diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fdc247c..6c51ffb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.1]
+
+- Fix dataDir flag parsing
+
+
 ## [0.2.0]
 
 - Switch to go modules (go >= 1.11 required)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6eeea8..6fbe31f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # GoipLookup - geoiplookup for GeoLite2 written in Go
 
+[![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/axllent/goiplookup)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/axllent/goiplookup)
+
 GoipLookup is a geoiplookup replacement for the [free GeoLite2-Country](https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/),
 written in [Go](https://golang.org/).
 
diff --git a/goiplookup.go b/goiplookup.go
index 309d24d..1f40481 100644
--- a/goiplookup.go
+++ b/goiplookup.go
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ var (
 	showhelp      bool
 	verboseoutput bool
 	showversion   bool
+	dataDir       string
 	version       = "dev"
 )
 
 // we set this in `main()` based on OS
-var dataDir (*string)
+// var dataDir (*string)
 
 // URLs
 const (
@@ -31,9 +32,9 @@ const (
 func main() {
 	// alternate default path for OSX
 	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
-		dataDir = flag.String("d", "/usr/local/share/GeoIP", "database directory or file")
+		flag.StringVarP(&dataDir, "dir", "d", "/usr/local/share/GeoIP", "database directory or file")
 	} else {
-		dataDir = flag.String("d", "/usr/share/GeoIP", "database directory or file")
+		flag.StringVarP(&dataDir, "dir", "d", "/usr/share/GeoIP", "database directory or file")
 	}
 
 	flag.BoolVarP(&country, "country", "c", false, "return country name")
@@ -85,10 +86,10 @@ var ShowUsage = func() {
 	fmt.Println("\nOptions:")
 	flag.PrintDefaults()
 	fmt.Println("\nExamples:")
-	fmt.Printf("%s 8.8.8.8\t\t\tReturn the country ISO code and name\n", os.Args[0])
-	fmt.Printf("%s -d ~/GeoIP 8.8.8.8\t\tUse a different database directory\n", os.Args[0])
-	fmt.Printf("%s -i 8.8.8.8\t\t\tReturn just the country ISO code\n", os.Args[0])
-	fmt.Printf("%s -c 8.8.8.8\t\t\tReturn just the country name\n", os.Args[0])
-	fmt.Printf("%s db-update\t\t\tUpdate the GeoLite2-Country database (do not run more than once a month)\n", os.Args[0])
-	fmt.Printf("%s self-update\t\t\tUpdate the GoIpLookup binary with the latest release\n", os.Args[0])
+	fmt.Printf("%s 8.8.8.8               # Return the country ISO code and name\n", os.Args[0])
+	fmt.Printf("%s -d ~/GeoIP 8.8.8.8    # Use a different database directory\n", os.Args[0])
+	fmt.Printf("%s -i 8.8.8.8            # Return just the country ISO code\n", os.Args[0])
+	fmt.Printf("%s -c 8.8.8.8            # Return just the country name\n", os.Args[0])
+	fmt.Printf("%s db-update             # Update the GeoLite2-Country database (do not run more than once a month)\n", os.Args[0])
+	fmt.Printf("%s self-update           # Update the GoIpLookup binary with the latest release\n", os.Args[0])
 }
diff --git a/updater.go b/updater.go
index d27396a..d45de8b 100644
--- a/updater.go
+++ b/updater.go
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ func UpdateGeoLite2Country() {
 	gzfile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "GeoLite2-Country.tar.gz")
 
 	// check the output directory is writeable
-	if _, err := os.Stat(*dataDir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		os.MkdirAll(*dataDir, os.ModePerm)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(dataDir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		os.MkdirAll(dataDir, os.ModePerm)
 	}
 
-	if _, err := os.Stat(*dataDir); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error: Cannot create", *dataDir)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(dataDir); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error: Cannot create", dataDir)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func UpdateGeoLite2Country() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	if err := ExtractDatabaseFile(*dataDir, gzfile); err != nil {
+	if err := ExtractDatabaseFile(dataDir, gzfile); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 7c4a174..7949670 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@ func Lookup(lookup string) {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	fi, err := os.Stat(*dataDir)
+	fi, err := os.Stat(dataDir)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error: Directory does not exist", *dataDir)
+		fmt.Println("Error: Directory does not exist", dataDir)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	switch mode := fi.Mode(); {
 	case mode.IsDir(): // if dataDir is dir, append GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
-		mmdb = path.Join(*dataDir, "GeoLite2-Country.mmdb")
+		mmdb = path.Join(dataDir, "GeoLite2-Country.mmdb")
 	case mode.IsRegular():
-		mmdb = *dataDir
+		mmdb = dataDir
 	}
 
 	Verbose(fmt.Sprintf("Opening %s", mmdb))