diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26cb8ef..dd1b277 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ The `build-package` script additionally supports the following parameters:
 * `ver [version] [date]` change project version
 * `bump` increment Magisk module version by 1
 
+## "Secret" parameters
+
+`export BP_DEBUG=1` allows seeing debug messages when repos are fetched and APKs are downloaded
+
+`export BP_USE_WGET=1` tells the script to use wget for downloading indices and APks
+
+## Custom builds
+
 The following applications are custom builds (see [F-Droid Repository](#f-droid-repository) below):
 
 * Play Store (reason: re-signed and modified to support (in-)app-purchases with microG GmsCore)
diff --git a/build-package b/build-package
index 54d31c2..6b28b25 100755
--- a/build-package
+++ b/build-package
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-VERSION=22.3.20190805
+VERSION=22.3.$(LANG='en_US' date +"%Y%m%d")
 CWD=$(readlink -m "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
 CWD=$(dirname "${CWD}")
 
diff --git a/data/build-package.common b/data/build-package.common
index 1ebd30a..5413c50 100644
--- a/data/build-package.common
+++ b/data/build-package.common
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@ nanodroid_broken_files=0
 missing_database=""
 
 debug_message () {
-	[ "$DEBUG" = '1' ] && echo "$2$(tput setaf 3)$1$(tput sgr 0)"
+	[ "$BP_DEBUG" != '1' ] && return 0
+	case "$1" in
+		normal)
+			echo "$3$(tput setaf 3)$2$(tput sgr 0)"
+		;;
+		newline)
+			echo -e "$3$(tput setaf 3)$2$(tput sgr 0)"
+		;;
+	esac
 }
 
 check_nanodroid () {
diff --git a/data/build-package.download b/data/build-package.download
index 2e987dc..c716ef1 100644
--- a/data/build-package.download
+++ b/data/build-package.download
@@ -21,32 +21,32 @@ done
 debug_download () {
 	case $1 in
 		index)
-			if [ "$USE_WGET" = '1' ]; then
+			if [ "$BP_USE_WGET" = '1' ]; then
 				rm -rf "$2"
-				debug_message "wget -q --show-progress \"$3\" -O \"${2#$CWD/}\"" " "
+				debug_message normal "wget -q --show-progress \"$3\" -O \"${2#$CWD/}\"" " "
 				wget -q --show-progress "$3" -O "$2" || error "$4"
 			else
-				debug_message "curl -sSL -o \"${2#$CWD/}\" \"$3\"" " "
+				debug_message normal "curl -sSL -o \"${2#$CWD/}\" \"$3\"" " "
 				curl -sSL -o "$2" "$3" || error "$4"
 			fi
 		;;
 		no_delete)
-			if [ "$USE_WGET" = '1' ]; then
+			if [ "$BP_USE_WGET" = '1' ]; then
 				rm -rf "$2"
-				debug_message "wget -q --show-progress \"$3\" -O \"${2#$CWD/}\""
+				debug_message normal "wget -q --show-progress \"$3\" -O \"${2#$CWD/}\""
 				wget -q --show-progress "$3" -O "$2"
 			else
-				debug_message "curl -sSL -o \"${2#$CWD/}\" \"$3\""
+				debug_message normal "curl -sSL -o \"${2#$CWD/}\" \"$3\""
 				curl -sSL -o "$2" "$3"
 			fi
 		;;
 		delete)
-			if [ "$USE_WGET" = '1' ]; then
+			if [ "$BP_USE_WGET" = '1' ]; then
 				rm -rf "$2"
-				debug_message "wget -q --show-progress \"$3\" -O \"${2#$CWD/}\""
+				debug_message normal "wget -q --show-progress \"$3\" -O \"${2#$CWD/}\""
 				wget -q --show-progress "$3" -O "$2" || rm -f "$4"
 			else
-				debug_message "curl -sSL -o \"${2#$CWD/}\" \"$3\""
+				debug_message normal "curl -sSL -o \"${2#$CWD/}\" \"$3\""
 				curl -sSL -o "$2" "$3" || rm -f "$4"
 			fi
 		;;
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ grab_apk_from_url () {
 }
 
 grab_apk_from_github () {
+	[ "$BP_DEBUG" = '1' ] && debug_message normal "curl -s -N \"https://api.github.com/repos/${1}/releases\""
 	local apk_url="$(curl -s -N "https://api.github.com/repos/${1}/releases" | \
 		gawk -F\" '/browser_download_url.*apk/{print $4 ; exit}')"
 	local apk_dest="${appsfolder[2]}/${2}/${3}"
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ grab_apk_from_github () {
 }
 
 grab_apk_from_gitlab () {
+	[ "$BP_DEBUG" = '1' ] && debug_message newline "curl -s -N \"https://gitlab.com/${1}/-/tags\"" "\n"
 	local apk_url=$(curl -s -N "https://gitlab.com/${1}/-/tags" | grep '.apk' | head -n 1)
 	local apk_url=${apk_url%\">*.apk*}
 	local apk_url="https://gitlab.com${apk_url##*a href=\"}"