diff --git a/docs/download_example.ipynb b/docs/download_example.ipynb
index f5e41de..895f169 100644
--- a/docs/download_example.ipynb
+++ b/docs/download_example.ipynb
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@
    "id": "fdf5ec65-a98b-412b-b5c6-3b4bb23e8312",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "## Getting available files and metadata in table form."
+    "## Getting available files and metadata in data frame form.\n",
+    "The output is a polars data frame and has all the functionality contained within. More details can be found on \n",
+    "the official docs page: https://docs.pola.rs/"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -94,6 +96,36 @@
    "source": [
     "toolviper.utils.data.list_files()"
    ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "2b47b5ed-9409-471c-ab54-6a793f4052c5",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "#### Example of pre-selection on the file metadata"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "bebfac78-a3f5-46ca-a840-d222308a72b8",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "files = toolviper.utils.data.list_files()\n",
+    "\n",
+    "files[files.telescope == \"VLA\"]"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "0b04a312-043a-4957-a16d-39c6d73c1fa6",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "files.filter(items=[\"file\", \"path\", \"telescope\"])"
+   ]
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {
@@ -112,7 +144,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.11.13"
+   "version": "3.12.12"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
diff --git a/docs/file-manifest-update.ipynb b/docs/file-manifest-update.ipynb
index c983e0a..76579f2 100644
--- a/docs/file-manifest-update.ipynb
+++ b/docs/file-manifest-update.ipynb
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.13.9"
+   "version": "3.12.12"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7c1d677..2362d37 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ dependencies = [
     'numpy',
     'psutil',
     'rich',
+    'pandas',
+    'itables',
     'requests',
+    'tabulate',
     'tqdm',
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/toolviper/utils/data/cloudflare.py b/src/toolviper/utils/data/cloudflare.py
index e37361d..dfbe1b6 100644
--- a/src/toolviper/utils/data/cloudflare.py
+++ b/src/toolviper/utils/data/cloudflare.py
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 import toolviper.utils.logger as logger
 from toolviper.utils import parameter
 
+from collections import defaultdict
+from toolviper.utils.parameter import is_notebook
+import pandas as pd
+
 colorize = console.Colorize()
 
 PROGRESS_MAX_CHARACTERS = 28
@@ -196,7 +200,89 @@ def worker(progress: Progress, task_id: TaskID, task: dict, decompress=True) ->
             os.remove(fullname)
 
 
-def list_files() -> None:
+class ToolviperFiles:
+    def __init__(self, manifest, dataframe=None):
+
+        self.manifest = manifest
+        self.dataframe = dataframe
+        self.notebook_mode = False
+
+        if is_notebook():
+            import itables
+
+            self.notebook_mode = True
+
+            itables.init_notebook_mode()
+
+    def __call__(self):
+        if not self.notebook_mode:
+            return print(self.dataframe)
+
+        else:
+            return self.dataframe
+
+    def print(self) -> Union[None, pd.DataFrame]:
+        if not self.notebook_mode:
+            import tabulate
+
+            print(
+                tabulate.tabulate(
+                    self.dataframe, showindex=False, headers=self.dataframe.columns
+                )
+            )
+            return None
+
+        return self.dataframe
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_manifest(cls, manifest: str):
+        meta_data_path = pathlib.Path(manifest)
+
+        # Verify that the download metadata exist and update if not.
+        # _verify_metadata_file()
+
+        with open(meta_data_path) as json_file:
+
+            file_meta_data = json.load(json_file)
+
+            files = file_meta_data["metadata"].keys()
+
+            data = defaultdict(list)
+            data["file"] = list(files)
+
+            for file_, metadata_ in file_meta_data["metadata"].items():
+                for key_, value_ in metadata_.items():
+                    if key_ == "file":
+                        continue
+
+                    # I think we could do this with a JSON ENCODER
+                    # but this is easier since the file is small
+                    # and everything is a string already
+
+                    if value_ == "size":
+                        value_ = int(value_)
+
+                    data[key_].append(value_)
+
+            return cls(manifest=manifest, dataframe=pd.DataFrame(data))
+
+
+def list_files(truncate=None) -> pd.DataFrame:
+
+    pd.set_option("display.max_rows", truncate)
+    pd.set_option("display.colheader_justify", "left")
+
+    meta_data_path = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.joinpath(
+        ".cloudflare/file.download.json"
+    )
+
+    table = ToolviperFiles.from_manifest(str(meta_data_path))
+
+    return table.print()
+
+
+# This version of the function is now deprecated
+def list_files_() -> None:
     """
     List all files in cloudflare
     """
@@ -218,7 +304,7 @@ def list_files() -> None:
     with open(meta_data_path) as json_file:
         file_meta_data = json.load(json_file)
 
-        table.add_column("file", style="blue")
+        table.add_column("file", style="blue", no_wrap=False)
         table.add_column("dtype", style="green")
         table.add_column("telescope", style="green")
         table.add_column("size", style="green")