diff --git a/src/event_handlers/inputs.rs b/src/event_handlers/inputs.rs
index 336ddc3..bc39299 100644
--- a/src/event_handlers/inputs.rs
+++ b/src/event_handlers/inputs.rs
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ impl TermInputHandler {
 
         let filename = if !handles.config.target_url.is_empty() {
             // target url populated
-            slugify_filename(&handles.config.target_url, "state")
+            slugify_filename(&handles.config.target_url, "ferox", "state")
         } else {
             // stdin used
-            slugify_filename("stdin", "state")
+            slugify_filename("stdin", "ferox", "state")
         };
 
         let warning = format!(
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6e88c85..600981a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ async fn wrapped_main(config: Arc<Configuration>) -> Result<()> {
         let out_dir = if !config.output.is_empty() {
             // -o|--output was used, so we'll attempt to create a directory to store the files
 
-            let folder = slugify_filename(&handles.config.output, "logs");
+            let folder = slugify_filename(&handles.config.output, "", "logs");
 
             // create the directory or fail silently, assuming the reason for failure is that
             // the path exists already
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ async fn wrapped_main(config: Arc<Configuration>) -> Result<()> {
                     .position(|s| *s == "--output" || *s == "-o")
                     .unwrap();
 
-                let filename = slugify_filename(&target, "log");
+                let filename = slugify_filename(&target, "ferox", "log");
 
                 let full_path = Path::new(&out_dir)
                     .join(filename)
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 7e04449..a58662a 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -390,17 +390,23 @@ pub fn should_deny_url(url: &Url, handles: Arc<Handles>) -> Result<bool> {
 /// current unix timestamp and suffix
 ///
 /// ex: ferox-http_telsa_com-1606947491.state
-pub fn slugify_filename(url: &str, suffix: &str) -> String {
-    log::trace!("enter: slugify({:?}, {:?})", url, suffix);
+pub fn slugify_filename(url: &str, prefix: &str, suffix: &str) -> String {
+    log::trace!("enter: slugify({:?}, {:?}, {:?})", url, prefix, suffix);
 
     let ts = SystemTime::now()
         .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| Duration::from_secs(0))
         .as_secs();
 
+    let altered_prefix = if !prefix.is_empty() {
+        format!("{}-", prefix)
+    } else {
+        String::new()
+    };
+
     let slug = url.replace("://", "_").replace("/", "_").replace(".", "_");
 
-    let filename = format!("ferox-{}-{}.{}", slug, ts, suffix);
+    let filename = format!("{}{}-{}.{}", altered_prefix, slug, ts, suffix);
 
     log::trace!("exit: slugify -> {}", filename);
     filename