diff --git a/microSWIFTtelemetry/sbd/compile_sbd.py b/microSWIFTtelemetry/sbd/compile_sbd.py
index f4fca0c..5fa7baa 100644
--- a/microSWIFTtelemetry/sbd/compile_sbd.py
+++ b/microSWIFTtelemetry/sbd/compile_sbd.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "compile_sbd",
 ]
 
+import os
 import warnings
 from collections import defaultdict
 from typing import Any
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ def compile_sbd(
     Compile contents of short burst data files into the specified
     variable type or output.
 
+    Valid variable types: 'dict' or 'pandas'
+
     Args:
         sbd_folder (str): directory containing.sbd files
         var_type (str): variable type to be returned
@@ -56,9 +59,13 @@ def compile_sbd(
                 data.append(swift_data)
             errors.append(error_message)
 
-    else: #TODO: support reading from a folder of SBDs
-        raise NotImplementedError('Reading from a folder on the local '
-                                  'machine is not supported yet.')
+    else:
+        for file in os.listdir(sbd_folder):
+            with open(os.path.join(sbd_folder, file), 'rb') as file:
+                swift_data, error_message = read_sbd(file)
+            if swift_data:
+                data.append(swift_data)
+            errors.append(error_message)
 
     errors = _combine_dict_list(errors)
 
diff --git a/microSWIFTtelemetry/version.py b/microSWIFTtelemetry/version.py
index 72ecf4e..921aa61 100644
--- a/microSWIFTtelemetry/version.py
+++ b/microSWIFTtelemetry/version.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Format expected by setup.py and doc/source/conf.py: string of form "X.Y.Z"
 _version_major = 0
 _version_minor = 3
-_version_micro = 1  # use '' for first of series, number for 1 and above
+_version_micro = 2  # use '' for first of series, number for 1 and above
 # _version_extra = 'dev'
 _version_extra = ''  # TODO: Uncomment this for full releases