diff --git a/src/cristallina/utils.py b/src/cristallina/utils.py
index eb09fb6..9e146f7 100644
--- a/src/cristallina/utils.py
+++ b/src/cristallina/utils.py
@@ -421,6 +421,24 @@ def heuristic_extract_smalldata_path():
     small_data_path = f"/das/work/p{str(p_number)[0:2]}/p{p_number}/smalldata/"
     return small_data_path
 
+def stand_table(pgroup=None):
+    """Reads the stand table. If no pgroup given it tries to guess it from the current path.
+    For other pgrous, add pgroup= as optional parameter."""
+    if pgroup:
+        # P group might be added as 'p12345' or just 12345, so both cases should be taken care of
+        if 'p' in str(pgroup):
+            # Cut the string and look at the next five letters after the last /p
+            p_index = pgroup.rfind("/p")
+            p_number = pgroup[p_index + 2 : p_index + 7]
+            base_path = f"/sf/cristallina/data/p{p_number}/raw/"
+        else:
+            base_path = f"/sf/cristallina/data/p{pgroup}/raw/"
+    else:
+        base_path = heuristic_extract_base_path()
+
+    stand_file = base_path.replace('raw','res') + 'output.h5'
+    stand_table = pd.read_hdf(stand_file)
+    return stand_table
 
 ######################## Little useful functions ########################
 
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index d138888..db6c616 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import os
 import numpy as np
 import cristallina.utils as utils
 
-from cristallina.utils import ROI, print_run_info, heuristic_extract_pgroup, gauss, find_nearest, xray_transmission
+from cristallina.utils import ROI, print_run_info, heuristic_extract_pgroup, gauss, find_nearest, xray_transmission,stand_table
 
 
 def test_print(capsys):
@@ -47,4 +47,7 @@ def test_xray_transmission():
     T = xray_transmission(9000, 100e-6, material = 'Si')
     assert T == 0.342385039732607
 
-
+def test_stand_table():
+    # Load run from a p-group where we have saved the stand table. First run recorded was number 27, so check that. 
+    table = stand_table(21563)
+    assert table['run'][0] == 27
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