diff --git a/codecov.yaml b/.codecov.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from codecov.yaml
rename to .codecov.yaml
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 2f2059d9..6ef1addc 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Architect Deploy changelog
 
 ---
+## [1.3.0] 2019-12-14
+
+### Added
+
+- Adding `--name` for creating a unique stack name. (Aliased to `-n` and `name`.)
+- Adding `--tags` for adding tags to the CloudFormation stack.
+
 
 ## [1.2.14] 2019-12-12
 
diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index dbb9407a..e283e725 100755
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -3,45 +3,40 @@ let deploy = require('.')
 let {banner} = require('@architect/utils')
 let create = require('@architect/create')
 let validate = require('./src/validate')
+let options = require('./src/options')
 let {version} = require('./package.json')
 
 /**
  * `arc deploy`
  *
- * deploys the current .arc as a sam application to AppNameStaging stack
+ * deploys the current arcfile
  *
  * options
  * -p|--production|production ... deploys to AppNameProduction
  * -d|--dirty|dirty ............. *staging only* dirty deploy function code/config
  * -s|--static|static ........... dirty deploys /public to s3 bucket
  * -v|--verbose|verbose ......... prints all output to console
+ * -t|--tags|tags ............... add tags
+ * -n|--name|name ............... customize stack name
  */
-let isDirty = opt=> opt === 'dirty' || opt === '--dirty' || opt === '-d'
-let isStatic = opt=> opt === 'static' || opt === '--static' || opt === '-s'
-let isProd = opt=> opt === 'production' || opt === '--production' || opt === '-p'
-let isPrune = opt=> opt === 'prune' || opt === '--prune'
-let isVerbose = opt=> opt === 'verbose' || opt === '--verbose' || opt === '-v'
-
 async function cmd(opts=[]) {
 
+  // validate the call for expected env and args
   validate(opts)
 
+  // create any missing local infra
   await create({})
 
-  let args = {
-    prune: opts.some(isPrune),
-    verbose: opts.some(isVerbose),
-    production: opts.some(isProd)
-  }
+  // read args into {prune, verbose, production, tags, name, isFullDeploy}
+  let args = options(opts)
 
-  if (opts.some(isDirty))
+  if (args.isDirty)
     return deploy.dirty()
 
-  if (opts.some(isStatic)) {
-    args.isFullDeploy = false
+  if (args.isStatic)
     return deploy.static(args)
-  }
 
+  // deploy with SAM by default..
   return deploy.sam(args)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/options.js b/src/options.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c89dc622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/options.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+let isDirty = opt=> opt === 'dirty' || opt === '--dirty' || opt === '-d'
+let isStatic = opt=> opt === 'static' || opt === '--static' || opt === '-s'
+let isProd = opt=> opt === 'production' || opt === '--production' || opt === '-p'
+let isPrune = opt=> opt === 'prune' || opt === '--prune'
+let isVerbose = opt=> opt === 'verbose' || opt === '--verbose' || opt === '-v'
+
+let tags = arg=> arg === '--tags' || arg === '-t' || arg === 'tags'
+let name = arg=> arg === '--name' || arg === '-n' || arg === 'name' || arg.startsWith('--name=')
+
+module.exports = function options(opts) {
+  return {
+    prune: opts.some(isPrune),
+    verbose: opts.some(isVerbose),
+    production: opts.some(isProd),
+    tags: getTags(opts),
+    name: getName(opts),
+    isDirty: opts.some(isDirty),
+    isStatic: opts.some(isStatic),
+    isFullDeploy: opts.some(isStatic)? false : true
+  }
+}
+
+function getTags(list) {
+  let hasTags = process.argv.some(tags)
+  if (!hasTags)
+    return []
+  let len = list.length
+  let index = list.findIndex(tags) + 1
+  let left = list.slice(index, len)
+  return left.filter(arg=> /^[a-zA-Z0-9]+=[a-zA-Z0-9]+/.test(arg))
+}
+
+function getName(list) {
+  let hasName = process.argv.some(name)
+  if (!hasName)
+    return false
+
+  let len = list.length
+  let index = list.findIndex(name)
+  let left = list.slice(index, len)
+  let operator = left.shift()
+
+  if (operator.indexOf('=') === -1) {
+    return left.shift()
+  }
+  else {
+    return operator.split('=')[1]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/sam/01-deploy/index.js b/src/sam/01-deploy/index.js
index f8e2ef28..0a450309 100644
--- a/src/sam/01-deploy/index.js
+++ b/src/sam/01-deploy/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 let spawn = require('../spawn')
 
 module.exports = function deploy(params, callback) {
-  let {stackname, nested, appname, bucket, pretty, region, update} = params
+  let {stackname, nested, appname, bucket, pretty, region, update, tags} = params
   update.done('Generated CloudFormation deployment')
   update.start('Deploying & building infrastructure...')
   let template = nested ? `${appname}-cfn.yaml` : 'sam.yaml'
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ module.exports = function deploy(params, callback) {
       '--capabilities', 'CAPABILITY_IAM CAPABILITY_AUTO_EXPAND',
       '--region', region
   ]
-  // if (nested) {
-    //   args.push('CAPABILITY_AUTO_EXPAND')
-    //}
+  if (tags.length > 0) {
+    args.push('--tags')
+    args = args.concat(tags)
+  }
   spawn('aws', args, pretty, callback)
 }
diff --git a/src/sam/index.js b/src/sam/index.js
index 961c082f..0cdee5f1 100644
--- a/src/sam/index.js
+++ b/src/sam/index.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ let after = require('./02-after')
  * @param {Function} callback - a node-style errback
  * @returns {Promise} - if not callback is supplied
  */
-module.exports = function samDeploy({verbose, production}, callback) {
+module.exports = function samDeploy({verbose, production, tags, name}, callback) {
 
   let stage = production? 'production' : 'staging'
   let ts = Date.now()
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ module.exports = function samDeploy({verbose, production}, callback) {
   let stackname = `${utils.toLogicalID(appname)}${production? 'Production' : 'Staging'}`
   let update = updater('Deploy')
 
+  if (name)
+    stackname += utils.toLogicalID(name)
+
   // Assigned below
   let cloudformation
   let sam
@@ -118,8 +121,16 @@ module.exports = function samDeploy({verbose, production}, callback) {
      * Deployment
      */
     function theDeploy(callback) {
-      let params = {appname, stackname, nested, bucket, pretty, region, update}
-      deploy(params, callback)
+      deploy({
+        appname,
+        stackname,
+        nested,
+        bucket,
+        pretty,
+        region,
+        update,
+        tags,
+      }, callback)
     },
 
      /**