diff --git a/contrib/.gitignore b/contrib/.gitignore
index a0e6fd4..959ced0 100644
--- a/contrib/.gitignore
+++ b/contrib/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 fakeroot/
-sshfail2kml_*_all.deb
-sshfail2kml_*_amd64.changes
+sshfail2kml-*.rpm
+sshfail2kml_*.deb
+sshfail2kml_*.changes
 sshfail2kml_*.dsc
 sshfail2kml_*.tar.gz
 
diff --git a/contrib/fpm-createPackages.sh b/contrib/fpm-createPackages.sh
index 5e31905..c983505 100755
--- a/contrib/fpm-createPackages.sh
+++ b/contrib/fpm-createPackages.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# this is a fast way to create packages with the fpm tool: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/wiki
+
+DIR="$$/" # lets make a random temp dir as a fakeroot
+NAME="sshfail2kml"
+DESC="SSH failed login attempts logged and GeoIP info acquired for Google Map KML display in an HTML page. Complete with JSON results and SQLite indexed database for a log rotation friendly setup."
+URI="https://github.com/BIAndrews/sshfail2kml"
+LIC="GPLv3"
+PROV="sshfail2kml"
+EMAIL="bryanandrews@gmail.com"
+
+#################################################################################################
 #
 # PREFLIGHT CHECK FOR REQUIRED TOOLS
 #
@@ -29,18 +42,17 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
 
 fi
 
+# juuussttt in case
+if [ "$DIR" == "/" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: the fakeroot temp dir can't be / or really really bad things will happen."
+  exit 255;
+fi
+
+########################################################################################
 #
 # LETS GO
 #
 
-DIR="fakeroot/"
-NAME="sshfail2kml"
-DESC="SSH failed login attempts logged and GeoIP info acquired for Google Map KML display in an HTML page. Complete with JSON results and SQLite indexed database for a log rotation friendly setup."
-URI="https://github.com/BIAndrews/sshfail2kml"
-LIC="GPLv3"
-PROV="sshfail2kml"
-EMAIL="bryanandrews@gmail.com"
-
 if [ ! -f "${PWD}/version.sh" ];then
   echo "Unable to find the version.sh file."
   pwd
@@ -55,6 +67,10 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+#
+# Lets automatically create the package release number for jenkin/ci automation, resets on a new version/tag
+#
+
 if [ -f "${PWD}/.release-${VER}" ];then
 . "${PWD}/.release-${VER}"
 RELEASE=$((RELEASE+1))
@@ -63,7 +79,12 @@ RELEASE="0"
 fi
 echo "RELEASE=$RELEASE" > "${PWD}/.release-${VER}"
 
-echo "Building packages for ${VER}-${RELEASE}"
+###############################################################
+#
+# Create and populate the fakeroot directory to be packaged
+#
+
+echo "Building package fakeroot dir for ${VER}-${RELEASE}"
 
 install -d $DIR/var/lib/sshfail2kml $DIR/etc/cron.d $DIR/usr/bin
 cp -f ../sshfail2kml $DIR/usr/bin
@@ -75,14 +96,24 @@ chmod o-rwx $DIR/etc/sshfail2kml.conf
 echo "DIR: $DIR"
 cd $DIR
 
+##################################
+#
 # CREATE THE REDHAT PACKAGE
+#
+# todo - when fpm can make srpms add that
+
+
 fpm \
 --url $URI --license $LIC --provides $PROV -p "../$NAME-$VER-$RELEASE.noarch.rpm" \
 -m $EMAIL --no-rpm-sign -v $VER --iteration $RELEASE -a noarch \
 -s dir -t rpm -n $NAME -d php-cli -d php-pdo --verbose --config-files /etc/sshfail2kml.conf --directories /var/lib/sshfail2kml --description "$DESC" \
 *
 
+##################################
+#
 # CREATE THE DEBIAN PACKAGE
+#
+
 fpm \
 --url $URI --license $LIC --provides $PROV -p "../$NAME-$VER-${RELEASE}_all.deb" \
 -m $EMAIL -v $VER --iteration $RELEASE -a all \
@@ -90,20 +121,29 @@ fpm \
 *
 
 cd ..
+
 if [ -f "$NAME-$VER-$RELEASE.noarch.rpm" ];then
-rpm -qpil $NAME-$VER-$RELEASE.noarch.rpm
-echo "Successfully created redhat package."
+
+  rpm -qpil $NAME-$VER-$RELEASE.noarch.rpm
+  echo "Successfully created redhat package."
+
 else
-echo "FAILED TO CREATE RPM PACKAGE"
-exit 1
+
+  echo "FAILED TO CREATE RPM PACKAGE"
+  exit 1
+
 fi
 
 if [ -f "$NAME-$VER-${RELEASE}_all.deb" ];then
-echo "Successfully created debian package."
+
+  echo "Successfully created debian package."
+
 else
-echo "FAILED TO CREATE DEBIAN PACKAGE"
-exit 1
+
+  echo "FAILED TO CREATE DEBIAN PACKAGE"
+  exit 1
+
 fi
 
-#clean up
+#clean up, this is a good example of why we never run someone elses code as root
 rm -rf $DIR
diff --git a/contrib/version.sh b/contrib/version.sh
index ba74234..0ec4927 100644
--- a/contrib/version.sh
+++ b/contrib/version.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # example, external file to work better with CI/CD
-VER="1.3.5"
+VER="1.3.10"