diff --git a/include/omath/utility/pe_pattern_scan.hpp b/include/omath/utility/pe_pattern_scan.hpp
index ef06739..8d58274 100644
--- a/include/omath/utility/pe_pattern_scan.hpp
+++ b/include/omath/utility/pe_pattern_scan.hpp
@@ -25,17 +25,19 @@ namespace omath
             std::uint64_t raw_base_addr;
             std::vector<std::byte> data;
         };
+
     public:
         [[nodiscard]]
         static std::optional<std::uintptr_t> scan_for_pattern_in_loaded_module(const std::string_view& module_name,
                                                                                const std::string_view& pattern);
 
         [[nodiscard]]
-        static std::optional<PeSectionScanResult> scan_for_pattern_in_file(const std::filesystem::path& path_to_file,
-                                                                      const std::string_view& pattern);
+        static std::optional<PeSectionScanResult>
+        scan_for_pattern_in_file(const std::filesystem::path& path_to_file, const std::string_view& pattern,
+                                 const std::string_view& target_section_name = ".text");
 
         [[nodiscard]]
-        static std::optional<Section>
-        extract_section_from_pe_file(const std::filesystem::path& path_to_file, const std::string_view& section_name);
+        static std::optional<Section> extract_section_from_pe_file(const std::filesystem::path& path_to_file,
+                                                                   const std::string_view& section_name);
     };
 } // namespace omath
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/utility/pe_pattern_scan.cpp b/source/utility/pe_pattern_scan.cpp
index 920979b..9a63bd9 100644
--- a/source/utility/pe_pattern_scan.cpp
+++ b/source/utility/pe_pattern_scan.cpp
@@ -84,9 +84,10 @@ namespace omath
     }
     std::optional<PeSectionScanResult>
     PePatternScanner::scan_for_pattern_in_file(const std::filesystem::path& path_to_file,
-                                               const std::string_view& pattern)
+                                               const std::string_view& pattern,
+                                               const std::string_view& target_section_name)
     {
-        const auto pe_section = extract_section_from_pe_file(path_to_file, ".text");
+        const auto pe_section = extract_section_from_pe_file(path_to_file, target_section_name);
 
         if (!pe_section.has_value())
             return std::nullopt;