diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad21af0..c7c3865 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 *.pdb
 *.idb
 *.def
+*.exe
+*.zip
+*.love
+dist/
 .~*
 .\#*
 \#*
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7f018e1..f3819bb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ pack_main: src/pack_main.o
 .SUFFIXES:
 .INTERMEDIATE:
 .SECONDARY:
-.PHONY: all clean phony
+.PHONY: all clean phony dist
 
 %: RCS/%,v
 %: RCS/%
diff --git a/dist.sh b/dist.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aaed387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eux
+
+rm -rf dist/
+mkdir dist/
+[ -f "test.so" ] && cp test.so dist/
+[ -f "test.dll" ] && cp test.dll dist/
+cp conf.lua main.lua dist/
+
+( cd dist/ ; zip -r ../test.zip . )
diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index f8d532a..0bdc5a5 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -39,33 +39,33 @@ void update(float time);
 
    local platform = love.system.getOS()
 
+   local lib_name
+   local love_name
+   if platform == "Linux" then
+      lib_name = "test.so"
+      love_name = "love"
+   elseif platform == "Windows" then
+      lib_name = "test.dll"
+      love_name = "LOVE"
+   else
+      assert(false, "unsupported platform " .. platform)
+   end
+
    if is_zip or is_love then
       if love.filesystem.isFused() then
          local archive = love.filesystem.getSourceBaseDirectory()
       end
 
-      local contents, size = love.filesystem.read("data", "test.so")
+      local contents, size = love.filesystem.read("data", lib_name)
       assert(contents ~= nil, size)
-      local write_success, message = love.filesystem.write("test.so", contents, size)
+      local write_success, message = love.filesystem.write(lib_name, contents, size)
+      assert(write_success, lib_name, message)
       local app_data = love.filesystem.getAppdataDirectory()
-
       -- the love2d "filesystem" API is the worst possible design in the
       -- entire history of computing
-      if platform == "Linux" then
-         test = ffi.load(app_data .. "/love/love-demo2/test.so")
-      elseif platform == "Windows" then
-         test = ffi.load(app_data .. "/love/love-demo2/test.dll")
-      else
-         assert(false, "unsupported platform: " .. platform)
-      end
+      test = ffi.load(app_data .. "/" .. love_name .. "/love-demo2/" .. lib_name)
    else
-      if platform == "Linux" then
-        test = ffi.load("./test.so")
-      elseif platform == "Windows" then
-        test = ffi.load("./test.dll")
-      else
-        assert(false, "unsupported platform: " .. platform)
-      end
+      test = ffi.load("./" .. lib_name)
    end
    test.load(source_path)
 end
diff --git a/src/file.cpp b/src/file.cpp
index ca24025..62fcce7 100644
--- a/src/file.cpp
+++ b/src/file.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ namespace file {
 
   void const * read_file(const char * r_filename, int * out_size)
   {
+    fprintf(stderr, "(pack) filename: %s\n", r_filename);
+    
     pack::header const * header = (pack::header const *)&_binary_test_pack_start[0];
     assert(header->magic == pack::magic_value);
     ptrdiff_t data = (ptrdiff_t)&_binary_test_pack_start[header->header_size];