diff --git a/bin/pbiviz.js b/bin/pbiviz.js
index 45f14dd0..c624e43a 100755
--- a/bin/pbiviz.js
+++ b/bin/pbiviz.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { program, Option } from 'commander';
 
 const npmPackage = readJsonFromRoot('package.json');
 const rootPath = process.cwd();
+const pbivizFile = 'pbiviz.json';
 
 const pbiviz = program
     .version(npmPackage.version)
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ pbiviz
     .option('--no-stats', "Doesn't generate statistics files")
     .option('--skip-api', "Skips powerbi-visuals-api verifying")
     .option('-l, --all-locales', "Keeps all locale files in the package. By default only used inside stringResources folder locales are included.")
+    .option('-p, --pbiviz-file <pbiviz-file>', "Path to pbiviz.json file (useful for debugging)", pbivizFile)
     .action(async (options) => {
         CommandManager.start(options, rootPath);
     });
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ pbiviz
     .option('--skip-api', "Skips powerbi-visuals-api verifying")
     .option('-l, --all-locales', "Keeps all locale files in the package. By default only used inside stringResources folder locales are included.")
     .option('-v, --verbose', "Enables verbose logging")
+    .option('-p, --pbiviz-file <pbiviz-file>', "Path to pbiviz.json file (useful for debugging)", pbivizFile)
     .addOption(new Option('-c, --compression <compressionLevel>', "Enables compression of visual package")
         .choices(['0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'])
         .default('6')
diff --git a/spec/e2e/pbivizPackageSpec.js b/spec/e2e/pbivizPackageSpec.js
index 619c9950..8dad071b 100644
--- a/spec/e2e/pbivizPackageSpec.js
+++ b/spec/e2e/pbivizPackageSpec.js
@@ -459,6 +459,20 @@ describe("E2E - pbiviz package", () => {
             expect(error).not.toBeNull();
         }
     });
+
+    fit("Should throw error if wrong file speciefied with --pbiviz-file flag", () => {
+        const pbivizFile = 'testFile.json';
+        let error;
+
+        try {
+            FileSystem.runPbiviz('package', undefined, `--pbiviz-file ${pbivizFile}`);
+        } catch (e) {
+            error = e
+        }
+        expect(error).toBeDefined();
+        expect(error.status).toBe(1);
+        expect(error.message).toContain("You must be in the root of a visual project to run this command.");
+    });
 });
 
 function mkDirPromise(path) {
diff --git a/spec/e2e/pbivizStartSpec.js b/spec/e2e/pbivizStartSpec.js
index cc956639..dabb7528 100644
--- a/spec/e2e/pbivizStartSpec.js
+++ b/spec/e2e/pbivizStartSpec.js
@@ -198,6 +198,19 @@ describe("E2E - pbiviz start", () => {
             });
         });
 
+        fit("Should throw error if wrong file speciefied with --pbiviz-file flag", () => {
+            const pbivizFile = 'testFile.json';
+            let error;
+
+            try {
+                FileSystem.runPbiviz('start', undefined, `--pbiviz-file ${pbivizFile}`);
+            } catch (e) {
+                error = e
+            }
+            expect(error).toBeDefined();
+            expect(error.status).toBe(1);
+            expect(error.message).toContain("You must be in the root of a visual project to run this command.");
+        });
 
         // TODO rewrite this UT because build sequence is different
         xit("Should rebuild files on change and update status", (done) => {
diff --git a/src/CommandManager.ts b/src/CommandManager.ts
index b47c6402..61d263a1 100644
--- a/src/CommandManager.ts
+++ b/src/CommandManager.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ interface StartOptions {
     drop: boolean;
     skipApi: boolean;
     allLocales: boolean;
+    pbivizFile: string;
 }
 
 interface PackageOptions {
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ interface PackageOptions {
     skipApi: boolean;
     allLocales: boolean;
     verbose: boolean;
+    pbivizFile: string;
 }
 
 interface NewOptions {
@@ -41,11 +43,12 @@ export default class CommandManager {
             devServerPort: options.port,
             stats: options.stats,
             skipApiCheck: options.skipApi,
-            allLocales: options.allLocales
+            allLocales: options.allLocales,
+            pbivizFile: options.pbivizFile,
         }
         const visualManager = new VisualManager(rootPath)
         await visualManager
-            .prepareVisual()
+            .prepareVisual(options.pbivizFile)
             .validateVisual()
             .initializeWebpack(webpackOptions)
         visualManager.startWebpackServer(options.drop)
@@ -66,10 +69,11 @@ export default class CommandManager {
             compression: options.compression, 
             stats: options.stats,
             skipApiCheck: options.skipApi,
-            allLocales: options.allLocales
+            allLocales: options.allLocales,
+            pbivizFile: options.pbivizFile,
         }
         new VisualManager(rootPath)
-            .prepareVisual()
+            .prepareVisual(options.pbivizFile)
             .validateVisual(options.verbose)
             .initializeWebpack(webpackOptions)
             .then(visualManager => visualManager.generatePackage(options.verbose))
diff --git a/src/VisualManager.ts b/src/VisualManager.ts
index d44efc7e..68b8df36 100644
--- a/src/VisualManager.ts
+++ b/src/VisualManager.ts
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ export default class VisualManager {
         this.basePath = rootPath;
     }
 
-    public prepareVisual() {
-        if (this.doesPBIVIZExists()) {
-            this.pbivizConfig = readJsonFromVisual(PBIVIZ_FILE, this.basePath);
+    public prepareVisual(pbivizFile: string = PBIVIZ_FILE) {
+        if (this.doesPBIVIZExists(pbivizFile)) {
+            this.pbivizConfig = readJsonFromVisual(pbivizFile, this.basePath);
             this.createVisualInstance();
         } else {
-            ConsoleWriter.error(PBIVIZ_FILE + ' not found. You must be in the root of a visual project to run this command.')
+            ConsoleWriter.error(pbivizFile + ' not found. You must be in the root of a visual project to run this command.')
             process.exit(1);
         }
         return this;
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ export default class VisualManager {
         });
     }
     
-    private doesPBIVIZExists() {
-        return fs.existsSync(PBIVIZ_FILE);
+    private doesPBIVIZExists(pbivizFile) {
+        return fs.existsSync(pbivizFile);
     }
 
     private prepareDropFiles() {
diff --git a/src/WebPackWrap.ts b/src/WebPackWrap.ts
index 18706769..af956c93 100644
--- a/src/WebPackWrap.ts
+++ b/src/WebPackWrap.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export interface WebpackOptions {
     fast?: boolean;
     skipApiCheck?: boolean;
     allLocales?: boolean;
+    pbivizFile?: string;
 }
 
 export default class WebPackWrap {
@@ -297,10 +298,11 @@ export default class WebPackWrap {
         compression: 0,
         stats: true,
         skipApiCheck: false,
-        allLocales: false
+        allLocales: false,
+        pbivizFile: 'pbiviz.json',
     }) {
         const tsconfig = readJsonFromVisual('tsconfig.json');
-        this.pbiviz = readJsonFromVisual('pbiviz.json');
+        this.pbiviz = readJsonFromVisual(options.pbivizFile);
 
         const capabilitiesPath = this.pbiviz.capabilities;
         visualPackage.pbivizConfig.capabilities = capabilitiesPath;