diff --git a/src/ansys/pyensight/core/locallauncher.py b/src/ansys/pyensight/core/locallauncher.py
index 59f9765725d..30ea08a285b 100644
--- a/src/ansys/pyensight/core/locallauncher.py
+++ b/src/ansys/pyensight/core/locallauncher.py
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ def start(self) -> "pyensight.Session":
             # Launch EnSight
             # create the environmental variables
             local_env = os.environ.copy()
-            local_env["ENSIGHT_SECURITY_TOKEN"] = self._secret_key
+            if not local_env.get("ENSIGHT_GRPC_DISABLE_SECURITY_TOKEN"):
+                local_env["ENSIGHT_SECURITY_TOKEN"] = self._secret_key
             local_env["WEBSOCKETSERVER_SECURITY_TOKEN"] = self._secret_key
             local_env["ENSIGHT_SESSION_TEMPDIR"] = self.session_directory
             # If for some reason, the ENSIGHT_ANSYS_LAUNCH is set previously,
diff --git a/src/ansys/pyensight/core/session.py b/src/ansys/pyensight/core/session.py
index 82047186517..0a6d8fc538e 100644
--- a/src/ansys/pyensight/core/session.py
+++ b/src/ansys/pyensight/core/session.py
@@ -962,6 +962,10 @@ def _build_utils_interface(self) -> None:
                 # Warn on import errors
                 print(f"Error loading ensight.utils from: '{_filename}' : {e}")
 
+    MONITOR_NEW_TIMESTEPS_OFF = "off"
+    MONITOR_NEW_TIMESTEPS_STAY_AT_CURRENT = "stay_at_current"
+    MONITOR_NEW_TIMESTEPS_JUMP_TO_END = "jump_to_end"
+
     def load_data(
         self,
         data_file: str,
@@ -970,6 +974,7 @@ def load_data(
         reader_options: Optional[dict] = None,
         new_case: bool = False,
         representation: str = "3D_feature_2D_full",
+        monitor_new_timesteps: str = MONITOR_NEW_TIMESTEPS_OFF,
     ) -> None:
         """Load a dataset into the EnSight instance.
 
@@ -995,6 +1000,10 @@ def load_data(
         representation : str, optional
             Default representation for the parts loaded. The default is
             ``"3D_feature_2D_full"``.
+        monitor_new_timesteps: str, optional
+            Defaulted to off, if changed EnSight will monitor for new timesteps.
+            The allowed values are MONITOR_NEW_TIMESTEPS_OFF, MONITOR_NEW_TIMESTEPS_STAY_AT_CURRENT
+            and MONITOR_NEW_TIMESTEPS_JUMP_TO_END
 
         Raises
         ------
@@ -1074,7 +1083,7 @@ def load_data(
         if result_file:
             cmds.append(f'ensight.data.result(r"""{result_file}""")')
         cmds.append("ensight.data.shift_time(1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000)")
-        cmds.append('ensight.solution_time.monitor_for_new_steps("off")')
+        cmds.append(f'ensight.solution_time.monitor_for_new_steps("{monitor_new_timesteps}")')
         cmds.append(f'ensight.data.replace(r"""{data_file}""")')
         for cmd in cmds:
             if self.cmd(cmd) != 0: