diff --git a/gaps/cli/batch.py b/gaps/cli/batch.py
index 8a6171e6..b316705a 100644
--- a/gaps/cli/batch.py
+++ b/gaps/cli/batch.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import click
 
 import gaps.batch
+from gaps.log import init_logger
 from gaps.config import init_logging_from_config_file
 from gaps.cli.command import _WrappedCommand
 from gaps.cli.documentation import _batch_command_help
@@ -12,7 +13,12 @@
 
 def _batch(config_file, dry, cancel, delete, monitor_background):
     """Execute an analysis pipeline over a parametric set of inputs"""
-    init_logging_from_config_file(config_file, background=monitor_background)
+    if str(config_file).endswith("csv"):
+        init_logger(stream=not monitor_background, level="INFO", file=None)
+    else:
+        init_logging_from_config_file(
+            config_file, background=monitor_background
+        )
 
     if cancel:
         gaps.batch.BatchJob(config_file).cancel()
diff --git a/gaps/version.py b/gaps/version.py
index 97748d9b..3018bf8b 100644
--- a/gaps/version.py
+++ b/gaps/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """GAPs Version Number. """
 
-__version__ = "0.6.3"
+__version__ = "0.6.4"
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_cli_batch.py b/tests/cli/test_cli_batch.py
index 6e0dba63..66bf87dc 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_cli_batch.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_cli_batch.py
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
 GAPs batch command tests.
 """
 import json
+import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
+import pandas as pd
+from pandas.testing import assert_frame_equal
 
 from gaps.batch import BatchJob
 from gaps.cli.batch import batch_command
@@ -77,5 +80,52 @@ def _cache_args_kwargs(self, dry_run, monitor_background):
     assert arg_cache[-1][1]
 
 
+# pylint: disable=too-many-locals
+def test_batch_csv(test_data_dir, tmp_path, cli_runner):
+    """Test a batch project setup from csv config"""
+
+    src_dir = test_data_dir / "batch_project_1"
+    batch_dir = tmp_path / "batch_project_1"
+    shutil.copytree(src_dir, batch_dir)
+    csv_batch_config = batch_dir / "config_batch.csv"
+
+    config_table = pd.read_csv(csv_batch_config)
+    count_0 = len(list(batch_dir.glob("*")))
+    assert count_0 == 5, "Unknown starting files detected!"
+
+    bc = batch_command()
+    cli_runner.invoke(bc, ["-c", csv_batch_config, "--dry"])
+
+    dirs = set(fp.name for fp in batch_dir.glob("*"))
+    count_1 = len(dirs)
+    assert (count_1 - count_0) == len(config_table) + 1
+
+    job_table = pd.read_csv(batch_dir / "batch_jobs.csv", index_col=0)
+    for job in job_table.index.values:
+        assert job in dirs
+
+    job_table.index.name = "index"
+    compare_cols = set(config_table.columns)
+    compare_cols -= {"pipeline_config", "files"}
+    compare_cols = list(compare_cols)
+    assert_frame_equal(
+        config_table[compare_cols].reset_index(drop=True),
+        job_table[compare_cols].reset_index(drop=True),
+    )
+
+    # test that the dict was input properly
+    fp_agg = batch_dir / "blanket_cf0_sd0" / "config_aggregation.json"
+    with open(fp_agg, "r") as config_file:
+        config_agg = json.load(config_file)
+    arg = config_agg["data_layers"]["big_brown_bat"]
+    assert isinstance(arg, dict)
+    assert arg["dset"] == "big_brown_bat"  # cspell: disable-line
+    assert arg["method"] == "sum"
+
+    cli_runner.invoke(bc, ["-c", csv_batch_config, "--delete"])
+    count_2 = len(list(batch_dir.glob("*")))
+    assert count_2 == count_0, "Batch did not clear all job files!"
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     pytest.main(["-q", "--show-capture=all", Path(__file__), "-rapP"])