diff --git a/deepcmbsim/camb_power_spectrum.py b/deepcmbsim/camb_power_spectrum.py
index f3a8f5e..892e565 100644
--- a/deepcmbsim/camb_power_spectrum.py
+++ b/deepcmbsim/camb_power_spectrum.py
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ def get_cls(self, save_to_dict=None, user_params=True):
                     else:
                         raise ValueError('somethings wrong.')
 
+        # see if lmin is specified - if so, discard the ells < lmin
+        if self.UserParams['lmin'] != 0:
+            ell_inds = np.where(outdict['l'] >= self.UserParams['lmin'])[0]
+            if bool(self.UserParams["verbose"]):
+                print(f'## discarding {len(outdict["l"]) - len(ell_inds)} ells given lmin specification.')
+            for key in outdict.keys():
+                outdict[key] = outdict[key][ell_inds]
+
         if bool(self.UserParams["verbose"]):
             time_end = dt.now()
             print('from', dt.strftime(time_start, '%H:%M:%S.%f %P'), 'to', dt.strftime(time_end, '%H:%M:%S.%f %P'),
diff --git a/deepcmbsim/settings/user_config.yaml b/deepcmbsim/settings/user_config.yaml
index 9fe9ecc..9c345ef 100644
--- a/deepcmbsim/settings/user_config.yaml
+++ b/deepcmbsim/settings/user_config.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ extra_l: 300
 max_l_use: 10000  # max_l_use will differ from max_l and max_l_tensor by "extra_l" because
 # according to the CAMB documentation errors affect the last "100 or so" multipoles
 # ---
+# decide on lmin: CAMB will still be called with lmin=0 but
+# you may specifiy lmin for the output spectra
+lmin: 0
+# ---
 # decide on what to output; either 'all' or a subset list of
 # ['clTT', 'clEE', 'clBB', 'clTE', 'clPP', 'clPT', 'clPE']
 cls_to_output: 'all'
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