diff --git a/buildPackage.go b/buildPackage.go
index 8d3bba2..9c9692c 100644
--- a/buildPackage.go
+++ b/buildPackage.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (c *controlBox) buildPackage() (bool, error) {
 	} else {
 		// set the GO111 build var to true. pass the versions to the compiler manually
 		os.Setenv("GO111MODULE", "off")
-		cmd := []string{"go", "build", "-v", "-x"}
+		cmd := []string{"go", "build"}
 
 		// set standard ldflag options
 		now := time.Now()
@@ -96,9 +96,18 @@ func (c *controlBox) buildPackage() (bool, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	filebase := filepath.Base(c.pathL.String())
+	if fullfilename != filebase {
+		// this exception is for when you want to override a package name
+		// sometimes that's the best option. This way you can keep your
+		// name, but the .deb package name can be different so you can
+		// still apt-get it. For an example, look at the gozookeeper package
+		fullfilename = filebase
+	}
+
 	if !shell.Exists(fullfilename) {
 		log.Warn("build failed. filename does not exist", fullfilename)
-		return false, errors.New("missing" + fullfilename)
+		return false, errors.New("missing " + fullfilename)
 	}
 
 	if shell.Exists("files") {