diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9a0870c..91f0349 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 .idea/
 bin/
 release/
+secrets/
 
 # Compiled Object files, Static and Dynamic libs (Shared Objects)
 *.o
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1716d8b..3b0aec9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+services:
+- docker
 env:
   global:
   - secure: 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
@@ -5,30 +7,29 @@ env:
   - AUTHOR_EMAIL=gambol99@gmail.com
   - REGISTRY_USERNAME=ukhomeofficedigital+vault_sidekick
   - REGISTRY=quay.io
-services:
-- docker
+
 language: go
-go:
-- 1.7.5
-install:
+go: 1.8.1
+
+install: true
+script:
 - make test
 - if ([[ ${TRAVIS_BRANCH} == "master" ]] && [[ ${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST} != "true" ]]) || [[ -n ${TRAVIS_TAG} ]]; then
+    GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags "-X main.gitsha=${TRAVIS_TAG:-git+${TRAVIS_COMMIT}}" -o bin/vault-sidekick_linux_amd64;
+    GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags "-X main.gitsha=${TRAVIS_TAG:-git+${TRAVIS_COMMIT}}" -o bin/vault-sidekick_darwin_amd64;
+    GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags "-X main.gitsha=${TRAVIS_TAG:-git+${TRAVIS_COMMIT}}" -o bin/vault-sidekick_windows_amd64.exe;
     docker login -u ${REGISTRY_USERNAME} -p ${REGISTRY_TOKEN} -e ${AUTHOR_EMAIL} ${REGISTRY};
-    VERSION=latest make docker-release;
+    VERSION=${TRAVIS_TAG:-latest} make docker-release;
   fi
-before_deploy:
-- NAME=GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 godep go build -o bin/vault-sidekick-linux-amd64
-after_deploy:
-- docker login -u ${REGISTRY_USERNAME} -p ${REGISTRY_TOKEN} -e ${AUTHOR_EMAIL} ${REGISTRY}
-- VERSION=$TRAVIS_TAG make docker-release
 deploy:
   provider: releases
   skip_cleanup: true
   on:
-    go: 1.7.5
     repo: UKHomeOffice/vault-sidekick
     tags: true
   api_key:
     secure: "${GITHUB_TOKEN}"
   file:
-  - bin/vault-sidekick-linux-amd64
+    - bin/vault-sidekick_linux_amd64
+    - bin/vault-sidekick_darwin_amd64
+    - bin/vault-sidekick_windows_amd64.exe
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b6dc5a1..b5abcea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,19 +1,30 @@
 
+#### **Version v0.3.1**
+
+##### FEATURES
+
+ * Added a mode option to the resource specification enabling secrets to set the file permissions
+ * Fixed a bug in the renewal time, when a resource does not have a custom update and the lease time is 0s
+ * Cleaned up some of the vetting issues
+ * Change the travis build to use golang v1.8.1
+ * Added a version flag -version and passing the gitsha in the version
+ * Updated the kubernete deployment files
+
 #### **Version v0.1.0**
 
 ##### FEATURES
 
 BUGS
- * Fixed the bundle format to produce four file, a bundle with cert+ca, and the FILENAME-ca.pem, FILENAME-key.pem, 
+ * Fixed the bundle format to produce four file, a bundle with cert+ca, and the FILENAME-ca.pem, FILENAME-key.pem,
    and the FILENAME.pem certificate
 
 #### **Version v0.0.9-1**
 
 ##### FEATURES
 
- * Adding the ability to perform environment variable substituted of the resource path i.e. 
-   -resource=secret:/secrets/%ENV%/myset : %ENV% will substituted 
- 
+ * Adding the ability to perform environment variable substituted of the resource path i.e.
+   -resource=secret:/secrets/%ENV%/myset : %ENV% will substituted
+
 #### **Version v0.0.9**
 
 ##### FEATURES
@@ -24,7 +35,7 @@ BUGS
 
 ##### FEATURES
 
- * Adding an exec option to the control set, the command is called whenever a change is made on the resource with a 
+ * Adding an exec option to the control set, the command is called whenever a change is made on the resource with a
    condfigurable timeout (default to 60s)
    -cn=secret:platform/secrets/se2:fmt=yaml,exec=tests/runme.sh,update=1s
 
@@ -41,11 +52,11 @@ BUGS
  * Fixed up a number of niggling issues
  * Added the bundle format to pki paths can write a bundle private and certificate file and a separate ca file
  * Added the env format which will create a environment variables file
- * Adding comma separated list as resource arguments comes in the form <ARG>|<ARG> i.e. 
+ * Adding comma separated list as resource arguments comes in the form <ARG>|<ARG> i.e.
    -cn=pki:platform/pki/issue/example-dot-com:common_name=blah.example.com,alt_names='me.example.com|ted.example.com'
 
 ##### BREAKING CHANGES:
- * Note, because all params excluding the control options are passed as arguments to vault the arguments must be the 
+ * Note, because all params excluding the control options are passed as arguments to vault the arguments must be the
    same as those for vault, i.e. for pki cn -> common_name
 
 ##### BUGS:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3d1c07b..d0d8b22 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 NAME=vault-sidekick
 AUTHOR ?= ukhomeofficedigital
 REGISTRY ?= quay.io
-GOVERSION ?= 1.7.1
+GOVERSION ?= 1.8.1
 HARDWARE=$(shell uname -m)
-VERSION ?= $(shell awk '/Version =/ { print $$3 }' main.go | sed 's/"//g')
+VERSION ?= $(shell awk '/release =/ { print $$3 }' main.go | sed 's/"//g')
+GIT_SHA=$(shell git --no-pager describe --always --dirty)
+LFLAGS ?= -X main.gitsha=${GIT_SHA}
 VETARGS?=-asmdecl -atomic -bool -buildtags -copylocks -methods -nilfunc -printf -rangeloops -shift -structtags -unsafeptr
 
 .PHONY: test authors changelog build docker static release
@@ -14,12 +16,12 @@ default: build
 build: deps
 	@echo "--> Compiling the project"
 	mkdir -p bin
-	godep go build -o bin/${NAME}
+	godep go build -ldflags '-w ${LFLAGS}' -o bin/${NAME}
 
 static: deps
 	@echo "--> Compiling the static binary"
 	mkdir -p bin
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux godep go build -a -tags netgo -ldflags '-w' -o bin/${NAME}
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux godep go build -a -tags netgo -ldflags '-w ${LFLAGS}' -o bin/${NAME}
 
 docker-build:
 	@echo "--> Compiling the project"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd63f58..f0f536e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ bundle format is very similar in the sense it similar takes the private key and
 **Resource Options**
 
 - **file**: (filaname) by default all file are relative to the output directory specified and will have the name NAME.RESOURCE; the fn options allows you to switch names and paths to write the files
+- **mode**: (mode) overrides the default file permissions of the secret from 0664
 - **create**: (create) create the resource
 - **update**: (update) override the lease time of this resource and get/renew a secret on the specified duration e.g 1m, 2d, 5m10s
 - **renew**: (renewal) override the default behavour on this resource, renew the resource when coming close to expiration e.g true, TRUE
diff --git a/auth_approle.go b/auth_approle.go
index 2624cd7..96698be 100644
--- a/auth_approle.go
+++ b/auth_approle.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ type authAppRolePlugin struct {
 }
 
 type appRoleLogin struct {
-	RoleId   string `json:"role_id,omitempty"`
-	SecretId string `json:"secret_id,omitempty"`
+	RoleID   string `json:"role_id,omitempty"`
+	SecretID string `json:"secret_id,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // NewAppRolePlugin creates a new App Role plugin
@@ -42,19 +42,19 @@ func NewAppRolePlugin(client *api.Client) AuthInterface {
 // Create a approle plugin with the secret id and role id provided in the file
 func (r authAppRolePlugin) Create(cfg map[string]string) (string, error) {
 	// step: extract the options
-	roleId, _ := cfg["role_id"]
-	secretId, _ := cfg["secret_id"]
+	roleID, _ := cfg["role_id"]
+	secretID, _ := cfg["secret_id"]
 
-	if roleId == "" {
-		roleId = os.Getenv("VAULT_SIDEKICK_ROLE_ID")
+	if roleID == "" {
+		roleID = os.Getenv("VAULT_SIDEKICK_ROLE_ID")
 	}
-	if secretId == "" {
-		secretId = os.Getenv("VAULT_SIDEKICK_SECRET_ID")
+	if secretID == "" {
+		secretID = os.Getenv("VAULT_SIDEKICK_SECRET_ID")
 	}
 
 	// step: create the token request
 	request := r.client.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/auth/approle/login")
-	login := appRoleLogin{SecretId: secretId, RoleId: roleId}
+	login := appRoleLogin{SecretID: secretID, RoleID: roleID}
 	if err := request.SetJSONBody(login); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 0753a3b..a2352ae 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ type config struct {
 	statsInterval time.Duration
 	// the timeout for a exec command
 	execTimeout time.Duration
+	// version flag
+	showVersion bool
 }
 
 var (
@@ -63,13 +65,13 @@ func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&options.vaultCaFile, "ca-cert", "", "the path to the file container the CA used to verify the vault service")
 	flag.DurationVar(&options.statsInterval, "stats", time.Duration(1)*time.Hour, "the interval to produce statistics on the accessed resources")
 	flag.DurationVar(&options.execTimeout, "exec-timeout", time.Duration(60)*time.Second, "the timeout applied to commands on the exec option")
+	flag.BoolVar(&options.showVersion, "version", false, "show the vault-sidekick version")
 	flag.Var(options.resources, "cn", "a resource to retrieve and monitor from vault")
 }
 
 // parseOptions validate the command line options and validates them
 func parseOptions() error {
 	flag.Parse()
-
 	return validateOptions(&options)
 }
 
diff --git a/formats.go b/formats.go
index 1689e03..bd8ca1f 100644
--- a/formats.go
+++ b/formats.go
@@ -21,66 +21,67 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
-func writeIniFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}) error {
+func writeIniFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}, mode os.FileMode) error {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	for key, val := range data {
 		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s = %v\n", key, val))
 	}
 
-	return writeFile(filename, buf.Bytes())
+	return writeFile(filename, buf.Bytes(), mode)
 }
 
-func writeCSVFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}) error {
+func writeCSVFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}, mode os.FileMode) error {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	for key, val := range data {
 		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s,%v\n", key, val))
 	}
 
-	return writeFile(filename, buf.Bytes())
+	return writeFile(filename, buf.Bytes(), mode)
 }
 
-func writeYAMLFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}) error {
+func writeYAMLFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}, mode os.FileMode) error {
 	// marshall the content to yaml
 	content, err := yaml.Marshal(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return writeFile(filename, content)
+	return writeFile(filename, content, mode)
 }
 
-func writeEnvFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}) error {
+func writeEnvFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}, mode os.FileMode) error {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	for key, val := range data {
 		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s=%v\n", strings.ToUpper(key), val))
 	}
 
-	return writeFile(filename, buf.Bytes())
+	return writeFile(filename, buf.Bytes(), mode)
 }
 
-func writeCertificateFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}) error {
+func writeCertificateFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}, mode os.FileMode) error {
 	files := map[string]string{
 		"certificate": "crt",
 		"issuing_ca":  "ca",
 		"private_key": "key",
 	}
 	for key, suffix := range files {
-		filename := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", filename, suffix)
+		name := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", filename, suffix)
 		content, found := data[key]
 		if !found {
-			glog.Errorf("didn't find the certification option: %s in the resource: %s", key, filename)
+			glog.Errorf("didn't find the certification option: %s in the resource: %s", key, name)
 			continue
 		}
 
 		// step: write the file
-		if err := writeFile(filename, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s", content))); err != nil {
-			glog.Errorf("failed to write resource: %s, elemment: %s, filename: %s, error: %s", filename, suffix, filename, err)
+		if err := writeFile(name, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s", content)), mode); err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("failed to write resource: %s, element: %s, filename: %s, error: %s", filename, suffix, name, err)
 			continue
 		}
 	}
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ func writeCertificateFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}) error {
 
 }
 
-func writeCertificateBundleFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}) error {
+func writeCertificateBundleFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}, mode os.FileMode) error {
 	bundleFile := fmt.Sprintf("%s-bundle.pem", filename)
 	keyFile := fmt.Sprintf("%s-key.pem", filename)
 	caFile := fmt.Sprintf("%s-ca.pem", filename)
@@ -100,22 +101,22 @@ func writeCertificateBundleFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}) er
 	ca := fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", data["issuing_ca"])
 	certificate := fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", data["certificate"])
 
-	if err := writeFile(bundleFile, []byte(bundle)); err != nil {
+	if err := writeFile(bundleFile, []byte(bundle), mode); err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("failed to write the bundled certificate file, error: %s", err)
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := writeFile(certFile, []byte(certificate)); err != nil {
+	if err := writeFile(certFile, []byte(certificate), mode); err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("failed to write the certificate file, errro: %s", err)
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := writeFile(caFile, []byte(ca)); err != nil {
+	if err := writeFile(caFile, []byte(ca), mode); err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("failed to write the ca file, errro: %s", err)
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := writeFile(keyFile, []byte(key)); err != nil {
+	if err := writeFile(keyFile, []byte(key), mode); err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("failed to write the key file, errro: %s", err)
 		return err
 	}
@@ -123,15 +124,15 @@ func writeCertificateBundleFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}) er
 	return nil
 }
 
-func writeTxtFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}) error {
+func writeTxtFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}, mode os.FileMode) error {
 	keys := getKeys(data)
 	if len(keys) > 1 {
 		// step: for plain formats we need to iterate the keys and produce a file per key
 		for suffix, content := range data {
-			filename := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", filename, suffix)
-			if err := writeFile(filename, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", content))); err != nil {
+			name := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", filename, suffix)
+			if err := writeFile(name, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", content)), mode); err != nil {
 				glog.Errorf("failed to write resource: %s, elemment: %s, filename: %s, error: %s",
-					filename, suffix, filename, err)
+					filename, suffix, name, err)
 				continue
 			}
 		}
@@ -142,22 +143,20 @@ func writeTxtFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}) error {
 	value, _ := data[keys[0]]
 	content := []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s", value))
 
-	return writeFile(filename, content)
+	return writeFile(filename, content, mode)
 }
 
-func writeJSONFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}) error {
+func writeJSONFile(filename string, data map[string]interface{}, mode os.FileMode) error {
 	content, err := json.MarshalIndent(data, "", "    ")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return writeFile(filename, content)
+	return writeFile(filename, content, mode)
 }
 
-// writeFile ... writes the content to a file .. dah
-//	filename		: the path to the file
-//	content			: the content to be written
-func writeFile(filename string, content []byte) error {
+// writeFile writes the file to stdout or an actual file
+func writeFile(filename string, content []byte, mode os.FileMode) error {
 	if options.dryRun {
 		glog.Infof("dry-run: filename: %s, content:", filename)
 		fmt.Printf("%s\n", string(content))
@@ -165,5 +164,5 @@ func writeFile(filename string, content []byte) error {
 	}
 	glog.V(3).Infof("saving the file: %s", filename)
 
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(filename, content, 0664)
+	return ioutil.WriteFile(filename, content, mode)
 }
diff --git a/generate.go b/generate.go
index 6a989cf..4b44638 100644
--- a/generate.go
+++ b/generate.go
@@ -21,32 +21,31 @@ import (
 	"io"
 )
 
-var StdChars = []byte("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789!@#$%^&*()-_=+,.?/:;{}[]`~")
+var stdChars = []byte("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789!@#$%^&*()-_=+,.?/:;{}[]`~")
 
-func NewPassword(length int) string {
-	return rand_char(length, StdChars)
+func newPassword(length int) string {
+	return randString(length, stdChars)
 }
 
-func rand_char(length int, chars []byte) string {
-	new_pword := make([]byte, length)
-	random_data := make([]byte, length+(length/4)) // storage for random bytes.
+func randString(length int, chars []byte) string {
+	pass := make([]byte, length)
+	data := make([]byte, length+(length/4)) // storage for random bytes.
 	clen := byte(len(chars))
 	maxrb := byte(256 - (256 % len(chars)))
 	i := 0
 	for {
-		if _, err := io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, random_data); err != nil {
+		if _, err := io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, data); err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
-		for _, c := range random_data {
+		for _, c := range data {
 			if c >= maxrb {
 				continue
 			}
-			new_pword[i] = chars[c%clen]
+			pass[i] = chars[c%clen]
 			i++
 			if i == length {
-				return string(new_pword)
+				return string(pass)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	panic("unreachable")
 }
diff --git a/examples/deployment.yaml b/kube/deployment.yaml
similarity index 86%
rename from examples/deployment.yaml
rename to kube/deployment.yaml
index 75c3899..52f29d8 100644
--- a/examples/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kube/deployment.yaml
@@ -9,18 +9,19 @@ spec:
       labels:
         name: vault-demo
       annotations:
-        repository: https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/vault-sidekick
+        build: https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/vault-sidekick
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: sidekick
-        image: quay.io/ukhomeofficedigital/vault-sidekick:v0.3.0
+        image: quay.io/ukhomeofficedigital/vault-sidekick:v0.3.1
         resources:
           limits:
             cpu: 100m
             memory: 50Mi
         args:
-          - -tls-skip-verify=true
-          - -cn=pki:services/${NAMESPACE}/pki/issue/default:fmt=bundle,common_name=demo.${NAMESPACE}.svc.cluster.local,file=platform
+          - -tls-skip-verify=false
+          - -cn=pki:services/${NAMESPACE}/pki/issue/default:fmt=bundle,common_name=demo.${NAMESPACE}.svc.cluster.local,file=platform,mode=0640
+          - -ca-cert=/ca/caroot.bundle
           - -logtostderr=true
           - -v=3
         env:
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - name: secrets
           mountPath: /etc/secrets
+        - name: ca-bundle
+          mountPath: /ca
       - name: nginx
         image: quay.io/ukhomeofficedigital/nginx-proxy:v1.5.1
         resources:
@@ -79,3 +82,6 @@ spec:
       volumes:
       - name: secrets
         emptyDir: {}
+      - name: ca-bundle
+        secret:
+          secretName: ca-bundle
diff --git a/examples/service.yml b/kube/service.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/service.yml
rename to kube/service.yml
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 99d21da..70d7d1d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
@@ -24,19 +25,23 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
 
-const (
-	Prog    = "vault-sidekick"
-	Version = "v0.3.0"
+var (
+	prog    = "vault-sidekick"
+	release = "v0.3.1"
+	gitsha  = ""
 )
 
 func main() {
+	version := fmt.Sprintf("%s (git+sha %s)", release, gitsha)
 	// step: parse and validate the command line / environment options
-
 	if err := parseOptions(); err != nil {
 		showUsage("invalid options, %s", err)
 	}
-
-	glog.Infof("starting the %s, version: %s", Prog, Version)
+	if options.showVersion {
+		fmt.Printf("%s %s\n", prog, version)
+		return
+	}
+	glog.Infof("starting the %s, %s", prog, version)
 
 	// step: create a client to vault
 	vault, err := NewVaultService(options.vaultURL)
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 6606046..0ad6547 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ func readConfigFile(filename string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	default:
 		return readJSONFile(filename)
 	}
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported config file format: %s", suffix)
 }
 
 // readJsonFile read in and unmarshall the data into a map
@@ -169,21 +168,21 @@ func processResource(rn *VaultResource, data map[string]interface{}) (err error)
 	case "yaml":
 		fallthrough
 	case "yml":
-		err = writeYAMLFile(filename, data)
+		err = writeYAMLFile(filename, data, rn.fileMode)
 	case "json":
-		err = writeJSONFile(filename, data)
+		err = writeJSONFile(filename, data, rn.fileMode)
 	case "ini":
-		err = writeIniFile(filename, data)
+		err = writeIniFile(filename, data, rn.fileMode)
 	case "csv":
-		err = writeCSVFile(filename, data)
+		err = writeCSVFile(filename, data, rn.fileMode)
 	case "env":
-		err = writeEnvFile(filename, data)
+		err = writeEnvFile(filename, data, rn.fileMode)
 	case "cert":
-		err = writeCertificateFile(filename, data)
+		err = writeCertificateFile(filename, data, rn.fileMode)
 	case "txt":
-		err = writeTxtFile(filename, data)
+		err = writeTxtFile(filename, data, rn.fileMode)
 	case "bundle":
-		err = writeCertificateBundleFile(filename, data)
+		err = writeCertificateBundleFile(filename, data, rn.fileMode)
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("unknown output format: %s", rn.format)
 	}
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ func processResource(rn *VaultResource, data map[string]interface{}) (err error)
 		cmd := exec.Command(rn.execPath, filename)
 		cmd.Start()
 		timer := time.AfterFunc(options.execTimeout, func() {
-			if err := cmd.Process.Kill(); err != nil {
+			if err = cmd.Process.Kill(); err != nil {
 				glog.Errorf("failed to kill the command, pid: %d, error: %s", cmd.Process.Pid, err)
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/vault.go b/vault.go
index f61353a..85973d2 100644
--- a/vault.go
+++ b/vault.go
@@ -312,7 +312,8 @@ func (r VaultService) revoke(lease string) error {
 
 // get retrieves a secret from the vault
 //	rn			: the watched resource
-func (r VaultService) get(rn *watchedResource) (err error) {
+func (r VaultService) get(rn *watchedResource) error {
+	var err error
 	var secret *api.Secret
 	// step: not sure who to cast map[string]string to map[string]interface{} doesn't like it anyway i try and do it
 
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ func (r VaultService) get(rn *watchedResource) (err error) {
 	for k, v := range rn.resource.options {
 		params[k] = interface{}(v)
 	}
-	glog.V(10).Infof("get, resource: %s, path: %s, params: %v", rn.resource.resource, rn.resource.path, params)
+	glog.V(10).Infof("resource: %s, path: %s, params: %v", rn.resource.resource, rn.resource.path, params)
 
 	glog.V(5).Infof("attempting to retrieve the resource: %s from vault", rn.resource)
 	// step: perform a request to vault
@@ -332,7 +333,6 @@ func (r VaultService) get(rn *watchedResource) (err error) {
 		}
 		resp, err := r.client.RawRequest(request)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("FAILED HERE")
 			return err
 		}
 		// step: read the response
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ func (r VaultService) get(rn *watchedResource) (err error) {
 		// We must generate the secret if we have the create flag
 		if rn.resource.create && secret == nil && err == nil {
 			glog.V(3).Infof("Create param specified, creating resource: %s", rn.resource.path)
-			params["value"] = NewPassword(int(rn.resource.size))
+			params["value"] = newPassword(int(rn.resource.size))
 			secret, err = r.client.Logical().Write(fmt.Sprintf(rn.resource.path), params)
 			glog.V(3).Infof("Secret created: %s", rn.resource.path)
 			if err == nil {
diff --git a/vault_resource.go b/vault_resource.go
index f09e648..eb39275 100644
--- a/vault_resource.go
+++ b/vault_resource.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ const (
 	optionCreate = "create"
 	// optionSize sets the initial size of a password secret
 	optionSize = "size"
+	// optionsMode is the file permissions on the secret
+	optionMode = "mode"
 	// defaultSize sets the default size of a generic secret
 	defaultSize = 20
 )
@@ -67,10 +70,11 @@ var (
 
 func defaultVaultResource() *VaultResource {
 	return &VaultResource{
+		fileMode:  os.FileMode(0664),
 		format:    "yaml",
+		options:   make(map[string]string, 0),
 		renewable: false,
 		revoked:   false,
-		options:   make(map[string]string, 0),
 		size:      defaultSize,
 	}
 }
@@ -103,6 +107,8 @@ type VaultResource struct {
 	execPath string
 	// additional options to the resource
 	options map[string]string
+	// the file permissions on the resource
+	fileMode os.FileMode
 }
 
 // GetFilename generates a resource filename by default the resource name and resource type, which
diff --git a/vault_resources.go b/vault_resources.go
index 4f4dcd9..47525b2 100644
--- a/vault_resources.go
+++ b/vault_resources.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
@@ -63,11 +64,23 @@ func (r *VaultResources) Set(value string) error {
 				return fmt.Errorf("invalid resource option: %s, must have a value", x)
 			}
 			// step: set the name and value
-			name := kp[0]
+			name := strings.TrimSpace(kp[0])
 			value := strings.Replace(kp[1], "|", ",", -1)
 
 			// step: extract the control options from the path resource parameters
 			switch name {
+			case optionMode:
+				if !strings.HasPrefix(value, "0") {
+					value = "0" + value
+				}
+				if len(value) != 4 {
+					return errors.New("the file permission invalid, should be octal 0444 or alike")
+				}
+				v, err := strconv.ParseUint(value, 0, 32)
+				if err != nil {
+					return errors.New("invalid file permissions on resource")
+				}
+				rn.fileMode = os.FileMode(v)
 			case optionFormat:
 				if matched := resourceFormatRegex.MatchString(value); !matched {
 					return fmt.Errorf("unsupported output format: %s", value)
diff --git a/watched_resource.go b/watched_resource.go
index c2c6e6d..3e57e2d 100644
--- a/watched_resource.go
+++ b/watched_resource.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"time"
 
-	"fmt"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/api"
 )
@@ -51,8 +50,12 @@ func (r *watchedResource) notifyOnRenewal(ch chan *watchedResource) {
 		r.renewalTime = r.resource.update
 		// step: if the answer is no, we set the notification between 80-95% of the lease time of the secret
 		if r.renewalTime <= 0 {
+			// if there is no lease time, we canout set a renewal, just fade into the background
+			if r.secret.LeaseDuration <= 0 {
+				glog.Warningf("resource: %s has no lease duration, no custom update set, so item will not be updated", r.resource.path)
+				return
+			}
 			r.renewalTime = r.calculateRenewal()
-			fmt.Printf("seconds: %s", r.renewalTime)
 		}
 		glog.V(3).Infof("setting a renewal notification on resource: %s, time: %s", r.resource, r.renewalTime)
 		// step: wait for the duration