diff --git a/record-and-playback/core/scripts/rap-process-worker.rb b/record-and-playback/core/scripts/rap-process-worker.rb
index 4f062b9f8d..535ec6c5bd 100755
--- a/record-and-playback/core/scripts/rap-process-worker.rb
+++ b/record-and-playback/core/scripts/rap-process-worker.rb
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ require '../lib/recordandplayback'
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'yaml'
 require 'fileutils'
+require 'optparse'
 
-def process_archived_meetings(recording_dir)
+def process_archived_meetings(recording_dir, pattern)
   sanity_done_files = Dir.glob("#{recording_dir}/status/sanity/*.done")
 
   FileUtils.mkdir_p("#{recording_dir}/status/processed")
@@ -43,6 +44,12 @@ def process_archived_meetings(recording_dir)
       next
     end
 
+    unless pattern.nil?
+      next unless pattern.match(done_base)
+
+      BigBlueButton.logger.info("Processing #{done_base} because it matched the pattern #{pattern.inspect}")
+    end
+
     step_succeeded = true
 
     # Generate captions
@@ -151,9 +158,18 @@ begin
   logger.level = Logger::INFO
   BigBlueButton.logger = logger
 
-  BigBlueButton.logger.debug("Running rap-process-worker...")
-  
-  process_archived_meetings(recording_dir)
+  options = { pattern: nil }
+  OptionParser.new do |opt|
+    opt.on('-p PATTERN') { |o| options[:pattern] = o }
+  end.parse!
+  pattern = Regexp.new(options[:pattern]) unless options[:pattern].nil?
+
+  if pattern.nil?
+    BigBlueButton.logger.debug("Running rap-process-worker...")
+  else
+    BigBlueButton.logger.debug("Running rap-process-worker with pattern #{pattern.inspect}...")
+  end
+  process_archived_meetings(recording_dir, pattern)
 
   BigBlueButton.logger.debug("rap-process-worker done")