diff --git a/generate_asm.sh b/generate_asm.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..fb4e2d4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generate_asm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+python3 scripts/generate_asm.py "$1" "$2"
diff --git a/scripts/generate_asm.md b/scripts/README.md
similarity index 90%
rename from scripts/generate_asm.md
rename to scripts/README.md
index b5d98972..ceeecc71 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_asm.md
+++ b/scripts/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ This is a python script for generating arbitrary asm files.
 
 It should be invoked like this:
 
-`python3 generate_asm.py <path_to_your_asm_file>`
+`python3 generate_asm.py <path_to_your_asm_file> <output_dir>`
+
+Or from the root directory of this project
+
+`./generate_asm.sh <path_to_your_asm_file> <output_dir>`
+
 
 The asm given should have the following format:
 
diff --git a/scripts/generate_asm.py b/scripts/generate_asm.py
index 6c35d77a..453fed00 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_asm.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_asm.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 import re
 
-def replace_asm(file):
+def replace_asm(file,outpur_dir):
     """
     Creates all the possible files with all the combinations of the replacements
     """
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ def replace_asm(file):
         if len(new_files_to_replace) != 0:
             files_to_replace = new_files_to_replace
 
+    file_name = file.rsplit(".",1)[0].rsplit("/",1)[1]
     for j,_file in enumerate(files_to_replace):
-        with open(file[:-5] + "_replaced_" + str(j) + ".zasm", 'w') as f:
+        with open(outpur_dir + "/" + file_name + "_replaced_" + str(j) + ".zasm", 'w') as f:
             for line in _file:
                 f.write(line)
 
@@ -64,10 +65,10 @@ def get_replacements(file):
     return list(set(replacements))
 
 def main():
-    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
-        print("Usage: python generate_asm.py <file>")
+    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+        print("Usage: python generate_asm.py <file> <output_dir>")
         sys.exit(1)
-    replace_asm(sys.argv[1])
+    replace_asm(sys.argv[1],sys.argv[2])
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()