diff --git a/gitistics.sh b/gitistics.sh
index e030b51..26ad577 100755
--- a/gitistics.sh
+++ b/gitistics.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 REPODIR=$(pwd)
 
 # Regex or fixed name (brackets need to be escaped with a backslash)
-REPOUSER="\(structix\|Janek\)"
+REPOUSER=$(whoami)
+#REPOUSER="\(structix\|Janek\)"
 
 # Specify the start date, where the statistics should be gathered
 STARTDATE="01 Jan 2018"
@@ -117,12 +118,14 @@ print_usage() {
   echo ""
   echo "options:"
   echo "-h                  show this help page"
+  echo "-u <user/regex>     set a repository username or a regex pattern (brackets etc. must be escaped with \ )"
   echo "-r <directory>      set a directory with your repositories"
   echo "-v                  show verbose output"
 }
 
-while getopts 'r:vh' flag; do
+while getopts 'u:r:vh' flag; do
   case "${flag}" in
+    u) REPOUSER="${OPTARG}" ;;
     r) REPODIR="${OPTARG}" ;;
     v) VERBOSE=true ;;
     h) print_usage; exit 0 ;;