diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bba14b9..ec15721 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ buildTest/*
 /src/Makefile
 CMakeFiles/*
 src/CMakeFiles/*
+/src/version.hxx
diff --git a/archive.sh b/archive.sh
index e58908e..d3a0fe1 100755
--- a/archive.sh
+++ b/archive.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
 
-
-git archive HEAD --format=zip > lupppGit_`date +"%m-%d-%Y"`_`git log --pretty=format:"%h" | head -n1`.zip
+./version.sh
+git archive HEAD --format=zip > lupppGit_`date +"%d-%m-%Y"`_`git log --pretty=format:"%h" | head -n1`.zip
diff --git a/src/diskwriter.cxx b/src/diskwriter.cxx
index b0f4a70..9a27aaf 100644
--- a/src/diskwriter.cxx
+++ b/src/diskwriter.cxx
@@ -218,13 +218,36 @@ int DiskWriter::writeControllerFile(std::string name  ,
     if ( infile.good() )
     {
       // file exists: ask user overwrite or rename?
-      LUPPP_WARN("Controller filename exists: prompting user to overwrite y/n?");
-      int overwrite = fl_choice("Controller filename exists, overwrite?", "no", "yes", 0);
-      if ( !overwrite )
+      //LUPPP_WARN("Controller filename exists: prompting user to overwrite y/n?");
+      int action = fl_choice("Controller exists, action?", "Cancel", "Rename", "Overwrite");
+      if ( action == 0 )
       {
-        // return OK, as user has chosen to *not* write the file
+        // return OK, as user has chosen to cancel writing the file
         return LUPPP_RETURN_OK;
       }
+      else if ( action == 1 )
+      {
+        // rename here
+        const char* name = fl_input("New name for .ctlr file:");
+        if ( name )
+        {
+          // clear the filename
+          controllerCfgPath.str( "" );
+          controllerCfgPath << getenv("HOME") << "/.config/openAV/luppp/controllers/" << name << ".ctlr";
+          LUPPP_NOTE( "New .ctlr filename %s", controllerCfgPath.str().c_str() );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          LUPPP_NOTE("No name entered for .ctlr file, canceling!");
+          return LUPPP_RETURN_ERROR;
+        }
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        // just overwrite the file, no action
+      }
+      
+      
     }
     
     LUPPP_NOTE("Writing .ctlr file to disk");
diff --git a/src/main.cxx b/src/main.cxx
index 85ca412..f755fea 100644
--- a/src/main.cxx
+++ b/src/main.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 #include "config.hxx"
+#include "version.hxx"
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ void signalHanlder(int signum)
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
+  LUPPP_NOTE("%s", GIT_VERSION );
+  
   bool runTests = false;
   bool stopAfterTest = false;
   if(runTests == stopAfterTest){} // warning
diff --git a/src/observer/midi.cxx b/src/observer/midi.cxx
index 4d96c07..8d38e21 100644
--- a/src/observer/midi.cxx
+++ b/src/observer/midi.cxx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ MidiIO::~MidiIO()
 {
   jack->unregisterMidiIO( this );
   
-  LUPPP_NOTE("~MidiIO unregistring ports");
+  //LUPPP_NOTE("~MidiIO unregistring ports");
   jack_port_unregister( jack->getJackClientPointer(), jackInputPort );
   jack_port_unregister( jack->getJackClientPointer(), jackOutputPort );
 }
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c7c9156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# this file writes src/version.h from the git commit
+echo "
+#ifndef GIT_VERSION
+#define GIT_VERSION \"`date +\"%d-%m-%Y\"` `git log --pretty=format:"%h" | head -n1`\"
+#endif" > src/version.hxx