diff --git a/readControlFile.go b/readControlFile.go
index 184767b..9d2bf0d 100644
--- a/readControlFile.go
+++ b/readControlFile.go
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@ func (c *controlBox) readControlFile() error {
 		// return errors.New("'control': file not found")
 		// if this happens, make up a fake control file
 		pairs["Maintainer"] = "go-deb build"
-		pairs["Architecture"] = "x86"
+		pairs["Architecture"] = "amd64" // TODO: figure this out
 		pairs["Recommends"] = ""
 		pairs["Source"] = "notsure"
-		pairs["Description"] = "put something here"
+		if argv.Repo == "" {
+			pairs["Description"] = "put something here"
+		} else {
+			pairs["Description"] = argv.Repo
+		}
 	}
 	defer file.Close()