diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ff7e4a7..77129e9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "bashhttp"
+name = "bashttp"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0e5451e..4ecdc96 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "bashhttp"
+name = "bashttp"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6b7580..d66fa32 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,21 +21,19 @@ Anything written to a scripts stdout will be treated as part of the HTTP Respons
 Therefore the first things returned will be treated as headers. To stop reading headers, print a `\n` to stdout to 
 tell the HTTP Response that the headers have ended.
 
-All content after the headers will be treated as the response body, and the scripts exit code will be treated as the http response code.
+All content after the headers will be treated as the response body, and if the Status header is given, it will be treated as the http response code.
 
-An example script that gives custom headers is shown below:
+An example script that gives custom headers (with res code) is shown below:
 ```sh
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # print headers that will be returned
 printf "Content-Type: text/plain\n"
 printf "aaaaaaaa: AAAAAAAAAA\n"
+printf "Status: 418\n" # return 418 im a teapot
 printf "\n"
 
 printf "joe\n"
-
-# return http code 200
-exit 200
 ```
 
 Finally if you wish to read the request body given by the user, that is always stored in stdin. For example to create a echo endpoint:
@@ -48,8 +46,6 @@ printf "\n"
 
 # the body of any http request made will be stored in stdin
 cat
-
-exit 200
 ```
 ## License
 
diff --git a/examples/body.sh b/examples/body.sh
index bf671df..afb98c2 100755
--- a/examples/body.sh
+++ b/examples/body.sh
@@ -6,5 +6,3 @@ printf "\n"
 
 # the body of any http request made will be stored in stdin
 cat
-
-exit 200
diff --git a/examples/command.sh b/examples/command.sh
index 64e159b..5c31058 100755
--- a/examples/command.sh
+++ b/examples/command.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,3 @@
 printf "\n"
 
 neofetch
-
-exit 200
-
diff --git a/examples/headers.sh b/examples/headers.sh
index 32c7a53..2907ab0 100755
--- a/examples/headers.sh
+++ b/examples/headers.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 # print headers that will be returned
 printf "Content-Type: text/plain\n"
 printf "aaaaaaaa: AAAAAAAAAA\n"
+printf "Status: 418\n" # return 418 im a teapot
 printf "\n"
 
 printf "joe\n"
-
-# return http code 200
-exit 200
diff --git a/src/script.rs b/src/script.rs
index 4a94ba4..064bc67 100644
--- a/src/script.rs
+++ b/src/script.rs
@@ -37,13 +37,21 @@ impl Script {
             Err(err) => return Err(format!("{err}"))
         };
 
-        let status = output.status.code().unwrap_or(500) as u16;
-
         let response = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).into_owned();
         let mut lines = response.split('\n').into_iter();
 
         res.headers.serialize(&mut lines);
 
+        let status = match res.headers.get("Status") {
+            Some(header) => {
+                match header.value.parse::<u16>() {
+                    Ok(status) => status,
+                    Err(err) => return Err(format!("{err}"))
+                }
+            },
+            None => 200
+        };
+
         let body: String = lines.collect::<Vec<&str>>().join("\n");
         res.headers.put(Header::new("Content-Length", &format!("{}", body.len())));