diff --git a/fseval/config.py b/fseval/config.py
index acb7bfa..641c4e4 100644
--- a/fseval/config.py
+++ b/fseval/config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import Any, Dict
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
 from hydra.core.config_store import ConfigStore
 from omegaconf import MISSING
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 @dataclass
 class StorageProviderConfig:
     _target_: str = MISSING
+    local_dir: Optional[str] = None
 
 
 @dataclass
diff --git a/fseval/pipelines/rank_and_validate/_components.py b/fseval/pipelines/rank_and_validate/_components.py
index d920521..bdcb98d 100644
--- a/fseval/pipelines/rank_and_validate/_components.py
+++ b/fseval/pipelines/rank_and_validate/_components.py
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
+from fseval.callbacks import WandbCallback
+from fseval.types import TerminalColor
 from omegaconf import MISSING
 from sklearn.base import clone
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
-from fseval.callbacks import WandbCallback
-from fseval.types import TerminalColor
-
 from .._experiment import Experiment
 from ._config import RankAndValidatePipeline
 from ._dataset_validator import DatasetValidator
@@ -168,9 +167,10 @@ def score(self, X, y):
         # summary
         summary = dict(best=best)
 
-        ##### Upload tables
         wandb_callback = getattr(self.callbacks, "wandb", False)
         if wandb_callback:
+            ##### Upload tables
+            self.logger.info(f"Uploading tables to wandb...")
             wandb_callback = cast(WandbCallback, wandb_callback)
 
             ### upload best scores
@@ -211,5 +211,6 @@ def score(self, X, y):
                     "feature_ranking_", "feature_ranking"
                 )
                 wandb_callback.upload_table(ranking_table, "feature_ranking")
+            self.logger.info(f"Tables uploaded {TerminalColor.green('✓')}")
 
         return summary
diff --git a/fseval/storage_providers/wandb.py b/fseval/storage_providers/wandb.py
index f05423e..8ec4a32 100644
--- a/fseval/storage_providers/wandb.py
+++ b/fseval/storage_providers/wandb.py
@@ -1,14 +1,25 @@
 import os
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from logging import Logger, getLogger
 from pickle import dump, load
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict
-
-import wandb
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional
 
 from fseval.types import AbstractStorageProvider, TerminalColor
 
+import wandb
+
 
+@dataclass
 class WandbStorageProvider(AbstractStorageProvider):
+    """Storage provider for Weights and Biases (wandb), allowing users to save- and
+    restore files to the service.
+
+    Arguments:
+        local_dir: Optional[str] - when set, an attempt is made to load from the
+        designated local directory first, before downloading the data off of wandb. Can
+        be used to perform faster loads or prevent being rate-limited on wandb."""
+
+    local_dir: Optional[str] = None
     logger: Logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
     def _assert_wandb_available(self):
@@ -61,24 +72,60 @@ def _get_restore_file_handle(self, filename: str):
 
             return None
 
-    def restore(self, filename: str, reader: Callable, mode: str = "r") -> Any:
-        self._assert_wandb_available()
+    def _local_restoration(self, filename: str, reader: Callable, mode: str = "r"):
+        local_file = os.path.join(self.local_dir or "", filename)
+        if self.local_dir is not None and os.path.exists(local_file):
+            filepath = local_file
 
-        file_handle = self._get_restore_file_handle(filename)
+            with open(filepath, mode=mode) as file_handle:
+                file = reader(file_handle)
 
-        if not file_handle:
+            return file or None
+        else:
             return None
 
-        filedir = wandb.run.dir  # type: ignore
-        filepath = os.path.join(filedir, filename)
-        with open(filepath, mode=mode) as file_handle:
-            file = reader(file_handle)
+    def _wandb_restoration(self, filename: str, reader: Callable, mode: str = "r"):
+        if self._get_restore_file_handle(filename):
+            filedir = wandb.run.dir  # type: ignore
+            filepath = os.path.join(filedir, filename)
 
-        self.logger.info(
-            f"successfully restored {TerminalColor.yellow(filename)} from wandb servers "
-            + TerminalColor.green("✓")
-        )
-        return file
+            with open(filepath, mode=mode) as file_handle:
+                file = reader(file_handle)
+
+            return file or None
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    def restore(self, filename: str, reader: Callable, mode: str = "r") -> Any:
+        """Given a filename, restores the file either from local disk or from wandb,
+        depending on the availability of the file. First, the local disk is searched
+        for the file, taking in regard the `local_dir` value in the
+        `WandbStorageProvider` constructor. If this file is not found, the file will
+        be downloaded fresh from wandb servers."""
+
+        self._assert_wandb_available()
+
+        # (1) attempt local restoration if available
+        file = self._local_restoration(filename, reader, mode)
+        if file:
+            self.logger.info(
+                f"successfully restored {TerminalColor.yellow(filename)} from "
+                + TerminalColor.blue("disk ")
+                + TerminalColor.green("✓")
+            )
+
+            return file
+        # (2) otherwise, restore by downloading from wandb
+        elif self._wandb_restoration(filename, reader, mode):
+            self.logger.info(
+                f"successfully restored {TerminalColor.yellow(filename)} from "
+                + TerminalColor.blue("wandb servers ")
+                + TerminalColor.green("✓")
+            )
+
+            return file
+        else:
+            return None
 
     def restore_pickle(self, filename: str) -> Any:
         return self.restore(filename, load, mode="rb")