diff --git a/v2/internal/runner/options.go b/v2/internal/runner/options.go
index baab72b9e..5f252ca6b 100644
--- a/v2/internal/runner/options.go
+++ b/v2/internal/runner/options.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 // the template requesting process.
 type Options struct {
 	Debug              bool                   // Debug mode allows debugging request/responses for the engine
-	Templates          string                 // Signature specifies the template/templates to use
+	Templates          multiStringFlag        // Signature specifies the template/templates to use
 	Target             string                 // Target is a single URL/Domain to scan usng a template
 	Targets            string                 // Targets specifies the targets to scan using templates.
 	Threads            int                    // Thread controls the number of concurrent requests to make.
@@ -33,12 +33,23 @@ type Options struct {
 	Stdin bool // Stdin specifies whether stdin input was given to the process
 }
 
+type multiStringFlag []string
+
+func (m *multiStringFlag) String() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (m *multiStringFlag) Set(value string) error {
+	*m = append(*m, value)
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ParseOptions parses the command line flags provided by a user
 func ParseOptions() *Options {
 	options := &Options{}
 
 	flag.StringVar(&options.Target, "target", "", "Target is a single target to scan using template")
-	flag.StringVar(&options.Templates, "t", "", "Template input file/files to run on host")
+	flag.Var(&options.Templates, "t","Template input file/files to run on host. Can be used multiple times.")
 	flag.StringVar(&options.Targets, "l", "", "List of URLs to run templates on")
 	flag.StringVar(&options.Output, "o", "", "File to write output to (optional)")
 	flag.StringVar(&options.ProxyURL, "proxy-url", "", "URL of the proxy server")
diff --git a/v2/internal/runner/runner.go b/v2/internal/runner/runner.go
index 0d5e693c9..c35c85aad 100644
--- a/v2/internal/runner/runner.go
+++ b/v2/internal/runner/runner.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func New(options *Options) (*Runner, error) {
 	if err := runner.updateTemplates(); err != nil {
 		gologger.Warningf("Could not update templates: %s\n", err)
 	}
-	if (options.Templates == "" || (options.Targets == "" && !options.Stdin && options.Target == "")) && options.UpdateTemplates {
+	if (len(options.Templates) == 0 || (options.Targets == "" && !options.Stdin && options.Target == "")) && options.UpdateTemplates {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
@@ -88,84 +88,112 @@ func (r *Runner) Close() {
 	os.Remove(r.tempFile)
 }
 
+func isFilePath(path string) (bool, error) {
+	info, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return info.Mode().IsRegular(), nil
+}
+
+func (r *Runner) resolvePathIfRelative(path string) (string, error) {
+	if r.isRelative(path) {
+		newPath, err := r.resolvePath(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		return newPath, nil
+	}
+	return path, nil
+}
+
+func isNewPath(path string, pathMap map[string]bool) bool {
+	if _, already := pathMap[path]; already {
+		gologger.Warningf("Skipping already specified path '%s'", path)
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // RunEnumeration sets up the input layer for giving input nuclei.
 // binary and runs the actual enumeration
 func (r *Runner) RunEnumeration() {
-	var err error
+	// keeps track of processed dirs and files
+	processed := make(map[string]bool)
+	allTemplates := []string{}
 
-	// Check if the template is an absolute path or relative path.
-	// If the path is absolute, use it. Otherwise,
-	if r.isRelative(r.options.Templates) {
-		newPath, err := r.resolvePath(r.options.Templates)
+	// parses user input, handle file/directory cases and produce a list of unique templates
+	for _, t := range r.options.Templates {
+		// resolve and convert relative to absolute path
+		absPath, err := r.resolvePathIfRelative(t)
 		if err != nil {
-			gologger.Errorf("Could not find template file '%s': %s\n", r.options.Templates, err)
-			return
+			gologger.Errorf("Could not find template file '%s': %s\n", t, err)
+			continue
 		}
-		r.options.Templates = newPath
-	}
 
-	// Single yaml provided
-	if strings.HasSuffix(r.options.Templates, ".yaml") {
-		t, err := r.parse(r.options.Templates)
-		switch t.(type) {
-		case *templates.Template:
-			var results bool
-			template := t.(*templates.Template)
-			// process http requests
-			for _, request := range template.BulkRequestsHTTP {
-				results = r.processTemplateRequest(template, request)
-			}
-			// process dns requests
-			for _, request := range template.RequestsDNS {
-				dnsResults := r.processTemplateRequest(template, request)
-				if !results {
-					results = dnsResults
-				}
-			}
-
-			if !results {
-				if r.output != nil {
-					outputFile := r.output.Name()
-					r.output.Close()
-					os.Remove(outputFile)
-				}
-				gologger.Infof("No results found for the template. Happy hacking!")
-			}
-		case *workflows.Workflow:
-			workflow := t.(*workflows.Workflow)
-			r.ProcessWorkflowWithList(workflow)
-		default:
-			gologger.Errorf("Could not parse file '%s': %s\n", r.options.Templates, err)
+		// determine file/directory
+		isFile, err := isFilePath(absPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			gologger.Errorf("Could not stat '%s': %s\n", absPath, err)
+			continue
 		}
-		return
-	}
 
-	// If the template passed is a directory
-	matches := []string{}
+		// test for uniqueness
+		if !isNewPath(absPath, processed) {
+			continue
+		}
 
-	// Recursively walk down the Templates directory and run all the template file checks
-	err = godirwalk.Walk(r.options.Templates, &godirwalk.Options{
-		Callback: func(path string, d *godirwalk.Dirent) error {
-			if !d.IsDir() && strings.HasSuffix(path, ".yaml") {
-				matches = append(matches, path)
+		// mark this absolute path as processed
+		// - if it's a file, we'll never process it again
+		// - if it's a dir, we'll never walk it again
+		processed[absPath] = true
+
+		if isFile {
+			allTemplates = append(allTemplates, absPath)
+		} else {
+			matches := []string{}
+
+			// Recursively walk down the Templates directory and run all the template file checks
+			err = godirwalk.Walk(absPath, &godirwalk.Options{
+				Callback: func(path string, d *godirwalk.Dirent) error {
+					if !d.IsDir() && strings.HasSuffix(path, ".yaml") {
+						if isNewPath(path, processed) {
+							matches = append(matches, path)
+							processed[path] = true
+						}
+					}
+					return nil
+				},
+				ErrorCallback: func(path string, err error) godirwalk.ErrorAction {
+					return godirwalk.SkipNode
+				},
+				Unsorted: true,
+			})
+
+			// directory couldn't be walked
+			if err != nil {
+				gologger.Labelf("Could not find templates in directory '%s': %s\n", absPath, err)
+				continue
 			}
-			return nil
-		},
-		ErrorCallback: func(path string, err error) godirwalk.ErrorAction {
-			return godirwalk.SkipNode
-		},
-		Unsorted: true,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		gologger.Fatalf("Could not find templates in directory '%s': %s\n", r.options.Templates, err)
+
+			// couldn't find templates in directory
+			if len(matches) == 0 {
+				gologger.Labelf("Error, no templates were found in '%s'.\n", absPath)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			allTemplates = append(allTemplates, matches...)
+		}
 	}
+
 	// 0 matches means no templates were found in directory
-	if len(matches) == 0 {
-		gologger.Fatalf("Error, no templates found in directory: '%s'\n", r.options.Templates)
+	if len(allTemplates) == 0 {
+		gologger.Fatalf("Error, no templates were found.\n")
 	}
 
+	// run with the specified templates
 	var results bool
-	for _, match := range matches {
+	for _, match := range allTemplates {
 		t, err := r.parse(match)
 		switch t.(type) {
 		case *templates.Template:
@@ -195,7 +223,7 @@ func (r *Runner) RunEnumeration() {
 			r.output.Close()
 			os.Remove(outputFile)
 		}
-		gologger.Infof("No results found for the template. Happy hacking!")
+		gologger.Infof("No results found. Happy hacking!")
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/v2/internal/runner/validate.go b/v2/internal/runner/validate.go
index 67233438d..2fb0e00c0 100644
--- a/v2/internal/runner/validate.go
+++ b/v2/internal/runner/validate.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func (options *Options) validateOptions() error {
 	}
 
 	// Check if a list of templates was provided and it exists
-	if options.Templates == "" && !options.UpdateTemplates {
+	if len(options.Templates) == 0 && !options.UpdateTemplates {
 		return errors.New("no template/templates provided")
 	}