diff --git a/packages_rs/nextclade-cli/src/dataset/dataset_download.rs b/packages_rs/nextclade-cli/src/dataset/dataset_download.rs
index fe9920f5c..368b59927 100644
--- a/packages_rs/nextclade-cli/src/dataset/dataset_download.rs
+++ b/packages_rs/nextclade-cli/src/dataset/dataset_download.rs
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ pub fn dataset_individual_files_load(
           VirusProperties {
             schema_version: "".to_owned(),
             attributes: BTreeMap::default(),
+            shortcuts: vec![],
             meta: DatasetMeta::default(),
             files: DatasetFiles {
               reference: "".to_owned(),
diff --git a/packages_rs/nextclade-web/src/io/fetchDatasetsIndex.ts b/packages_rs/nextclade-web/src/io/fetchDatasetsIndex.ts
index fdd6e7b05..fd77edf0a 100644
--- a/packages_rs/nextclade-web/src/io/fetchDatasetsIndex.ts
+++ b/packages_rs/nextclade-web/src/io/fetchDatasetsIndex.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { AxiosError } from 'axios'
-import { get, head, mapValues, sortBy, sortedUniq } from 'lodash'
+import { get, head, isNil, mapValues, sortBy, sortedUniq } from 'lodash'
 import semver from 'semver'
 import { takeFirstMaybe } from 'src/helpers/takeFirstMaybe'
 import urljoin from 'url-join'
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export function findDataset(datasets: Dataset[], name?: string, tag?: string) {
 /** Find the datasets given name, ref and tag */
 export function filterDatasets(datasets: Dataset[], name?: string, tag?: string) {
   return datasets.filter((dataset) => {
-    let isMatch = dataset.path === name
+    let isMatch = !isNil(name) && (dataset.path === name || !!dataset.shortcuts?.includes(name))
 
     if (tag) {
       isMatch = isMatch && dataset.version?.tag === tag
diff --git a/packages_rs/nextclade/src/analyze/virus_properties.rs b/packages_rs/nextclade/src/analyze/virus_properties.rs
index 77d31dce3..82d2b538e 100644
--- a/packages_rs/nextclade/src/analyze/virus_properties.rs
+++ b/packages_rs/nextclade/src/analyze/virus_properties.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ pub struct VirusProperties {
   #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "BTreeMap::is_empty")]
   pub attributes: BTreeMap<String, AnyType>,
 
+  #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
+  pub shortcuts: Vec<String>,
+
   #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "DatasetMeta::is_default")]
   pub meta: DatasetMeta,
 
diff --git a/packages_rs/nextclade/src/io/dataset.rs b/packages_rs/nextclade/src/io/dataset.rs
index e1cc3c645..9d9ee48a3 100644
--- a/packages_rs/nextclade/src/io/dataset.rs
+++ b/packages_rs/nextclade/src/io/dataset.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ pub struct DatasetCollection {
 pub struct Dataset {
   pub path: String,
 
+  #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
+  pub shortcuts: Vec<String>,
+
   #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "BTreeMap::is_empty")]
   pub attributes: BTreeMap<String, AnyType>,