diff --git a/save.go b/save.go
index 2f2db15..a1f48e0 100644
--- a/save.go
+++ b/save.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ func ConfigSave(pb proto.Message) error {
 		return ErrProtoFilename
 	}
 
-	// Unmarshal()
 	s := prototext.Format(pb)
 
 	dir, name := filepath.Split(fullname)
@@ -35,6 +34,28 @@ func ConfigSave(pb proto.Message) error {
 	return configWrite(fullname, []byte(s))
 }
 
+func ConfigSaveWithHeader(pb proto.Message, header string) error {
+	// get pb.Filename if it is there in the .proto file
+	fullname, ok := GetFilename(pb)
+	if !ok {
+		return ErrProtoFilename
+	}
+
+	s := prototext.Format(pb)
+
+	dir, name := filepath.Split(fullname)
+	if name == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("filename was blank")
+	}
+	err := os.MkdirAll(dir, os.ModePerm)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Infof("ConfigSave() filename=%s %d\n", fullname, len(s))
+	return configWrite(fullname, []byte(header+s))
+}
+
 func configWrite(fullname string, data []byte) error {
 
 	cfgfile, err := os.OpenFile(fullname, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)