diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bb916f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/recordings
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recordmp3.js b/recordmp3.js
index 509974a..5572436 100644
--- a/recordmp3.js
+++ b/recordmp3.js
@@ -178,9 +178,6 @@
 		var reader = new FileReader();
 		reader.onload = function(event){
 			var fd = new FormData();
-			var mp3Name = encodeURIComponent('audio_recording_' + new Date().getTime() + '.mp3');
-			console.log("mp3name = " + mp3Name);
-			fd.append('fname', mp3Name);
 			fd.append('data', event.target.result);
 			$.ajax({
 				type: 'POST',
diff --git a/upload.php b/upload.php
index f8d9fef..f81398b 100644
--- a/upload.php
+++ b/upload.php
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 $decodedData = base64_decode($data);
 // print out the raw data, 
 //echo ($decodedData);
-$filename = urldecode($_POST['fname']);
+$filename = 'audio_recording_' . date( 'Y-m-d-H-i-s' ) .'.mp3';
+
 // write the data out to the file
 $fp = fopen('recordings/'.$filename, 'wb');
 fwrite($fp, $decodedData);