diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index be86888..2b3db78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,27 @@
 
 > Govee API Utility `govee` written in pure GO
 
+## [1.2](https://github.com/lordofscripts/govee/compare/v1.2...v1.1) (2024-07-13)
+
+> A quick maintenance release with support for MacOS & Windows. GoveeLux has
+> now gone beyond the Raspberry Pi box boundaries.
+
+### New Features
+
+* Added `-init` command-line flag. Creates sample configuration.
+* It should now work on Linux, MacOS & Windows
+
+### Other Changes
+
+* README now has informational badges and Go mascot cheering Govee
+* The configuration file name is now `goveelux.json`
+* The resulting executable is now `goveelux`
+* Coverage improvements: new tests.
+* Some refactoring to improve readability and maintenance
+* Formatting changes to boost Go Report Card from C to A.
+* Implemented GitHub workflow for Go
+
+
 ## [1.1](https://github.com/lordofscripts/govee/compare/v1.1...v1.0) (2024-07-10)
 
 > Added basic support for light control.
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index f887395..93e1b74 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -60,6 +60,30 @@ func findByMAC(mac string) *govee.GoveeDevice {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func resolveAlias(deviceID, defAddress, defModel string) (address, model string) {
+	if len(deviceID) != 0 {
+		cfg := govee.ReadConfig()
+		candidates := cfg.Devices.Where(govee.FieldALIAS, deviceID)
+		cnt := candidates.Count()
+		if cnt == 0 {
+			die(RETVAL_CFG_ALIAS, "Could not find alias %q in repository\n", deviceID)
+		}
+
+		if cnt > 1 {
+			die(RETVAL_CFG_ALIAS, "Found %d entries. Alias not unique, please correct config\n", cnt)
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println("\tFound  ", candidates[0], "\n\tAt     :", candidates[0].Location)
+		address = candidates[0].MacAddress
+		model = candidates[0].Model
+	} else {
+		address = defAddress
+		model = defModel
+	}
+
+	return address, model
+}
+
 // print a message and terminate application execution
 func die(retVal int, format string, v ...any) {
 	fmt.Printf(format+"\n", v...)
@@ -85,8 +109,8 @@ func main() {
 	const (
 		DEF_BRIGHT uint = 101
 	)
-	fmt.Printf("\t\t../ %s (c)2023-%d Lord of Scripts \\..\n", govee.Version, time.Now().Year())
-	fmt.Println("\t\t    https://allmylinks.com/lordofscripts")
+	fmt.Printf("\t../ %s (c)2023-%d Lord of Scripts \\..\n", govee.Version, time.Now().Year())
+	fmt.Println("\t    https://allmylinks.com/lordofscripts")
 	// declare real CLI options
 	var optHelp, optList, optOn, optOff, optState, optInit bool
 	// declare CLI options which have an explicit value
@@ -145,22 +169,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// Config
-	if len(inAlias) != 0 {
-		cfg := govee.ReadConfig()
-		candidates := cfg.Devices.Where(govee.FieldALIAS, inAlias)
-		cnt := candidates.Count()
-		if cnt == 0 {
-			die(RETVAL_CFG_ALIAS, "Could not find alias %q in repository\n", inAlias)
-		}
-
-		if cnt > 1 {
-			die(RETVAL_CFG_ALIAS, "Found %d entries. Alias not unique, please correct config\n", cnt)
-		}
-
-		fmt.Println("\tFound  ", candidates[0], "\n\tAt     :", candidates[0].Location)
-		inDevice = candidates[0].MacAddress
-		inModel = candidates[0].Model
-	}
+	inDevice, inModel = resolveAlias(inAlias, inDevice, inModel)
 
 	// with STATE, ON & OFF commands DEVICE & MODEL are required
 	if (optOn || optOff || optState) && ((len(inDevice) == 0) && (len(inModel) == 0)) {
diff --git a/govee_config.go b/govee_config.go
index 6e67b35..732fa94 100644
--- a/govee_config.go
+++ b/govee_config.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package govee
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"runtime"
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ func CreateSampleConfigFile() (bool, error) {
 		sample.Devices = append(sample.Devices, sampleDev)
 
 		if fd, err := os.OpenFile(filename, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0640); err != nil {
+			log.Println("ERR-CFG", err.Error())
 			return false, err
 		} else {
 			defer fd.Close()
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ func CreateSampleConfigFile() (bool, error) {
 			jsonEncoder := json.NewEncoder(fd)
 			jsonEncoder.SetIndent("", "\t")
 			if err := jsonEncoder.Encode(sample); err != nil {
+				log.Println("ERR-CFG", err.Error())
 				return false, err
 			} else {
 				created = true
@@ -158,13 +161,8 @@ func getEnvAPI() (string, bool) {
 // build the full path to the GoveeLux configuration file and take into
 // account whether it is MacOS, Linux or Windows.
 func getConfigFullPath() string {
-	const (
-		HOME_ENV  = "HOME"                  // environment var. holding user home directory
-		MY_CONFIG = ".config/goveelux.json" // config file relative to HOME_ENV
-	)
 	// platform-generic user profile directory 'HOME'
-	basename := MY_CONFIG
-	envVar := HOME_ENV
+	var basename, envVar string
 
 	switch runtime.GOOS {
 	case "windows":
@@ -176,10 +174,11 @@ func getConfigFullPath() string {
 		basename = ".goveelux.json"
 		break
 	case "linux":
-		fallthrough
+		envVar = "HOME"
+		basename = ".config/goveelux.json"
+		break
 	default:
-		envVar = HOME_ENV
-		basename = MY_CONFIG
+		log.Fatal("ERR-CFG", "unknown OS")
 	}
 
 	return path.Join(os.Getenv(envVar), basename)
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 730a338..c32f9d3 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // NOTE: Change these values accordingly
-var Version string = version{NAME, "1.1.1", statusReleased, 1}.String()
+var Version string = version{NAME, "1.2", statusReleased, 0}.String()
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------
  *							T y p e s