diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 7947e38..3547374 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Client struct {
-	address   string
-	port      int
-	list      bool
-	send      bool
-	receive   bool
-	authToken string
+	address    string
+	port       int
+	list       bool
+	send       bool
+	receiveNum int
+	authToken  string
 }
 
 func (c *Client) Connect() error {
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ func (c *Client) Connect() error {
 		conn.Close()
 		log.Debugf("done listing")
 
-	} else if c.receive {
-		log.Debugf("receiving a file")
+	} else if c.receiveNum >= 0 {
+		log.Debugf("receiving file %d", c.receiveNum)
 
 		err := c.connectToServer(secure.OperationTypeReceive, enc, dec)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (c *Client) Connect() error {
 		}
 
 		req := secure.PacketReceiveDataStartRequest{
-			Id: 0, // 0 means last? Change to do a fetch?
+			Id: uint32(c.receiveNum),
 		}
 		err = enc.Encode(req)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 855817f..ca48ab9 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
@@ -11,15 +12,47 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
-var CurrentVersion = "v0.0.1"
+var CurrentVersion = "v0.0.2"
+
+type PasteValue struct {
+	PasteRequired bool
+	PasteNumber   uint
+}
+
+func (v *PasteValue) String() string {
+	if v.PasteRequired {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("YES: %d", v.PasteNumber)
+	}
+	return "0"
+}
+
+func (v *PasteValue) Set(s string) error {
+	v.PasteRequired = true
+	num, err := strconv.ParseUint(s, 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	v.PasteNumber = uint(num)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (v *PasteValue) Type() string {
+	return "int"
+
+}
 
 func main() {
 	isServer := flag.Bool("server", false, "Run netgiv in server mode")
 
 	// client mode flags
-	isList := flag.BoolP("list", "l", false, "Set if requesting a list")
+	isList := flag.BoolP("list", "l", false, "Returns a list of current items on the server")
 	isSend := flag.BoolP("copy", "c", false, "sending stdin to netgiv server (copy)")
-	isReceive := flag.BoolP("paste", "p", false, "receive file from netgiv server to stdout (paste)")
+
+	pasteFlag := PasteValue{}
+	flag.VarP(&pasteFlag, "paste", "p", "receive from netgiv server to stdout (paste), with optional number (see --list)")
+	flag.Lookup("paste").NoOptDefVal = "0"
+
 	debug := flag.Bool("debug", false, "turn on debug logging")
 	flag.String("address", "", "IP address/hostname of the netgiv server")
 
@@ -31,6 +64,11 @@ func main() {
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	receiveNum := int(pasteFlag.PasteNumber)
+	if !pasteFlag.PasteRequired {
+		receiveNum = -1
+	}
+
 	viper.AddConfigPath("$HOME/.netgiv/") // call multiple times to add many search paths
 	viper.SetConfigType("yaml")
 
@@ -57,13 +95,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	address := viper.GetString("address")
 
-	// flag.Usage = func() {
-	// 	fmt.Fprintf(flag.CommandLine.Output(), "Usage of %s:\n", os.Args[0])
-	// 	flag.PrintDefaults()
-	// 	fmt.Printf("\nIf stdin or stdout is a pipe, %s will automatically choose an appropriate\n", os.Args[0])
-	// 	fmt.Printf("copy (-c) or paste (-p) mode\n")
-	// }
-
 	if *helpConfig {
 		fmt.Print(
 			`netgiv can be configured by command line parameters (see --help)  but it will
@@ -108,15 +139,14 @@ environment variable. This may be preferable in some environments.
 		s := Server{port: port, authToken: authtoken}
 		s.Run()
 	} else {
-
-		if !*isList && !*isSend && !*isReceive {
+		if !*isList && !*isSend && receiveNum == -1 {
 			// try to work out the intent based on whether or not stdin/stdout
 			// are ttys
 			stdinTTY := isatty.IsTerminal(os.Stdin.Fd())
 			stdoutTTY := isatty.IsTerminal(os.Stdout.Fd())
 
 			if stdinTTY && !stdoutTTY {
-				*isReceive = true
+				receiveNum = 0
 			} else if !stdinTTY && stdoutTTY {
 				*isSend = true
 			} else if !stdinTTY && !stdoutTTY {
@@ -128,7 +158,7 @@ environment variable. This may be preferable in some environments.
 
 		}
 
-		c := Client{port: port, address: address, list: *isList, send: *isSend, receive: *isReceive, authToken: authtoken}
+		c := Client{port: port, address: address, list: *isList, send: *isSend, receiveNum: receiveNum, authToken: authtoken}
 		err := c.Connect()
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Print(err)
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index f741756..2198ac1 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleConnection(conn *net.TCPConn) {
 		file.Close()
 
 		ngfs = append(ngfs, ngf)
-		log.Printf("done receiving file")
+		log.Printf("done receiving file: %v", ngf)
 
 		return
 	} else if start.OperationType == secure.OperationTypeReceive {
@@ -214,25 +214,27 @@ func (s *Server) handleConnection(conn *net.TCPConn) {
 			return
 		}
 
-		log.Printf("The asked for %v", req)
+		log.Debugf("The asked for %v", req)
 
 		// do we have this ngf by id?
-		var requestedNGF *NGF
+		var requestedNGF NGF
 
 		if len(ngfs) > 0 {
 			if req.Id == 0 {
 				// they want the most recent one
-				requestedNGF = &ngfs[len(ngfs)-1]
+				requestedNGF = ngfs[len(ngfs)-1]
 			} else {
 				for _, ngf := range ngfs {
 					if ngf.Id == req.Id {
-						requestedNGF = &ngf
+						requestedNGF = ngf
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
-		if requestedNGF == nil {
+		log.Debugf("going to deliver %v", requestedNGF)
+
+		if requestedNGF.Id == 0 {
 			// not found
 			log.Errorf("user requested %d, not found", req.Id)
 			res := secure.PacketReceiveDataStartResponse{