diff --git a/sort.go b/sort.go
index acb8325..bc376ed 100644
--- a/sort.go
+++ b/sort.go
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ func iterTop(w io.Writer, names map[string]string) {
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "type "+names["Base"]+"Iterator struct {")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	sync.RWMutex")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	packs []*"+names["Base"])
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	things []*"+names["Base"])
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	index int")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "}")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "// New"+names["Base"]+"Iterator initializes a new iterator.")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "func New"+names["Base"]+"Iterator(packs []*"+names["Base"]+") *"+names["Base"]+"Iterator {")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	return &"+names["Base"]+"Iterator{packs: packs}")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "func New"+names["Base"]+"Iterator(things []*"+names["Base"]+") *"+names["Base"]+"Iterator {")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	return &"+names["Base"]+"Iterator{things: things}")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "}")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "// Scan moves to the next element and returns false if there are no more packs.")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "// Scan moves to the next element and returns false if there are no more things.")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "// Use Scan() in a loop, similar to a while loop")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "//")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "//	for iterator.Scan() ")
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func iterTop(w io.Writer, names map[string]string) {
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "//		fmt.Println(\"found UUID:\", d.Uuid")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "//	}")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "func (it *"+names["Base"]+"Iterator) Scan() bool {")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	if it.index >= len(it.packs) {")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	if it.index >= len(it.things) {")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "		return false")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	}")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	it.index++")
@@ -100,14 +100,14 @@ func iterTop(w io.Writer, names map[string]string) {
 func iterNext(w io.Writer, names map[string]string) {
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "// Next() returns the next thing in the array")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "func (it *"+names["Base"]+"Iterator) Next() *"+names["Base"]+" {")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	if it.packs[it.index-1] == nil {")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "		for i, d := range it.packs {")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	if it.things[it.index-1] == nil {")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "		for i, d := range it.things {")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "			fmt.Println(\"i =\", i, d)")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "		}")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "		// fmt.Println(\"protobuf autogenpb sort error len =\", len(it.packs))")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "		// fmt.Println(\"protobuf autogenpb sort error len =\", len(it.things))")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "		// fmt.Println(\"protobuf autogenpb sort error next == nil\", it.index, it.index-1)")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	}")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	return it.packs[it.index-1]")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	return it.things[it.index-1]")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "}")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "")
 }
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ func iterSortAll(w io.Writer, names map[string]string) {
 
 func iterSortBy(w io.Writer, names map[string]string) {
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "func (all *"+names["Bases"]+") SortBy"+names["sortBy"]+"() *"+names["Base"]+"Iterator {")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	packs := all.selectAll"+names["Base"]+"()")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	things := all.selectAll"+names["Base"]+"()")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	sort.Sort("+names["Base"]+""+names["sortBy"]+"(packs))")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	sort.Sort("+names["Base"]+""+names["sortBy"]+"(things))")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "")
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	iterator := New"+names["Base"]+"Iterator(packs)")
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	iterator := New"+names["Base"]+"Iterator(things)")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "	return iterator")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "}")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "")
diff --git a/sortnew.go b/sortnew.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6479a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sortnew.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func makeNewSortfile() {
+	f, _ := os.OpenFile(sortmap["protobase"]+".newsort.pb.go", os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+
+	header(f, sortmap)
+
+	if sortmap["lock"] == "all" {
+		// if the lock is set to 'all' this means the mutex was put in the protoc-gen-go struct
+	} else {
+		syncLock(f, sortmap)
+	}
+	iterTop(f, sortmap)
+	iterNext(f, sortmap)
+	iterAppend(f, sortmap) // Append() enforce no unique keys
+	iterSortAll(f, sortmap)
+
+	if argv.Append != "" {
+		sortmap["append"] = string(argv.Append)
+		iterAppend(f, sortmap) // Append() enforce unique key argv.Append
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range uniqueKeys {
+		// log.Info("found unique key in .proto", s)
+		sortmap["sortBy"] = s
+		sortmap["sortKey"] = s
+
+		iterSortBy(f, sortmap)
+
+		sortmap["append"] = sortmap["sortKey"]
+		iterAppend(f, sortmap) // Append() enforce unique key argv.Append
+
+		iterDelete(f, sortmap)
+		iterReplace(f, sortmap)
+		iterFind(f, sortmap)
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range argv.Sort {
+		sortparts := strings.Split(s, ",")
+		sortmap["sortBy"] = sortparts[0]
+		sortmap["sortKey"] = sortparts[1]
+
+		iterSortBy(f, sortmap)
+
+		sortmap["append"] = sortmap["sortKey"]
+		iterAppend(f, sortmap) // Append() enforce unique key argv.Append
+
+		iterDelete(f, sortmap)
+		iterReplace(f, sortmap)
+		iterFind(f, sortmap)
+	}
+	iterEnd(f, sortmap)
+}