diff --git a/coffea/processor/executor.py b/coffea/processor/executor.py
index 22ef9e106..013e0112c 100644
--- a/coffea/processor/executor.py
+++ b/coffea/processor/executor.py
@@ -338,8 +338,10 @@ def run_spark_job(fileset, processor_instance, executor, executor_args={},
 
     executor_args.setdefault('config', None)
     executor_args.setdefault('file_type', 'parquet')
-    executor_args.setdefault('laurelin_version', '0.1.0')
+    executor_args.setdefault('laurelin_version', '0.3.0')
+    executor_args.setdefault('treeName', 'Events')
     file_type = executor_args['file_type']
+    treeName = executor_args['treeName']
 
     if executor_args['config'] is None:
         executor_args.pop('config')
@@ -356,7 +358,7 @@ def run_spark_job(fileset, processor_instance, executor, executor_args={},
             raise ValueError("Expected 'spark' to be a pyspark.sql.session.SparkSession")
 
     dfslist = _spark_make_dfs(spark, fileset, partitionsize, processor_instance.columns,
-                              thread_workers, file_type)
+                              thread_workers, file_type, treeName)
 
     output = processor_instance.accumulator.identity()
     executor(spark, dfslist, processor_instance, output, thread_workers)
diff --git a/coffea/processor/spark/detail.py b/coffea/processor/spark/detail.py
index fcb6f45c6..6d70ff9fb 100644
--- a/coffea/processor/spark/detail.py
+++ b/coffea/processor/spark/detail.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def _spark_initialize(config=_default_config, **kwargs):
         cfg_actual = cfg_actual.config('spark.ui.showConsoleProgress', 'false')
 
     # always load laurelin even if we may not use it
-    kwargs.setdefault('laurelin_version', '0.1.0')
+    kwargs.setdefault('laurelin_version', '0.3.0')
     laurelin = kwargs['laurelin_version']
     cfg_actual = cfg_actual.config('spark.jars.packages',
                                    'edu.vanderbilt.accre:laurelin:%s' % laurelin)
@@ -48,16 +48,21 @@ def _spark_initialize(config=_default_config, **kwargs):
     return session
 
 
-def _read_df(spark, dataset, files_or_dirs, ana_cols, partitionsize, file_type, treeName='Events'):
-    if not isinstance(files_or_dirs, Sequence):
+def _read_df(spark, dataset, files_or_dirs, ana_cols, partitionsize, file_type, treeName):
+    flist = files_or_dirs
+    tname = treeName
+    if isinstance(files_or_dirs, dict):
+        tname = files_or_dirs['treename']
+        flist = files_or_dirs['files']
+    if not isinstance(flist, Sequence):
         raise ValueError('spark dataset file list must be a Sequence (like list())')
     df = None
     if file_type == 'parquet':
-        df = spark.read.parquet(*files_or_dirs)
+        df = spark.read.parquet(flist)
     else:
         df = spark.read.format(file_type) \
-                       .option('tree', treeName) \
-                       .load(*files_or_dirs)
+                       .option('tree', tname) \
+                       .load(flist)
     count = df.count()
 
     df_cols = set(df.columns)
@@ -74,7 +79,8 @@ def _read_df(spark, dataset, files_or_dirs, ana_cols, partitionsize, file_type,
     return df, dataset, count
 
 
-def _spark_make_dfs(spark, fileset, partitionsize, columns, thread_workers, file_type, status=True):
+def _spark_make_dfs(spark, fileset, partitionsize, columns, thread_workers, file_type,
+                    treeName, status=True):
     dfs = {}
     ana_cols = set(columns)
 
@@ -84,7 +90,8 @@ def dfs_accumulator(total, result):
 
     with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=thread_workers) as executor:
         futures = set(executor.submit(_read_df, spark, ds, files,
-                                      ana_cols, partitionsize, file_type) for ds, files in fileset.items())
+                                      ana_cols, partitionsize, file_type,
+                                      treeName) for ds, files in fileset.items())
 
         futures_handler(futures, dfs, status, 'datasets', 'loading', futures_accumulator=dfs_accumulator)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_spark.py b/tests/test_spark.py
index 701731d9c..3d514cac9 100644
--- a/tests/test_spark.py
+++ b/tests/test_spark.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ def test_spark_executor():
 
     spark = _spark_initialize(config=spark_config,log_level='ERROR',spark_progress=False)
 
-    filelist = {'ZJets': ['file:'+osp.join(os.getcwd(),'tests/samples/nano_dy.root')],
-                'Data'  : ['file:'+osp.join(os.getcwd(),'tests/samples/nano_dimuon.root')]
+    filelist = {'ZJets': {'files': ['file:'+osp.join(os.getcwd(),'tests/samples/nano_dy.root')], 'treename': 'Events' },
+                'Data'  : {'files': ['file:'+osp.join(os.getcwd(),'tests/samples/nano_dimuon.root')], 'treename': 'Events'}
                 }
 
     from coffea.processor.test_items import NanoTestProcessor