diff --git a/R/dataset.R b/R/dataset.R
index cef3c9c..f82392b 100644
--- a/R/dataset.R
+++ b/R/dataset.R
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ loadCorrectDataset <- function(x) {
   if (is.matrix(x) || is.data.frame(x)) {
     return(x)
   } else if (is.character(x)) {
-    if (! endsWith(x, ".csv")) {
+    if (!endsWith(x, ".csv")) {
       x <- paste0(x, ".csv")
     }
 
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ findAllColumnNamesInOptions <- function(options, allColumnNames) {
 
 preloadDataset <- function(datasetPathOrObject, options) {
 
+  if (is.null(datasetPathOrObject)) {
+    .setInternal("preloadedDataset", data.frame())
+    return()
+  }
+
   dataset <- loadCorrectDataset(datasetPathOrObject)
 
   # repair any names like "", which cause false positives in findAllColumnNamesAndTypes
diff --git a/R/options.R b/R/options.R
index 028ba73..56d02d2 100644
--- a/R/options.R
+++ b/R/options.R
@@ -297,8 +297,17 @@ parsePreloadDataFromDescriptionQml <- function(analysisName) {
 
   description <- parseDescriptionQmlFromAnalysisName(analysisName)
 
-  preloadData <- isTRUE(description[["Description"]][["preloadData"]]) || isTRUE(description[[analysisName]][["preloadData"]])
-  if (!preloadData)
+  # is preloadData globally set to TRUE?
+  preloadDataGlobal <- isTRUE(description[["Description"]][["preloadData"]])
+  # is preloadData even set for this specific analysis?
+  specifiedPreloadData <- "preloadData" %in% names(description[[analysisName]])
+  # is preloadData set to TRUE for this specific analysis?
+  preloadDataAnalysis <- specifiedPreloadData && isTRUE(description[[analysisName]][["preloadData"]])
+  # if preloadData set to TRUE for the analysis, or if set globally to TRUE and not set for the analysis
+  preloadData <- preloadDataAnalysis || (preloadDataGlobal && !specifiedPreloadData)
+
+  # show a warning but only if the preloadData is not set for the analysis
+  if (!preloadData && !specifiedPreloadData)
     lifecycle::deprecate_warn(
       when = "0.19.2",
       what = I(sprintf("The analysis `%s` does not preload data. Please update inst/Description.qml, add `preloadData: true`, and fix any minor issues.", analysisName))
diff --git a/R/run.R b/R/run.R
index 6bac20a..98ba738 100644
--- a/R/run.R
+++ b/R/run.R
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 #'
 #'
 #' @export runAnalysis
-runAnalysis <- function(name, dataset, options, view = TRUE, quiet = FALSE, makeTests = FALSE) {
+runAnalysis <- function(name, dataset = NULL, options, view = TRUE, quiet = FALSE, makeTests = FALSE) {
   if (is.list(options) && is.null(names(options)) && any(names(unlist(lapply(options, attributes))) == "analysisName"))
     stop("The provided list of options is not named. Did you mean to index in the options list (e.g., options[[1]])?")
 
diff --git a/JASPTools.Rproj b/jaspTools.Rproj
similarity index 100%
rename from JASPTools.Rproj
rename to jaspTools.Rproj