbio is deprecated. Use 'pacbio-sequel2' or 'pacbio-revio' instead. Mode will be set as 'pacbio-revio'")
+        kwargs["mode"] = "pacbio-revio"
+    elif kwargs == ["nanopore"]:
+        logging.warning("Using --mode nanopore is deprecated. Use 'nanopore-r9' or 'nanopore-r10' instead. Mode will be set as 'nanopore-r10'")
+        kwargs["mode"] = "nanopore-r10"
     if kwargs["mode"] != "pe":
         kwargs["paired"] = "False"
     p = presets[kwargs["mode"]]
@@ -206,7 +212,8 @@ def cli():
                              f"pacbio-revio: --mq {presets['pacbio-revio']['mq']} --paired False --min-support '{presets['pacbio-revio']['min_support']}' --max-cov {presets['pacbio-revio']['max_cov']} --dist-norm {presets['pacbio-revio']['dist_norm']} --trust-ins-len True --thresholds {presets['pacbio-revio']['thresholds']} --symbolic-sv-size {presets['pacbio-revio']['symbolic_sv_size']} --sd {presets['pacbio-revio']['sd']}."
                              f"nanopore-r9: --mq {presets['nanopore-r9']['mq']} --paired False --min-support '{presets['nanopore-r9']['min_support']}' --max-cov {presets['nanopore-r9']['max_cov']} --dist-norm {presets['nanopore-r9']['dist_norm']} --trust-ins-len False --symbolic-sv-size {presets['nanopore-r9']['symbolic_sv_size']} --sd {presets['nanopore-r9']['sd']} --divergence {presets['nanopore-r9']['divergence']}."
                              f"nanopore-r10: --mq {presets['nanopore-r10']['mq']} --paired False --min-support '{presets['nanopore-r10']['min_support']}' --max-cov {presets['nanopore-r10']['max_cov']} --dist-norm {presets['nanopore-r10']['dist_norm']} --trust-ins-len False --thresholds {presets['nanopore-r10']['thresholds']} --symbolic-sv-size {presets['nanopore-r10']['symbolic_sv_size']} --sd {presets['nanopore-r10']['sd']}",
-              default="pe", type=click.Choice(["pe", "pacbio-sequel2", "pacbio-revio", "nanopore-r9", "nanopore-r10"]), show_default=True)
+              default="pe", type=click.Choice(["pe", "pacbio-sequel2", "pacbio-revio", "nanopore-r9", "nanopore-r10", "pacbio", "nanopore"]), show_default=True)
+
 @click.option('--pl', help=f"Type of input reads  [default: {defaults['pl']}]",
               type=click.Choice(["pe", "pacbio", "nanopore"]), callback=add_option_set)
 @click.option('--clip-length', help="Minimum soft-clip length, >= threshold are kept. Set to -1 to ignore [default: {deafults['clip_length']}]", type=int, callback=add_option_set)
@@ -267,6 +274,7 @@ def run_pipeline(ctx, **kwargs):
     # Add arguments to context
     t0 = time.time()
     logging.info("[dysgu-run] Version: {}".format(dysgu_version))
+
     make_wd(kwargs)
     apply_preset(kwargs)
     show_params()
@@ -364,7 +372,8 @@ def get_reads(ctx, **kwargs):
                              f"pacbio-revio: --mq {presets['pacbio-revio']['mq']} --paired False --min-support '{presets['pacbio-revio']['min_support']}' --max-cov {presets['pacbio-revio']['max_cov']} --dist-norm {presets['pacbio-revio']['dist_norm']} --trust-ins-len True --thresholds {presets['pacbio-revio']['thresholds']} --symbolic-sv-size {presets['pacbio-revio']['symbolic_sv_size']} --sd {presets['pacbio-revio']['sd']}."
                              f"nanopore-r9: --mq {presets['nanopore-r9']['mq']} --paired False --min-support '{presets['nanopore-r9']['min_support']}' --max-cov {presets['nanopore-r9']['max_cov']} --dist-norm {presets['nanopore-r9']['dist_norm']} --trust-ins-len False --symbolic-sv-size {presets['nanopore-r9']['symbolic_sv_size']} --sd {presets['nanopore-r9']['sd']} --divergence {presets['nanopore-r9']['divergence']}."
                              f"nanopore-r10: --mq {presets['nanopore-r10']['mq']} --paired False --min-support '{presets['nanopore-r10']['min_support']}' --max-cov {presets['nanopore-r10']['max_cov']} --dist-norm {presets['nanopore-r10']['dist_norm']} --trust-ins-len False --thresholds {presets['nanopore-r10']['thresholds']} --symbolic-sv-size {presets['nanopore-r10']['symbolic_sv_size']} --sd {presets['nanopore-r10']['sd']}",
-              default="pe", type=click.Choice(["pe", "pacbio-sequel2", "pacbio-revio", "nanopore-r9", "nanopore-r10"]), show_default=True)
+              default="pe", type=click.Choice(["pe", "pacbio-sequel2", "pacbio-revio", "nanopore-r9", "nanopore-r10", "pacbio", "nanopore"]), show_default=True)
+
 @click.option('--pl', help=f"Type of input reads  [default: {defaults['pl']}]",
               type=click.Choice(["pe", "pacbio", "nanopore"]), callback=add_option_set)
 @click.option('--clip-length', help="Minimum soft-clip length, >= threshold are kept. Set to -1 to ignore [default: {deafults['clip_length']}]", type=int, callback=add_option_set)
diff --git a/dysgu/python_api.py b/dysgu/python_api.py
index 1025184..13ca624 100644
--- a/dysgu/python_api.py
+++ b/dysgu/python_api.py
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ def dysgu_default_args():
                 'symbolic_sv_size': -1,
                 'template_size': '',
                 'thresholds': {'DEL': 0.45,
-                'INS': 0.45,
-                'INV': 0.45,
-                'DUP': 0.45,
-                'TRA': 0.45},
+                                'INS': 0.45,
+                                'INV': 0.45,
+                                'DUP': 0.45,
+                                'TRA': 0.45},
                 'trust_ins_len': True,
                 'verbosity': 2,
                 'working_directory': 'tempfile',
@@ -80,6 +80,91 @@ def dysgu_default_args():
     return args
 
 
+def dysgu_preset_args(mode):
+    """
+    Returns the default arguments used by dysgu
+
+    :param mode: Choose the 'mode', one of pe | pacbio-sequel2 | nanopore-r9 | nanopore-r10
+    :type path: str
+
+    :return: A dict of available arguments
+    :rtype: dict
+    
+    Load a vcf file from dysgu
+
+    :param path: The path to the vcf file
+    :type path: str
+    :param drop_na_columns: Drop columns that are all NAN
+    :type drop_na_columns: bool
+    :return: A dataframe of SVs
+    :rty
+    """
+    args = dysgu_default_args()
+    presets = {"nanopore-r9": {"mq": 1,
+                        "min_support": "auto",
+                        "dist_norm": 900,
+                        "max_cov": 150,
+                        "pl": "nanopore",
+                        "remap": "False",
+                        "clip_length": -1,
+                        "trust_ins_len": "False",
+                        "sd": 0.6,
+                        "symbolic_sv_size": 50000,
+                        "divergence": "auto"
+                        },
+                "nanopore-r10": {"mq": 1,
+                        "min_support": "auto",
+                        "dist_norm": 600,
+                        "max_cov": 150,
+                        "pl": "nanopore",
+                        "remap": "False",
+                        "clip_length": -1,
+                        "trust_ins_len": "False",
+                        "sd": 0.35,
+                        'thresholds': {'DEL': 0.35,
+                                'INS': 0.35,
+                                'INV': 0.35,
+                                'DUP': 0.35,
+                                'TRA': 0.35},
+                        "symbolic_sv_size": 50000
+                        },
+               "pacbio-sequel2": {"mq": 1,
+                      "min_support": "auto",
+                      "dist_norm": 600,
+                      "max_cov": 150,
+                      "pl": "pacbio",
+                      "remap": "False",
+                      "clip_length": -1,
+                      "trust_ins_len": "True",
+                      "sd": 0.45,
+                      "symbolic_sv_size": 50000
+                      },
+               "pacbio-revio": {"mq": 1,
+                      "min_support": "auto",
+                      "dist_norm": 600,
+                      "max_cov": 150,
+                      "pl": "pacbio",
+                      "remap": "False",
+                      "clip_length": -1,
+                      "trust_ins_len": "True",
+                      "sd": 0.4,
+                      'thresholds': {'DEL': 0.25,
+                                'INS': 0.25,
+                                'INV': 0.25,
+                                'DUP': 0.25,
+                                'TRA': 0.25},
+                      "symbolic_sv_size": 50000
+                      },
+           }
+    if mode in presets:
+        for k, v in presets[mode].items():
+            args[k] = v
+    elif mode != "pe":
+        raise ValueError("mode must be either: pe | pacbio-sequel2 | nanopore-r9 | nanopore-r10")
+    return args
+
+
+
 def load_dysgu_vcf(path, drop_na_columns=True):
     """
     Load a vcf file from dysgu
diff --git a/dysgu_api_demo.ipynb b/dysgu_api_demo.ipynb
index c0ef5ce..179686c 100644
--- a/dysgu_api_demo.ipynb
+++ b/dysgu_api_demo.ipynb
@@ -614,7 +614,9 @@
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "Options are specified as key word arguments during initialization. For example, to change the `min-support` option:"
+    "Preset options are also available using the `dysgu_preset_args(mode)` function, where mode can be \"pacbio-revio\" etc.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Options can be specified as key word arguments during initialization. For example, to change the `min-support` option:"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5e3a770..66a8190 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "dysgu"
-version = "1.6.8"
+version = "1.7.0"
 description = "Structural variant calling"
 authors = [
     { name = "Kez Cleal", email = "clealk@cardiff.ac.uk" }