diff --git a/snippets/snippet/index.js b/snippets/snippet/index.js
index cd70fc3..f1c156d 100644
--- a/snippets/snippet/index.js
+++ b/snippets/snippet/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-sync */
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
 
 const fs = require ('fs-extra');
 const path = require ('path');
@@ -24,11 +25,35 @@ function run (folder, args) {
  * @returns {boolean} true if arguments match requirements
  */
 function assert (folder, args) {
-  return (args.length === 1)
-  && (typeof args[0] === 'string')
-  && (/^[a-zA-Z]+$/u).test (args[0])
-  && (typeof folder === 'string')
-  && (fs.existsSync (folder));
+  const tests = [
+    {
+      f:      () => (args.length === 1),
+      reason: 'not enough arguments'
+    },
+    {
+      f:      () => (typeof args[0] === 'string'),
+      reason: 'name is not a string'
+    },
+    {
+      f:      () => (/^[a-z]+$/iu).test (args[0]),
+      reason: 'name can only contain [a-z]'
+    },
+    {
+      f:      () => (typeof folder === 'string'),
+      reason: 'cwd is not a folder (internal error)'
+    },
+    {
+      f:      () => (fs.existsSync (folder)),
+      reason: 'cwd does not exist'
+    }
+  ];
+  for (const test of tests)
+    if (!test.f ()) {
+      console.log (test.reason);
+      return false;
+    }
+
+  return true;
 }
 
 module.exports = { run, assert };
diff --git a/snippets/snippet/template/index.js b/snippets/snippet/template/index.js
index 87556c2..f1c156d 100644
--- a/snippets/snippet/template/index.js
+++ b/snippets/snippet/template/index.js
@@ -1,27 +1,59 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-sync */
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
 
 const fs = require ('fs-extra');
 const path = require ('path');
 
 /**
- * copies the full template to the current folder
+ * copies the full template to a new folder named after arg[0]
  *
  * @param {string} folder folder to run in
+ * @param {Array} args function arguments
  */
-function run (folder) {
+function run (folder, args) {
+  const snip_folder = path.join (folder, args[0]);
   const template = path.join (__dirname, 'template');
-  fs.copy (template, folder);
+  fs.mkdir (snip_folder);
+  fs.copy (template, snip_folder);
 }
 
 /**
  * checks if the arguments meet the requirements
  *
  * @param {string} folder folder to run in
+ * @param {Array} args function arguments
  * @returns {boolean} true if arguments match requirements
  */
-function assert (folder) {
-  return (typeof folder === 'string')
-  && (fs.existsSync (folder));
+function assert (folder, args) {
+  const tests = [
+    {
+      f:      () => (args.length === 1),
+      reason: 'not enough arguments'
+    },
+    {
+      f:      () => (typeof args[0] === 'string'),
+      reason: 'name is not a string'
+    },
+    {
+      f:      () => (/^[a-z]+$/iu).test (args[0]),
+      reason: 'name can only contain [a-z]'
+    },
+    {
+      f:      () => (typeof folder === 'string'),
+      reason: 'cwd is not a folder (internal error)'
+    },
+    {
+      f:      () => (fs.existsSync (folder)),
+      reason: 'cwd does not exist'
+    }
+  ];
+  for (const test of tests)
+    if (!test.f ()) {
+      console.log (test.reason);
+      return false;
+    }
+
+  return true;
 }
 
 module.exports = { run, assert };