diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4cc1786..f017f12 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 VERSION = $(shell git describe --tags)
 GUIVERSION = $(shell git describe --tags)
-BUILDTIME = $(shell date +%s)
+BUILDTIME = $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d_%H%M)
 
 all: build
 
diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index d6ffbaf..7e968e2 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ import (
 var argv args
 
 type args struct {
-	Repo     string `arg:"--repo" default:"/etc/gowebd/repomap" help:"what .git repo to use?"`
-	Hostname string `arg:"--hostname" default:"go.wit.com" help:"hostname to use"`
+	Repo     string `arg:"--repo" default:"./"             help:"what .git repo to use?"`
+	Hostname string `arg:"--hostname"                      help:"hostname to use"`
+	Refs     bool   `arg:"--refs"                          help:"list the git ref hashes"`
 }
 
 func (args) Version() string {
diff --git a/message.go b/message.go
index 35a2e22..7c5954a 100644
--- a/message.go
+++ b/message.go
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ var VERSION string
 var BUILDTIME string
 
 func main() {
+	if argv.Refs {
+		showRefs()
+	} else {
+		testMessage()
+	}
+}
+
+func showRefs() {
+	log.Info("how do you do this with libgit2 and git2go? notsure.")
+}
+
+func testMessage() {
 	var input git.Trailer
 
 	input.Key = "Co-authored-by"