diff --git a/pkg/cmds/cmd.go b/pkg/cmds/cmd.go
index 4d6e436..6f96594 100644
--- a/pkg/cmds/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/cmds/cmd.go
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8/esapi"
 	es_layers "github.com/go-go-golems/escuse-me/pkg/cmds/layers"
@@ -19,8 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	orderedmap "github.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
-	"io"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 type EscuseMeCommandDescription struct {
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ type EscuseMeCommandDescription struct {
 	Flags     []*parameters.ParameterDefinition `yaml:"flags,omitempty"`
 	Arguments []*parameters.ParameterDefinition `yaml:"arguments,omitempty"`
 
+	DefaultIndex  string `yaml:"default-index,omitempty"`
 	QueryTemplate string `yaml:"queryTemplate,omitempty"`
 	// Query is used for single file escuse-me commands, while QueryTemplate is used for directories,
 	// where main.yaml is used to describe the command and the file given in the query template
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ type ElasticSearchCommand struct {
 	*cmds.CommandDescription `yaml:",inline"`
 	QueryStringTemplate      string `yaml:"query"`
 	QueryNodeTemplate        *RawNode
+	DefaultIndex             string `yaml:"default-index,omitempty"`
 	clientFactory            ESClientFactory
 }
 
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ func NewElasticSearchCommand(
 	clientFactory ESClientFactory,
 	queryStringTemplate string,
 	queryNodeTemplate *RawNode,
+	defaultIndex string,
 ) (*ElasticSearchCommand, error) {
 	glazedParameterLayer, err := settings.NewGlazedParameterLayers()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ func NewElasticSearchCommand(
 		clientFactory:       clientFactory,
 		QueryStringTemplate: queryStringTemplate,
 		QueryNodeTemplate:   queryNodeTemplate,
+		DefaultIndex:        defaultIndex,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -244,6 +249,10 @@ func (esc *ElasticSearchCommand) RunQueryIntoGlaze(
 	os = append(os, es.Search.WithExplain(esHelperSettings.Explain))
 	if esHelperSettings.Index != "" {
 		os = append(os, es.Search.WithIndex(esHelperSettings.Index))
+	} else if esc.DefaultIndex != "" {
+		os = append(os, es.Search.WithIndex(esc.DefaultIndex))
+	} else {
+		return errors.New("No index specified")
 	}
 
 	res, err := es.Search(os...)
@@ -269,12 +278,23 @@ func (esc *ElasticSearchCommand) RunQueryIntoGlaze(
 		}
 	}
 
-	var r ElasticSearchResult
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if esHelperSettings.RawResults {
+		// For raw results, just output the entire response as a single row
+		row := orderedmap.New[string, interface{}]()
+		row.Set("raw_results", json.RawMessage(body))
+		err = gp.AddRow(ctx, row)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var r ElasticSearchResult
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &r); err != nil {
 		return errors.New("Error parsing the response body")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cmds/cobra.go b/pkg/cmds/cobra.go
index 9f615a6..4781b4b 100644
--- a/pkg/cmds/cobra.go
+++ b/pkg/cmds/cobra.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func GetCobraCommandEscuseMeMiddlewares(
 		middlewares.WrapWithWhitelistedLayers(
 			[]string{
 				layers.EsConnectionSlug,
+				layers.ESHelpersSlug,
 			},
 			middlewares.GatherFlagsFromViper(parameters.WithParseStepSource("viper")),
 		),
diff --git a/pkg/cmds/layers/helpers.go b/pkg/cmds/layers/helpers.go
index 917ec58..401bd88 100644
--- a/pkg/cmds/layers/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/cmds/layers/helpers.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type ESHelperSettings struct {
 	PrintQuery bool   `glazed.parameter:"print-query"`
 	Explain    bool   `glazed.parameter:"explain"`
 	Index      string `glazed.parameter:"es-index"`
+	RawResults bool   `glazed.parameter:"raw-results"`
 }
 
 func NewESHelpersParameterLayer(
@@ -34,6 +35,12 @@ func NewESHelpersParameterLayer(
 			parameters.ParameterTypeString,
 			parameters.WithHelp("The index to search in"),
 		),
+		parameters.NewParameterDefinition(
+			"raw-results",
+			parameters.ParameterTypeBool,
+			parameters.WithHelp("Whether to return raw results"),
+			parameters.WithDefault(false),
+		),
 	))
 	ret, err := layers.NewParameterLayer(ESHelpersSlug, "ES Helpers", options_...)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cmds/loader.go b/pkg/cmds/loader.go
index 40d5058..3e62c20 100644
--- a/pkg/cmds/loader.go
+++ b/pkg/cmds/loader.go
@@ -132,7 +132,13 @@ func (escl *ElasticSearchCommandLoader) loadCommandsFromFile(
 		options_...,
 	)
 
-	esc, err := NewElasticSearchCommand(description, escl.clientFactory, "", escd.Query)
+	esc, err := NewElasticSearchCommand(
+		description,
+		escl.clientFactory,
+		"",
+		escd.Query,
+		escd.DefaultIndex,
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -204,7 +210,13 @@ func (escl *ElasticSearchCommandLoader) loadCommandsFromDir(
 		options_...,
 	)
 
-	esc, err := NewElasticSearchCommand(description, escl.clientFactory, queryTemplate, nil)
+	esc, err := NewElasticSearchCommand(
+		description,
+		escl.clientFactory,
+		queryTemplate,
+		escd.Query,
+		escd.DefaultIndex,
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/helpers/error.go b/pkg/helpers/error.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 345b806..0000000
--- a/pkg/helpers/error.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-package helpers