UXARRAY · rajeeja · Jan 13, 2025 · Oct 29, 2024 · Oct 29, 2024 · Oct 31, 2024
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/from_file.ipynb b/docs/user-guide/from_file.ipynb
diff --git a/docs/userguide.rst b/docs/userguide.rst
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ These user guides provide additional details about specific features in UXarray.
 `Compatibility with HoloViz Tools <user-guide/holoviz.ipynb>`_
  Use UXarray with HoloViz tools
 
-
+`Reading & Working with Geometry Files <user-guide/from_file.ipynb>`_
+ Load and work with geometry files (i.e. Shapefile, GeoJSON)
 
 .. toctree::
    :hidden:
@@ -106,3 +107,4 @@ These user guides provide additional details about specific features in UXarray.
    user-guide/structured.ipynb
    user-guide/from-points.ipynb
    user-guide/holoviz.ipynb
+   user-guide/from_file.ipynb
diff --git a/test/meshfiles/shp/chicago_neighborhoods/chicago_neighborhoods.shp b/test/meshfiles/shp/chicago_neighborhoods/chicago_neighborhoods.shp
diff --git a/test/meshfiles/shp/chicago_neighborhoods/chicago_neighborhoods.shx b/test/meshfiles/shp/chicago_neighborhoods/chicago_neighborhoods.shx
diff --git a/uxarray/grid/grid.py b/uxarray/grid/grid.py
@@ -332,7 +332,8 @@ def from_file(
             grid_ds, source_dims_dict = _read_geodataframe(filename)
 
         elif backend == "xarray":
-            grid_ds, source_dims_dict = cls.from_dataset(filename)
+            dataset = xr.open_dataset(filename, **kwargs)
+            return cls.from_dataset(dataset)
 
         else:
             raise ValueError("Backend not supported")