diff --git a/libpurple_to_markdown/synctech_sms.py b/libpurple_to_markdown/synctech_sms.py
index aae2f22..d612779 100644
--- a/libpurple_to_markdown/synctech_sms.py
+++ b/libpurple_to_markdown/synctech_sms.py
@@ -65,8 +65,15 @@ def sms_soup_to_message(soup: bs4.BeautifulSoup) -> Message:
     chat_id = ' '.join(p for p in chat_id_parts if p)
     return Message(sent_at, sender, text, chat_id=chat_id)
 
+def select_newest_file_in_dir(path: Path) -> Path:
+    return min((p for p in  path.iterdir() if p.suffix == '.xml' and 'sms' in p.name), key = lambda p: p.stat().st_atime_ns)
 
 def parse_messages_in_backup_xml_file(path: Path) -> Iterator[Message]:
+    if path.is_dir():
+        logger.info('%s is a dir. Finding newest backup in directory', path)
+        path = select_newest_file_in_dir(path)
+        logger.info('Found: %s', path)
+
     logger.info('Parsing %s', path)
 
     with open(path) as f: