diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c92c4d1..6102a51 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ coverage/
 node_modules/
 npm-debug.log
 .DS_STORE
+.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7455978..5efbfa8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@ To use the CLI, type `split-md` followed by it's args:
 * cleanName (string): do you want to remove anything from the pattern?
 * writePath (path to where smaller files should be created)
 * limit (optionally limit the number of files created)
+* hasCounter (optionally have the outputted files names be numbered)
 
 #### Example
 
 ```
-$ split-md 'tests/testdata.md' '### v' '###' '' 10
+$ split-md 'tests/testdata.md' '### v' '###' '' 10 true
 ```
 
-In the above example we are reading in `tests/testdata.md`. Our delimiter is whenever we see a line start with the pattern `### v`. We want to use this line for our new markdown file's name, however we want to remove the `###` by setting it as the cleanName variable. Lastly, we are setting the `writePath` to our current working directory by giving an empty string as the last variable. Also note that we are setting our limit to only create 10 files before exiting.
+In the above example we are reading in `tests/testdata.md`. Our delimiter is whenever we see a line start with the pattern `### v`. We want to use this line for our new markdown file's name, however we want to remove the `###` by setting it as the cleanName variable. Next, we are setting the `writePath` to our current working directory by giving an empty string as this variable. Also note that we are setting our limit to only create 10 files before exiting. Lastly, we have `true` to show that we want the file names to be ordered.
 
 ## License:
 
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 8597b5c..b2e94cd 100755
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 var cli = require('cli')
 var splitter = require('./splitter')
 
-splitter(cli.args[0],cli.args[1],cli.args[2],cli.args[3],cli.args[4])
+splitter(cli.args[0],cli.args[1],cli.args[2],cli.args[3],cli.args[4],cli.args[5])
diff --git a/src/splitter.js b/src/splitter.js
index 1ccdb51..cfa90d5 100644
--- a/src/splitter.js
+++ b/src/splitter.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 
 module.exports = splitter
 
-function splitter(readPath, pattern, cleanName, writePath, limit){
+function splitter(readPath, pattern, cleanName, writePath, limit, hasCounter){
   try {
     var array = fs.readFileSync(readPath).toString().split("\n");
   }
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ function splitter(readPath, pattern, cleanName, writePath, limit){
   }
   var title = "", file = "", first = true;
   var counter = 1;
+
   for(var i=0; i < array.length; i++) {
     if (first) {
       file = "<!-- order:" + counter + " -->\n";
@@ -25,9 +26,14 @@ function splitter(readPath, pattern, cleanName, writePath, limit){
           break;
         file = "<!-- order:" + counter + " -->\n";
       }
-      title = writePath + array[i].replace(cleanName, "").trim()
+
+      var fileName = array[i].replace(cleanName, "").trim();
+      if (fileName.length <= 0) {
+        fileName = "<empty-filename>";
+      }
+
+      title = hasCounter ? writePath + counter + "-" + fileName : title = writePath + fileName;
       title = title.replace(":", "").replace(" ", "") + ".md"
-      console.log(title)
       file += array[i];
       first = false;
     }
@@ -42,5 +48,3 @@ function splitter(readPath, pattern, cleanName, writePath, limit){
     if (err) throw err;
   });
 }
-
-
diff --git a/tests/splitterWithCounter.test.js b/tests/splitterWithCounter.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8a4f32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/splitterWithCounter.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+var expect = require("chai").expect;
+var splitter = require("../src/splitter.js");
+var shell = require("shelljs");
+
+var readPath = "tests/testdata.md",
+  pattern = "###",
+  cleanName = "###",
+  writePath = "tests/tmp/",
+  numberFiles = true;
+
+describe("splitterWithCounter", function() {
+  it("should split markdown file into smaller files", function(done) {
+    shell.mkdir("-p", "tests/tmp");
+    splitter(readPath, pattern, cleanName, writePath, 10, numberFiles);
+    var filez = shell.ls("tests/tmp/*.md");
+    console.log(filez);
+    expect(filez).to.contain("tests/tmp/1-v0.0.1.md");
+    expect(filez).to.contain("tests/tmp/2-v0.0.2.md");
+    expect(filez).to.contain("tests/tmp/3-v0.0.3.md");
+    expect(filez).to.contain("tests/tmp/4-<empty-filename>.md");
+    shell.rm("-rf", "tests/tmp/");
+    done();
+  });
+  it("should throw error when given invalid file to read", function(done) {
+    readPath = "blahblahblah";
+    expect(
+      splitter.bind(splitter, readPath, pattern, cleanName, writePath)
+    ).to.throw(Error);
+    done();
+  });
+  it("should exist", function(done) {
+    expect(splitter).to.exist;
+    done();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/testdata.md b/tests/testdata.md
index 82f3f04..2dbf12c 100644
--- a/tests/testdata.md
+++ b/tests/testdata.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### v0.0.1
 
-Hey bro! Whats up...
+Hey friend! Whats up...
 not much. you?
 
 ### v0.0.2
@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ We didn\'t have many changes.
 
 I believe I can fly.
 is the best song by R Kelly.
+
+###
+
+Some more text,
+in an empty file name.