diff --git a/icinga-build-upload-aptly b/icinga-build-upload-aptly
index 51d7442ae713128b93bc543e85f4654e0f2e4058..594b635ad720b3b3ebaab7e0cb7fcc64a9dcafbd 100755
--- a/icinga-build-upload-aptly
+++ b/icinga-build-upload-aptly
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import sys, os
+import sys
+import os
+import os.path
 import argparse
 import fnmatch
 from hashlib import sha1
@@ -69,7 +71,8 @@ def upload_checksum(files):
     h = sha1()
     d = dict()
     for file in files:
-        d[file] = fh = sha1_file(file)
+        name = os.path.basename(file)
+        d[name] = fh = sha1_file(file)
         h.update(fh)
     return (h.hexdigest(), d)
 
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ def aptly_url(url):
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Uploading build results to an Aptly server')
 parser.add_argument('--server', help='APTLY API service to talk to (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:8080/api)',
-                    default=os.environ.get('APTLY_SERVER'), metavar='APTLY_SERVER')
+                    default=os.environ.get('APTLY_SERVER', 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api'), metavar='APTLY_SERVER')
 parser.add_argument('--username', help='APTLY API username',
                     default=os.environ.get('APTLY_USERNAME'), metavar='APTLY_USERNAME')
 parser.add_argument('--password', help='APTLY API password',
@@ -170,9 +173,11 @@ parser.add_argument('--architectures', metavar='list',
                     help=('Specify list of architectures to publish the repo with,'
                           'separated by comma (e.g. amd64,i386 or armhf)'))
 parser.add_argument('--insecure', action='store_true', help='Disable SSL verification')
+parser.add_argument('--noop', action='store_true', help='Only prepare upload')
+
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-if not args.server:
+if not args.server and not args.noop:
     raise StandardError, "Specifying an aptly server is required (--server or APTLY_SERVER)"
 
 if not os.path.exists(args.result):
@@ -233,6 +238,14 @@ if args.architectures:
     if 'amd64' in upload_meta['architectures'] and not 'i386' in upload_meta['architectures']:
         upload_meta['architectures'].append('i386')
 
+print "Prepared upload to: %s" % (aptly_url('/files/' + upload_name))
+print "Metadata is:" + json.dumps(upload_meta, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
+print
+
+if args.noop:
+    print "Running in noop mode, stopping here!"
+    sys.exit(0)
+
 # ensure target is absent
 r = aptly_session().delete(aptly_url('/files/' + upload_name))
 if r.status_code == requests.codes.ok: