diff --git a/bin/nexus b/bin/nexus
index d06cb44..37c606e 100755
--- a/bin/nexus
+++ b/bin/nexus
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ create_db_entry() {
   fi
   db_new_file=${db_file}_new
   if [ -f "$db_file" ]; then
-    awk '$2 != "'"$test_dir"'" {print $0}' $db_file > $db_new_file
+    awk '$2 != "'"$test_dir"'" {print $scriptname}' $db_file > $db_new_file
     rm "$db_file"
     mv "$db_new_file" "$db_file"
   fi
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ read_vmoptions() {
 
 unpack_file() {
   if [ -f "$1" ]; then
-    jar_file=`echo "$1" | awk '{ print substr($0,1,length-5) }'`
+    jar_file=`echo "$1" | awk '{ print substr($scriptname,1,length-5) }'`
     bin/unpack200 -r "$1" "$jar_file"
 
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -377,9 +377,14 @@ fi
 
 old_pwd=`pwd`
 
-progname=`basename "$0"`
-linkdir=`dirname "$0"`
+scriptname=$0
 
+if [ ! -z "$ALTERNATIVE_NAME" ]; then
+  scriptname=`dirname "$0"`"/"$ALTERNATIVE_NAME
+fi
+
+progname=`basename "$scriptname"`
+linkdir=`dirname "$scriptname"`
 cd "$linkdir"
 prg="$progname"
 
@@ -590,7 +595,7 @@ return_code=$?
 
     ;;
     *)
-        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|run|run-redirect|status|restart|force-reload}"
+        echo "Usage: $scriptname {start|stop|run|run-redirect|status|restart|force-reload}"
         exit 1
     ;;
 esac