diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 4156754..baab01d 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ CLONE = "https://github.com/ekultek/zeus-scanner.git"
 ISSUE_LINK = "https://github.com/ekultek/zeus-scanner/issues"
 
 # current version <major.minor.commit.patch ID>
-VERSION = "1.2.27.{}".format(PATCH_ID)
+VERSION = "1.2.28".format(PATCH_ID)
 
 # colors to output depending on the version
 VERSION_TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 92, "other": 30}
@@ -314,13 +314,13 @@ DBMS_ERRORS = {
 
 
 # this has to be the first function so that I can use it in the logger settings below
-def create_log_name(log_path="{}/log", filename="zeus-log-{}.log"):
+def create_log_name(log_path="{}/log", filename="zeus-log-{}.log", matcher="zeus-log"):
     """
     create the current log file name by figuring out how many files are there
     """
     if not os.path.exists(log_path.format(os.getcwd())):
         os.mkdir(log_path.format(os.getcwd()))
-    find_file_amount = len(os.listdir(log_path.format(os.getcwd())))
+    find_file_amount = len([f for f in os.listdir(log_path.format(os.getcwd())) if matcher in f])
     full_log_path = "{}/{}".format(log_path.format(os.getcwd()), filename.format(find_file_amount + 1))
     return full_log_path