diff --git a/check_json.pl b/check_json.pl
index dd13c05..98b6624 100755
--- a/check_json.pl
+++ b/check_json.pl
@@ -3,21 +3,24 @@
 use warnings;
 use strict;
 use LWP::UserAgent;
-use JSON 'decode_json';
+use JSON;
 use Nagios::Plugin;
 use Data::Dumper;
 
 my $np = Nagios::Plugin->new(
-    usage => "Usage: %s [ -v|--verbose ] [-U <URL>] [-t <timeout>] "
+    usage => "Usage: %s -U <URL> -a|--attribute <attribute> [-t|--timeout <timeout>] "
     . "[ -c|--critical <threshold> ] [ -w|--warning <threshold> ] "
-    . "[ -a | --attribute ] <attribute>",
-    version => '0.1',
+    . "[ -a|--attribute <attribute> ] "
+    . "[ -D|--divisor <divisor> ] "
+    . "[ -p|--perfvars <fields> ]",
+    version => '0.2',
     blurb   => 'Nagios plugin to check JSON attributes via http(s)',
     extra   => "\nExample: \n"
     . "check_json.pl -U http://192.168.5.10:9332/local_stats -a '{shares}->{dead}' -w :5 -c :10",
     url     => 'https://github.com/c-kr/check_json',
     plugin  => 'check_json',
     timeout => 15,
+    shortname => "Check JSON status API",
 );
 
  # add valid command line options and build them into your usage/help documentation.
@@ -37,29 +40,34 @@ $np->add_arg(
 );
 $np->add_arg(
     spec => 'warning|w=s',
-    help => '-w, --warning INTEGER:INTEGER .  See '
+    help => '-w, --warning INTEGER:INTEGER . See '
     . 'http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/developer-guidelines.html#THRESHOLDFORMAT '
     . 'for the threshold format. ',
 );
 $np->add_arg(
     spec => 'critical|c=s',
-    help => '-c, --critical INTEGER:INTEGER .  See '
+    help => '-c, --critical INTEGER:INTEGER . See '
     . 'http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/developer-guidelines.html#THRESHOLDFORMAT '
     . 'for the threshold format. ',
 );
+$np->add_arg(
+    spec => 'perfvars|p=s',
+    help => '-p, --perfvars INTEGER:INTEGER . CSV list of fields from JSON response to include in perfdata ',
+);
 
-# Parse @ARGV and process standard arguments (e.g. usage, help, version)
+## Parse @ARGV and process standard arguments (e.g. usage, help, version)
 $np->getopts;
-
+if ($np->opts->verbose) { (print Dumper ($np))};
 
 ## GET URL
 my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
 
-$ua->agent('check_json/0.1');
+$ua->agent('check_json/0.2');
 $ua->default_header('Accept' => 'application/json');
 $ua->protocols_allowed( [ 'http', 'https'] );
 $ua->parse_head(0);
 $ua->timeout($np->opts->timeout);
+if ($np->opts->verbose) { (print Dumper ($ua))};
 
 my $response = ($ua->get($np->opts->URL));
 
@@ -71,32 +79,60 @@ if ($response->is_success) {
     $np->nagios_exit(CRITICAL, "Connection failed: ".$response->status_line);
 }
 
+## Parse JSON
 my $json_response = decode_json($response->content);
 if ($np->opts->verbose) { (print Dumper ($json_response))};
 
-my $value;
-my $exec = '$value = $json_response->'.$np->opts->attribute;
-if ($np->opts->verbose) {print "EXEC is: $exec \n"};
-eval $exec;
+my $check_value;
+my $check_value_str = '$check_value = $json_response->'.$np->opts->attribute;
 
-if (!defined $value) {
+# if ($np->opts->verbose) { (print Dumper ($exec))};
+eval $check_value_str;
+
+#$attribute_value = $json_response->{eval $np->opts->attribute};
+
+if (!defined $check_value) {
     $np->nagios_exit(UNKNOWN, "No value received");
 }
 
 if (defined $np->opts->divisor) {
-    $value = $value/$np->opts->divisor;
+    $check_value = $check_value/$np->opts->divisor;
 }
 
-my $result = $np->check_threshold($value);
+my $result = $np->check_threshold($check_value);
 
-$np->add_perfdata(
-    label => 'value',
-    value => $value,
-    threshold => $np->threshold(),
-);
+my @perfdata;
+
+# routine to add perfdata from JSON response based on a loop of keys given in perfvals (csv)
+if ($np->opts->perfvars) {
+    foreach my $key (split(',', $np->opts->perfvars)) {
+        # use last element of key as label
+        my $label = (split('->', $key))[-1];
+        $label =~ s/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]//g  ;
+        my $perf_val;
+        $perf_val = eval '$json_response->'.$key;
+        print Dumper ("JSON key: ".$label.", JSON val: " . eval $perf_val);
+        if ($np->opts->verbose) { print Dumper ("JSON key: ".$label.", JSON val: " . eval $perf_val) };
+        if ( defined($perf_val) ) {
+            push(@perfdata, {label => lc $label, value => $perf_val});
+            $np->add_perfdata(
+                label => lc $label,
+                value => $perf_val,
+                #threshold => $np->threshold(),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+sub pp {
+  my $h = shift();
+  qq[{${\(join',',map"$_=>$h->{$_}",keys%$h)}}]
+}
+
+print Dumper (@perfdata);
 
 $np->nagios_exit(
     return_code => $result,
-    message     => $value,
+    message     => pp @perfdata,
 );