diff --git a/gitdist b/gitdist
index b477743..fbadd66 100755
--- a/gitdist
+++ b/gitdist
@@ -9,15 +9,19 @@ example='projectName=spameggs
 sshUserHost="foo@bar.org"
 sshPort=22
 releaseFolder=/srv/releases
-files="binary1 binary2 readme.md"'
+files="binary1 binary2 readme.md"
+suffix=amd64Win (optional)'
 
-source .gitdist || { echo "you need a .gitdist file in your git repo"; exit 1; }
+source .gitdist || { echo "you need a .gitdist file in your git repo"; leave=true; }
 
 if [ -z "$projectName" ] || [ -z "$sshUserHost" ] || [ -z "$sshPort" ] || [ -z "$releaseFolder" ] || [ -z "$files" ]; then
-    echo '.gitdist does not provide all necessary variables'
-    echo "example of a .gitdist file:"
+    echo "not all necessary variables provided - example of a .gitdist file:"
     echo
     echo "$example"
+    leave=true
+fi
+
+if [ "$leave" = true ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -25,10 +29,10 @@ timestamp=`date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M"`
 currentBranch=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
 
 if [ "$currentBranch" = "master" ]; then
-    zipfile="$projectName-$timestamp.zip"
+    zipfile="$projectName-$timestamp$suffix.zip"
     setCurrent=true
 else
-    zipfile="$projectName-$currentBranch-$timestamp.zip"
+    zipfile="$projectName-$currentBranch-$timestamp$suffix.zip"
 fi
 echo "zipfile: $zipfile"
 zip "$zipfile" $files