diff --git a/makeraid b/makeraid
index 2d9f261..bcf4860 100755
--- a/makeraid
+++ b/makeraid
@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 help() {
-  echo "USAGE: makeraid [level] [device] [device] ... [ [--spares] [device] ... ]"
+  echo "USAGE: makeraid [name] [md-name] [level] [device] [device] ... [ [--spares] [device] ... ]"
 }
 
-[[ :0:1:4:5:6:10: == *:${1}:* ]] && RL=${1} || { help; exit 1; }
+NAME="${1}"; shift
+MDNM="${1}"; shift
+
+[[ :0:1:4:5:6:10: == *:${1}:* ]] && RDDVLV=${1} || { help; exit 1; }
 shift
 
 until [ "${1}" = "--spares" ]; do
-  [ -b "${1}" ] && RD+=("${1}") || { help; exit 2; }
+  [ -b "${1}" ] && RDDV+=("${1}") || { help; exit 2; }
   shift
-  [ ${#} = 0 ] && break 
+  [ ${#} = 0 ] && break
 done
 
 if [ "${1}" == "--spares" ]; then
   shift
   for DV in ${@}; do
-    SD+=("${DV}")
+    SPDV+=("${DV}")
   done
 fi
 
-[ "${#SD[@]}" -gt "0" ] && SO=( "-x" "${#SD[@]}" )
-
-for MD in {0..127}; do
-  [ ! -b "/dev/md${MD}" ] && ND=${MD} && break
-done
+[ "${#SPDV[@]}" -gt "0" ] && SPOP=( "-x" "${#SPDV[@]}" )
 
-mdadm -Cve 1.2 /dev/md${ND} -l "${RL}" -c 32 -n ${#RD[@]} ${RD[@]} ${SO[@]} ${SD[@]}
+mdadm -ve 1.2 -C "/dev/md/${MDNM}" -N "any:${NAME}" -l "${RDDVLV}" -c 32 -n ${#RDDV[@]} ${RDDV[@]} ${SPOP[@]} ${SPDV[@]}