diff --git a/pyiron_workflow/node.py b/pyiron_workflow/node.py
index a5517c24..ad741ee4 100644
--- a/pyiron_workflow/node.py
+++ b/pyiron_workflow/node.py
@@ -834,7 +834,11 @@ def save_checkpoint(self, backend: str | StorageInterface = "pickle"):
         self.graph_root.save(backend=backend)
 
     def load(
-        self, backend: str | StorageInterface = "pickle", only_requested=False, **kwargs
+        self,
+        backend: str | StorageInterface = "pickle",
+        only_requested=False,
+        filename: str | Path | None = None,
+        **kwargs,
     ):
         """
 
@@ -846,6 +850,9 @@ def load(
             only_requested (bool): Whether to _only_ try loading from the specified
                 backend, or to loop through all available backends. (Default is False,
                 try to load whatever you can find.)
+            filename (str | Path | None): The name of the file (without extensions) at
+                which to save the node. (Default is None, which uses the node's
+                semantic path.)
             **kwargs: back end-specific arguments (only likely to work in combination
                 with :param:`only_requested`, otherwise there's nothing to be specific
                 _to_.)
@@ -857,7 +864,9 @@ def load(
         for backend in available_backends(
             backend=backend, only_requested=only_requested
         ):
-            inst = backend.load(node=self, **kwargs)
+            inst = backend.load(
+                node=self if filename is None else None, filename=filename, **kwargs
+            )
             if inst is not None:
                 break
         if inst is None:
@@ -877,6 +886,7 @@ def delete_storage(
         self,
         backend: Literal["pickle"] | StorageInterface | None = None,
         only_requested: bool = False,
+        filename: str | Path | None = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         """
@@ -888,6 +898,9 @@ def delete_storage(
             only_requested (bool): Whether to _only_ try loading from the specified
                 backend, or to loop through all available backends. (Default is False,
                 try to load whatever you can find.)
+            filename (str | Path | None): The name of the file (without extensions) at
+                which to save the node. (Default is None, which uses the node's
+                semantic path.)
             **kwargs: back end-specific arguments (only likely to work in combination
                 with :param:`only_requested`, otherwise there's nothing to be specific
                 _to_.)
@@ -895,12 +908,15 @@ def delete_storage(
         for backend in available_backends(
             backend=backend, only_requested=only_requested
         ):
-            backend.delete(node=self, **kwargs)
+            backend.delete(
+                node=self if filename is None else None, filename=filename, **kwargs
+            )
 
     def has_saved_content(
         self,
         backend: Literal["pickle"] | StorageInterface | None = None,
         only_requested: bool = False,
+        filename: str | Path | None = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         """
@@ -912,6 +928,9 @@ def has_saved_content(
             only_requested (bool): Whether to _only_ try loading from the specified
                 backend, or to loop through all available backends. (Default is False,
                 try to load whatever you can find.)
+            filename (str | Path | None): The name of the file (without extensions) at
+                which to save the node. (Default is None, which uses the node's
+                semantic path.)
             **kwargs: back end-specific arguments (only likely to work in combination
                 with :param:`only_requested`, otherwise there's nothing to be specific
                 _to_.)
@@ -920,7 +939,9 @@ def has_saved_content(
             bool: Whether any save files were found
         """
         return any(
-            be.has_saved_content(self, **kwargs)
+            be.has_saved_content(
+                node=self if filename is None else None, filename=filename, **kwargs
+            )
             for be in available_backends(backend=backend, only_requested=only_requested)
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_node.py b/tests/unit/test_node.py
index 4fdebc98..a6fa135f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_node.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_node.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from concurrent.futures import Future, ProcessPoolExecutor
+import pathlib
 import unittest
 
 from pyiron_workflow.channels import InputData, NOT_DATA
@@ -452,6 +453,33 @@ def test_storage(self):
                     self.n1.delete_storage(backend)
                     hard_input.delete_storage(backend)
 
+    def test_storage_to_filename(self):
+        y = self.n1()
+        fname = "foo"
+
+        for backend in available_backends():
+            with self.subTest(backend):
+                try:
+                    self.n1.save(backend=backend, filename=fname)
+                    self.assertFalse(
+                        self.n1.has_saved_content(backend=backend),
+                        msg="There should be no content at the default location"
+                    )
+                    self.assertTrue(
+                        self.n1.has_saved_content(backend=backend, filename=fname),
+                        msg="There should be content at the specified file location"
+                    )
+                    new = ANode()
+                    new.load(filename=fname)
+                    self.assertEqual(new.label, self.n1.label)
+                    self.assertEqual(new.outputs.y.value, y)
+                finally:
+                    self.n1.delete_storage(backend=backend, filename=fname)
+                self.assertFalse(
+                    self.n1.has_saved_content(backend=backend, filename=fname),
+                    msg="Deleting storage should have cleaned up the file"
+                )
+
     def test_checkpoint(self):
         for backend in available_backends():
             with self.subTest(backend):