diff --git a/sdk/python/v1alpha1/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/python/v1alpha1/CHANGELOG.md
index 061f2bc..ea48d02 100644
--- a/sdk/python/v1alpha1/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/python/v1alpha1/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and **Merged pull requests**. Critical items to know are:
 The versions coincide with releases on pip. Only major versions will be released as tags on Github.
 
 ## [0.0.x](https://github.com/converged-computing/metrics-operator/tree/main) (0.0.x)
+ - Allow getting raw logs for any metric (without parser) (0.0.19)
  - Refactor of structure of Operator and addition of metrics (0.0.18)
  - Add wait for delete function to python parser (0.0.17)
  - LAMMPS python parser (0.0.16)
diff --git a/sdk/python/v1alpha1/metricsoperator/client.py b/sdk/python/v1alpha1/metricsoperator/client.py
index 6fb482c..ac0af50 100644
--- a/sdk/python/v1alpha1/metricsoperator/client.py
+++ b/sdk/python/v1alpha1/metricsoperator/client.py
@@ -22,14 +22,22 @@ def __init__(self, yaml_file):
         self.spec = utils.read_yaml(self.yaml_file)
         config.load_kube_config()
 
-    def watch(self):
+    def watch(self, raw_logs=False, pod_prefix=None, container_name=None):
         """
         Wait for (and yield parsed) metric logs.
         """
+        if raw_logs and not pod_prefix:
+            raise ValueError("You must provide a pod_prefix to ask for raw logs.")
+
         for metric in self.spec["spec"]["metrics"]:
-            parser = mutils.get_metric(metric["name"])(self.spec)
+            if raw_logs:
+                parser = mutils.get_metric()(self.spec, container_name=container_name)
+            else:
+                parser = mutils.get_metric(metric["name"])(
+                    self.spec, container_name=container_name
+                )
             print("Watching %s" % metric["name"])
-            for pod, container in parser.logging_containers():
+            for pod, container in parser.logging_containers(pod_prefix=pod_prefix):
                 yield parser.parse(pod=pod, container=container)
 
     def create(self):
@@ -65,7 +73,7 @@ def namespace(self):
     def name(self):
         return self.spec["metadata"]["name"]
 
-    def delete(self):
+    def delete(self, pod_prefix=None):
         """
         Delete the associated YAML file.
         """
@@ -77,14 +85,14 @@ def delete(self):
             plural=self.plural,
             name=self.name,
         )
-        self.wait_for_delete()
+        self.wait_for_delete(pod_prefix)
         return result
 
-    def wait_for_delete(self):
+    def wait_for_delete(self, pod_prefix=None):
         """
         Wait for pods to be gone (deleted)
         """
         for metric in self.spec["spec"]["metrics"]:
             parser = mutils.get_metric(metric["name"])(self.spec)
             print("Watching %s for deletion" % metric["name"])
-            parser.wait_for_delete()
+            parser.wait_for_delete(pod_prefix=pod_prefix)
diff --git a/sdk/python/v1alpha1/metricsoperator/metrics/__init__.py b/sdk/python/v1alpha1/metricsoperator/metrics/__init__.py
index 4aa2532..aa1d63f 100644
--- a/sdk/python/v1alpha1/metricsoperator/metrics/__init__.py
+++ b/sdk/python/v1alpha1/metricsoperator/metrics/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # (c.f. AUTHORS, NOTICE.LLNS, COPYING)
 
 import metricsoperator.metrics.app as apps
+import metricsoperator.metrics.base as base
 import metricsoperator.metrics.network as network
 import metricsoperator.metrics.perf as perf
 import metricsoperator.metrics.storage as storage
@@ -17,11 +18,12 @@
 }
 
 
-def get_metric(name):
+def get_metric(name=None):
     """
     Get a named metric parser.
     """
     metric = metrics.get(name)
+    # If we don't have a matching metric, return base (for raw logs)
     if not metric:
-        raise ValueError(f"Metric {name} does not have a known parser")
+        return base.MetricBase
     return metric
diff --git a/sdk/python/v1alpha1/metricsoperator/metrics/base.py b/sdk/python/v1alpha1/metricsoperator/metrics/base.py
index 4162432..84f8b3e 100644
--- a/sdk/python/v1alpha1/metricsoperator/metrics/base.py
+++ b/sdk/python/v1alpha1/metricsoperator/metrics/base.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class MetricBase:
     collection_end = "METRICS OPERATOR COLLECTION END"
     metadata_start = "METADATA START"
     metadata_end = "METADATA END"
+    container_name = None
 
     def __init__(self, spec=None, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ def __init__(self, spec=None, **kwargs):
         self.spec = spec
         self._core_v1 = kwargs.get("core_v1_api")
 
+        # If we don't have a default container name...
+        if not self.container_name:
+            self.container_name = kwargs.get("container_name") or "launcher"
+
         # Load kubeconfig on Metricbase init only
         if self.spec is not None:
             config.load_kube_config()
@@ -55,6 +60,14 @@ def parse(self, pod, container):
         )
         return self.parse_log(lines)
 
+    def parse_log(self, lines):
+        """
+        If the parser doesn't have anything, just return the lines
+        """
+        # Get the log metadata, split lines by newline so not so hefty a log!
+        metadata = self.get_log_metadata(lines)
+        return {"data": lines.split("\n"), "metadata": metadata, "spec": self.spec}
+
     @property
     def core_v1(self):
         """
@@ -69,12 +82,14 @@ def core_v1(self):
         self._core_v1 = core_v1_api.CoreV1Api()
         return self._core_v1
 
-    def logging_containers(self, namespace=None, states=None, retry_seconds=5):
+    def logging_containers(
+        self, namespace=None, states=None, retry_seconds=5, pod_prefix=None
+    ):
         """
         Return list of containers intended to get logs from
         """
         containers = []
-        pods = self.wait(namespace, states, retry_seconds)
+        pods = self.wait(namespace, states, retry_seconds, pod_prefix=pod_prefix)
         container_name = getattr(self, "container_name", self.container)
         print(f"Looking for container name {container_name}...")
         for pod in pods.items:
@@ -90,7 +105,16 @@ def logging_containers(self, namespace=None, states=None, retry_seconds=5):
                     )
         return containers
 
-    def wait(self, namespace=None, states=None, retry_seconds=5):
+    def get_pod_prefix(self, pod_prefix=None):
+        """
+        Return the default or a custom pod prefix.
+        """
+        pod_prefix = pod_prefix or getattr(self, "pod_prefix", None)
+        if not pod_prefix:
+            raise ValueError("A pod prefix 'pod_prefix' is required to wait for pods.")
+        return pod_prefix
+
+    def wait(self, namespace=None, states=None, retry_seconds=5, pod_prefix=None):
         """
         Wait for one or more pods of interest to be done.
 
@@ -98,9 +122,10 @@ def wait(self, namespace=None, states=None, retry_seconds=5):
         particular state. If looking for Termination -> gone, use
         wait_for_delete.
         """
+        pod_prefix = self.get_pod_prefix(pod_prefix)
         namespace = namespace or self.namespace
-        print(f"Looking for prefix {self.pod_prefix} in namespace {namespace}")
-        pod_list = self.get_pods(namespace, self.pod_prefix)
+        print(f"Looking for prefix {pod_prefix} in namespace {namespace}")
+        pod_list = self.get_pods(namespace, pod_prefix)
         size = len(pod_list.items)
 
         # We only want logs when they are completed
@@ -111,7 +136,7 @@ def wait(self, namespace=None, states=None, retry_seconds=5):
         ready = set()
         while len(ready) != size:
             print(f"{len(ready)} pods are ready, out of {size}")
-            pod_list = self.get_pods(name=self.pod_prefix, namespace=namespace)
+            pod_list = self.get_pods(name=pod_prefix, namespace=namespace)
 
             for pod in pod_list.items:
                 print(f"{pod.metadata.name} is in phase {pod.status.phase}")
@@ -126,16 +151,17 @@ def wait(self, namespace=None, states=None, retry_seconds=5):
         print(f'All pods are in states "{states}"')
         return pod_list
 
-    def wait_for_delete(self, namespace=None, retry_seconds=5):
+    def wait_for_delete(self, namespace=None, retry_seconds=5, pod_prefix=None):
         """
         Wait for one or more pods of interest to be gone
         """
+        pod_prefix = self.get_pod_prefix(pod_prefix)
         namespace = namespace or self.namespace
-        print(f"Looking for prefix {self.pod_prefix} in namespace {namespace}")
-        pod_list = self.get_pods(namespace, name=self.pod_prefix)
+        print(f"Looking for prefix {pod_prefix} in namespace {namespace}")
+        pod_list = self.get_pods(namespace, name=pod_prefix)
         while len(pod_list.items) != 0:
             print(f"{len(pod_list.items)} pods exist, waiting for termination.")
-            pod_list = self.get_pods(name=self.pod_prefix, namespace=namespace)
+            pod_list = self.get_pods(name=pod_prefix, namespace=namespace)
             time.sleep(retry_seconds)
         print("All pods are terminated.")
 
diff --git a/sdk/python/v1alpha1/setup.py b/sdk/python/v1alpha1/setup.py
index feedb54..6772e6e 100644
--- a/sdk/python/v1alpha1/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/python/v1alpha1/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     setup(
         name="metricsoperator",
-        version="0.0.18",
+        version="0.0.19",
         author="Vanessasaurus",
         author_email="vsoch@users.noreply.github.com",
         maintainer="Vanessasaurus",