diff --git a/examples/slurm_poc.py b/examples/slurm_poc.py
index 3a11ea75..c91bc060 100644
--- a/examples/slurm_poc.py
+++ b/examples/slurm_poc.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 def test_launch():
     result = torchrunx.launch(
         func=simple_matmul,
-        func_kwargs={},
         hostnames=torchrunx.slurm_hosts(),
         workers_per_host=torchrunx.slurm_workers(),
     )
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ def test_launch():
     print("PASS")
 
 
-def simple_matmul():
+def simple_matmul(test):
     rank = int(os.environ["RANK"])
     local_rank = int(os.environ["LOCAL_RANK"])
     device = torch.device(local_rank) if torch.cuda.is_available() else torch.device("cpu")
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ def simple_matmul():
 
     i = torch.rand((500, 100), device=device)  # batch, dim
     o = torch.matmul(i, w)
-
+    print(test)
     dist.all_reduce(o, op=dist.ReduceOp.SUM)
     print(i)
     return o.detach().cpu()
diff --git a/src/torchrunx/launcher.py b/src/torchrunx/launcher.py
index 346f303b..94219ea1 100644
--- a/src/torchrunx/launcher.py
+++ b/src/torchrunx/launcher.py
@@ -101,13 +101,16 @@ class Launcher:
     def run(
         self,
         func: Callable,
-        func_kwargs: dict[str, Any],
+        func_args: tuple[Any] = tuple(),
+        func_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {},
     ) -> dict[int, Any]:
         """
         Launch a distributed PyTorch function on the specified nodes. See :mod:`torchrunx.launch`
 
         :param func: The distributed function to call on all workers
         :type func: Callable
+        :param func_args: Any positional arguments to be provided when calling ``func``
+        :type func_args: tuple[Any]
         :param func_kwargs: Any keyword arguments to be provided when calling ``func``
         :type func_kwargs: dict[str, Any]
         :raises RuntimeError: May fail due to misconfiguration, or errors thrown by ``func``
@@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ def run(
         ]
 
         payload = LauncherPayload(
-            fn=partial(func, **func_kwargs),
+            fn=partial(func, *func_args, **func_kwargs),
             hostnames=self.hostnames,
             worker_world_size=worker_world_size,
             worker_global_ranks=worker_global_ranks,
@@ -255,7 +258,8 @@ def run(
 
 def launch(
     func: Callable,
-    func_kwargs: dict[str, Any],
+    func_args: tuple[Any] = tuple(),
+    func_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {},
     hostnames: list[str] = ["localhost"],
     workers_per_host: int | list[int] = 1,
     ssh_config_file: str | os.PathLike | None = None,
@@ -279,6 +283,8 @@ def launch(
 
     :param func: The distributed function to call on all workers
     :type func: Callable
+    :param func_args: Any positional arguments to be provided when calling ``func``
+    :type func_args: tuple[Any]
     :param func_kwargs: Any keyword arguments to be provided when calling ``func``
     :type func_kwargs: dict[str, Any]
     :param hostnames: A list of node hostnames to start workers on, defaults to ["localhost"]
@@ -310,4 +316,4 @@ def launch(
         env_vars=env_vars,
         env_file=env_file,
         timeout=timeout,
-    ).run(func=func, func_kwargs=func_kwargs)
+    ).run(func=func, func_args=func_args, func_kwargs=func_kwargs)