diff --git a/imagegenerator/generate.py b/imagegenerator/generate.py
index a3befd1..1b0b6c4 100644
--- a/imagegenerator/generate.py
+++ b/imagegenerator/generate.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
 parser.add_argument('filename')           # positional argument
 parser.add_argument('-o', '--output')      # option that takes a value
 parser.add_argument('-f', '--format', choices=['firmware','nodered','nodered_int'], default='firmware', help='Output format')      # option that takes a value
+parser.add_argument('-n', '--variablename', action='store_true')  # use outputfilename as variable name (for firmats nodered and nodered_int
 parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true')  # on/off flag
 parser.add_argument('-i', '--invert', action='store_true')
 parser.add_argument('-y', '--ymirror', action='store_true')
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ pix = im.load()
 print(im.size)  # Get the width and hight of the image for iterating over
 #print(pix[10,10])  # Get the RGBA Value of the a pixel of an image
 
+variablename="msg.payload"
+if (args.variablename):
+    variablename=outputfilename.split('.')[0]
+    print("Using variablename="+str(variablename))
+
 output_pre=""
 output_col_preL=""
 output_col_writeCol_flag=False
@@ -44,7 +50,8 @@ if args.format=='firmware':
     output_col_write_binary_flag=True
     output_col_post=";\n"
 elif args.format=='nodered': #Nodered Binary
-    output_pre="msg.payload=\"\\\n"
+    #output_pre="msg.payload=\"\\\n"
+    output_pre=variablename+"=\"\\\n"
     output_col_preL=""
     output_col_writeCol_flag=False
     output_col_preR=""
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@ elif args.format=='nodered': #Nodered Binary
     output_col_post="\\\n"
     output_post="\";\nreturn msg;"
 elif args.format=='nodered_int': #Nodered Int
-    output_pre="msg.payload=\"\\\n"
+    output_pre=variablename+"=\"\\\n"
     output_col_preL=""
     output_col_writeCol_flag=False
     output_col_preR=""