diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0198c76..cc0eb5c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -205,41 +205,20 @@ Takes an Integer, a String or an Array as input, and returns a random entry from
 
 The following parameters are available in the `::rsnapshot` class:
 
-#### `$hosts`
-Hash containing the hosts to be backed up and optional overrides per host
-(Default: undef (do nothing when no host given))
-#### `$conf_d`
-The place where the configs will be dropped 
-(Default: /etc/rsnapshot (will be created if it doesn't exist))
-#### `$backup_user`
-The user to run the backup scripts as 
-(Default: root, also the user used for ssh connections, if you change this make sure you have proper key deployed and the user exists in the nodes to be backed up.)
-#### `$package_name`
-(Default: rsnapshot)
-#### `$package_ensure`
-(Default: present)
-#### `$cron_dir`
-Directory to drop the cron files to. Crons will be created per host. 
-(Default: /etc/cron.d)
-#### `$backup_levels`
-Array containing the backup levels (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly)
-Configure the backup_levels (valid per host and global, so you may either set: rsnapshot::backup_levels for all hosts or override default backup_levels for specific hosts)
-(Default: [ 'daily', 'weekly', ] )
 #### `$backup_defaults`
 Boolean. Backup default backup dirs or not.
 (Default: true)
 
-#### `$default_backup`
-The default backup directories. This will apply to all hosts unless you set [backup_defaults](#backup_defaults) = false
-Default is:
-
-```puppet
-  $default_backup         = {
-    '/etc'  => './',
-    '/home' => './',
-  }
-```
-
+#### `$backup_levels`
+Array containing the backup levels (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly)
+Configure the backup_levels (valid per host and global, so you may either set: rsnapshot::backup_levels for all hosts or override default backup_levels for specific hosts)
+(Default: [ 'daily', 'weekly', ] )
+#### `$backup_user`
+The user to run the backup scripts as 
+(Default: root, also the user used for ssh connections, if you change this make sure you have proper key deployed and the user exists in the nodes to be backed up.)
+#### `$conf_d`
+The place where the configs will be dropped 
+(Default: /etc/rsnapshot (will be created if it doesn't exist))
 #### `$cron`
 Hash. Set time ranges for different backup levels. Each item (minute, hour...) allows for cron notation, an array to pick a random time from and a range to pick a random time from.
 The range notation is '$start..$end', so to pick a random hour from 8 pm to 2 am, you could set the hour of your desired backup level to 
@@ -354,6 +333,44 @@ Default is:
   }
 ```
 
+#### `$cron_dir`
+Directory to drop the cron files to. Crons will be created per host. 
+(Default: /etc/cron.d)
+#### `$default_backup`
+The default backup directories. This will apply to all hosts unless you set [backup_defaults](#backup_defaults) = false
+Default is:
+
+```puppet
+  $default_backup         = {
+    '/etc'  => './',
+    '/home' => './',
+  }
+```
+#### `$cronfile_prefix_use`
+Bool. Set this to true if you want your cronfiles to have a prefix.
+(Default: false)
+#### `$cronfile_prefix`
+Optional prefix to add to the cronfiles name. Your files will be named: prefix_hostname
+(Default: 'rsnapshot_' only if you set $cronfile_prefix_use = true)
+#### `$hosts`
+Hash containing the hosts to be backed up and optional overrides per host
+(Default: undef (do nothing when no host given))
+#### `$interval`
+How many backups of each level to keep.
+Default is:
+
+```puppet
+  $interval               = {
+    'daily'   => '7',
+    'weekly'  => '4',
+    'monthly' => '6',
+  }
+```
+
+#### `$package_ensure`
+(Default: present)
+#### `$package_name`
+(Default: rsnapshot)
 #### `$snapshot_root`
 global. the directory holding your backups.
 (Default: /backup)
@@ -377,18 +394,6 @@ You will end up with a structure like:
     └── weekly.0
 ```
 
-#### `$interval`
-How many backups of each level to keep.
-Default is:
-
-```puppet
-  $interval               = {
-    'daily'   => '7',
-    'weekly'  => '4',
-    'monthly' => '6',
-  }
-```
-
 #### `$backup_scripts`
 Additional scripts to create, possible values are: mysql, psql, misc
 
diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index 702765f..e5237c2 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #
 # manage host configs
 class rsnapshot::config (
-  $hosts          = $rsnapshot::hosts,
-  $cron_dir       = $rsnapshot::cron_dir,
+  $hosts                = $rsnapshot::hosts,
+  $cron_dir             = $rsnapshot::cron_dir,
 ) {
 
   # these are global settings, no point in setting them per host
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class rsnapshot::config (
   $conf_d                 = pick($rsnapshot::conf_d, $rsnapshot::params::conf_d, '/etc/rsnapshot')
   $snapshot_root          = pick($hosts['snapshot_root'], $rsnapshot::snapshot_root, '/backup')
   $logpath                = pick($rsnapshot::logpath, $rsnapshot::params::config_logpath)
+  $cronfile_prefix_use    = pick($rsnapshot::cronfile_prefix_use, $rsnapshot::params::cronfile_prefix_use, false)
+  $cronfile_prefix        = pick($rsnapshot::cronfile_prefix, $rsnapshot::params::cronfile_prefix, '')
   # make sure lock path and conf path exist
   file { $conf_d:
     ensure => 'directory',
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ class rsnapshot::config (
 
   # custom function, if only a hostname is given as a param, this is an empty hash
   # the next loop would break as puppet does not allow to reassign variables
-  # the function checks $hosts for elements like: 
+  # the function checks $hosts for elements like:
   # { foo => } and converts those to { foo => {} }
   $hosts_clean = assert_empty_hash($hosts)
 
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ class rsnapshot::config (
       content => template('rsnapshot/rsnapshot.erb'),
     }
 
-    
+
 
     if has_key($hash, backup_scripts) {
       $hash[backup_scripts].each |$script, $scriptconf| {
@@ -158,17 +160,37 @@ class rsnapshot::config (
           content => template("rsnapshot/${script}.sh.erb"),
           mode    => '0755',
         }
-        
+
+      }
+    }
+
+    if $cronfile_prefix_use  {
+      $rsnapshot_prefix = $rsnapshot::cronfile_prefix
+    } else {
+        $rsnapshot_prefix = ''
+    }
+
+    # cron on Debian seems to ignore files that have dots in their name; replace
+    # them with underscores (issue #2)
+    case $::osfamily {
+      'Debian': {
+        $cron_name = regsubst($host, '\.', '_', 'G')
+        $cronfile = "${cron_dir}/${rsnapshot_prefix}${cron_name}"
+      }
+      'RedHat': {
+        $cronfile = "${cron_dir}/${rsnapshot_prefix}${host}"
+      }
+      default: {
+        $cronfile = "${cron_dir}/${rsnapshot_prefix}${host}"
       }
     }
 
-    $cronfile = "${cron_dir}/${host}"
     concat { $cronfile:
     }
     # create cron files for each backup level
     # merge possible cron definitions to one
     $real_cron = deep_merge($rsnapshot::params::cron, $rsnapshot::cron, $hash[cron])
-    concat::fragment { "mailto for $host":
+    concat::fragment { "mailto for ${host}":
       content => "#This file is managed by puppet\nMAILTO=${real_cron[mailto]}\n\n",
       target  => $cronfile,
       order   => 1,
@@ -190,4 +212,3 @@ class rsnapshot::config (
     }
   }
 }
-
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index a011f10..f586bcc 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -5,22 +5,24 @@
 # === Parameters
 #
 class rsnapshot (
-  $hosts                         = $rsnapshot::params::hosts,
-  $conf_d                        = $rsnapshot::params::conf_d,
-  $logpath                       = $rsnapshot::params::config_logpath,
-  $lockpath                      = $rsnapshot::params::config_lockpath,
-  $default_backup                = $rsnapshot::params::config_default_backup,
-  $package_name                  = $rsnapshot::params::package_name,
-  $package_ensure                = $rsnapshot::params::package_ensure,
-  $cron                          = $rsnapshot::params::cron,
-  $backup_scripts                = $rsnapshot::params::backup_scripts,
-  $include                       = $rsnapshot::params::config_include,
-  $exclude                       = $rsnapshot::params::config_exclude,
-  $snapshot_root                 = $rsnapshot::params::config_snapshot_root,
-  $backup_levels                 = $rsnapshot::params::config_backup_levels,
-  $cron_service_name             = $rsnapshot::params::cron_service_name,
-  $check_mk_job                  = $rsnapshot::params::config_check_mk_job,
-  
+  $hosts                   = $rsnapshot::params::hosts,
+  $conf_d                  = $rsnapshot::params::conf_d,
+  $logpath                 = $rsnapshot::params::config_logpath,
+  $lockpath                = $rsnapshot::params::config_lockpath,
+  $default_backup          = $rsnapshot::params::config_default_backup,
+  $package_name            = $rsnapshot::params::package_name,
+  $package_ensure          = $rsnapshot::params::package_ensure,
+  $cron                    = $rsnapshot::params::cron,
+  $backup_scripts          = $rsnapshot::params::backup_scripts,
+  $include                 = $rsnapshot::params::config_include,
+  $exclude                 = $rsnapshot::params::config_exclude,
+  $snapshot_root           = $rsnapshot::params::config_snapshot_root,
+  $backup_levels           = $rsnapshot::params::config_backup_levels,
+  $cron_service_name       = $rsnapshot::params::cron_service_name,
+  $cronfile_prefix         = $rsnapshot::params::config_cronfile_prefix,
+  $cronfile_prefix_use     = $rsnapshot::params::config_cronfile_prefix_use,
+  $check_mk_job            = $rsnapshot::params::config_check_mk_job,
+
 ) inherits rsnapshot::params {
 
   $default_backup_scripts = $rsnapshot::params::backup_scripts + $backup_scripts
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index e905945..b106631 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ class rsnapshot::params {
   $config_verbose                = '2'
   $config_loglevel               = '4'
   $config_stop_on_stale_lockfile = undef # bool
+  $config_cronfile_prefix        = 'rsnapshot_'
+  $config_cronfile_prefix_use    = false
   $config_rsync_short_args       = '-az'
   $config_rsync_long_args        = undef # defaults are --delete --numeric-ids --relative --delete-excluded
   $config_ssh_args               = undef
@@ -125,6 +127,6 @@ class rsnapshot::params {
         ],
         default => [],
       },
-    }
+    },
   }
 }
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index c160005..38dad5c 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -12,14 +12,10 @@
     "backup",
     "rsync"
   ],
-  "requirements": [
-    { "name": "pe", "version_requirement": ">= 4.0.0" },
-    { "name": "puppet", "version_requirement": ">= 4.0.0" }
-  ],
   "dependencies": [
-    { "name": "puppetlabs-stdlib","version_range": ">= 1.0.0" },
-    { "name": "stahnma-epel","version_range": ">= 1.0.0" },
-    { "name": "puppetlabs-concat","version_range": ">= 2.0.0 < 3.0.0" }
+    { "name": "puppetlabs-stdlib","version_requirement": ">= 1.0.0" },
+    { "name": "stahnma-epel","version_requirement": ">= 1.0.0" },
+    { "name": "puppetlabs-concat","version_requirement": ">= 2.0.0 < 3.0.0" }
   ],
   "operatingsystem_support": [
     {