diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index b94f3695d3cbf5b2b229d8f23c392261fc466baf..ade9464d78327026c9b80959820ec539caa37e0d 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 #
 # for windows and Mac check the README
 #
+if ! which go &>/dev/null; then
+    echo "Go is not installed or is not in \$PATH"
+    echo "giving up..."
+    exit
+fi
 BIN_NAME=acme-downloader
 PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin
 GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH)
@@ -21,14 +26,14 @@ usage() {
     echo "Usage: $(basename $0)"
     echo "    -h | --help [Print this help and exit]"
     echo "    --os=OS     (Compile binary for this OS)"
-    echo "    --arch=ARCH (Compile binary for this architecture)"
+    echo "    --arch=ARCH (Compile binary for this Architecture)"
     echo ""
-    echo "    Below is a list of supported combinations (1st column: OS / 2nd column: Arch):"
+    echo "    Below is a list of supported OS/Arch combinations:"
     echo "OS         ARCH"; go tool dist list | column -t -s '/' --table-columns =======,=======
     exit
 }
 
-OPTS=$(getopt -o "h" --longoptions "help,platform:,arch:" -- "$@")
+OPTS=$(getopt -o "h" --longoptions "help,os:,arch:" -- "$@")
 eval set -- "$OPTS"
 
 while true; do
@@ -36,9 +41,9 @@ while true; do
     -h | --help)
         usage
         ;;
-    --platform)
+    --os)
         shift
-        PLATFORM="$1"
+        OS="$1"
         ;;
     --arch)
         shift
@@ -52,28 +57,28 @@ while true; do
     shift
 done
 
-if [ -z $PLATFORM -o -z $ARCH ]; then
-    echo -e "\nYou need to supply platform and architecture\n"
+if [ -z $OS ] || [ -z $ARCH ]; then
+    echo -e "\nYou need to supply OS and Architecture\n"
     usage
 fi
 
-if [ "$PLATFORM" == "windows" ]; then
+if [ "$OS" == "windows" ]; then
     BIN_NAME="${BIN_NAME}.exe"
 fi
 
 # env GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-s -w -X main.appVersion=${PROG_VERSION} -X main.buildTime=${BUILDTIME}" .
-env GOOS=$PLATFORM GOARCH=$ARCH go get -ldflags "-s -w -X main.appVersion=${PROG_VERSION} -X main.buildTime=${BUILDTIME}" .
+env GOOS=$OS GOARCH=$ARCH go get -ldflags "-s -w -X main.appVersion=${PROG_VERSION} -X main.buildTime=${BUILDTIME}" .
 if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
     echo -e "\nthere was an error while compiling the code\n"
     exit
 fi
 
-EXECUTABLE_PATH="${GOPATH}/bin/${PLATFORM}_${ARCH}/${BIN_NAME}"
+EXECUTABLE_PATH="${GOPATH}/bin/${OS}_${ARCH}/${BIN_NAME}"
 [ -f $EXECUTABLE_PATH ] || EXECUTABLE_PATH="${GOPATH}/bin/${BIN_NAME}"
 
 run_upx() {
     if ! which upx &>/dev/null; then
-        echo "please download upx here https://github.com/upx/upx/releases"
+        echo "please download upx here: https://github.com/upx/upx/releases"
         echo "and store the executable within your \$PATH"
         exit
     fi
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ run_upx() {
 
 while true; do
     echo -e "\nUPX degrades performances but in the case of acme-downloader it is not noticeable"
-    echo -e "UPX may or may not work for a specific platform (I haven't tried all the combinations)\n"
+    echo -e "UPX does not work on some OS/Arch combination (I haven't tried them all)\n"
     read -p "Do you wish to run upx against ${BIN_NAME}? (y/n) " yn
     case $yn in
     [Yy]*)