diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6369be4..dbf687c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ etools_unset
 etools_smart_find <package name> [repo]
 # repo can be a path relative to /var/db/repos/ or a full path
 # default will be /var/db/repos/ so all repos will be searched
-# btw feel free to time it ;)
+eools_get_version <package name> [offset]
+# offset will output the <offset> latest version
+# eg.: when 1.2.3 is latest offset 1 will result in a version 1 beneath 1.2.2-r2 for example
+# btw feel free to time both of them ;)
 ```
 
 ## Configuration
@@ -71,4 +74,3 @@ done <<< $(
     done
 );
 ```
-
diff --git a/etools b/etools
index 10fee50..b784ae9 100644
--- a/etools
+++ b/etools
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function etools_get_version() {
 	[ "$ETOOLS_CHECK_LIVE" ] && if _matches_live "$1"; then
 		# use ls over find for simplicity
 		# shellcheck disable=SC2012
-		latest="$(ls -1vr "${ETOOLS_REPO_PATH:-/var/db/repos}"/*/"$1"/*9999*.ebuild | head "-${2:-1}" 2>/dev/null)"
+		latest="$(ls -1vr "${ETOOLS_REPO_PATH:-/var/db/repos}"/*/"$1"/*9999*.ebuild | head -1 2>/dev/null)"
 		[ -n "$latest" ] && _extract_version "$latest" && ./helper.sh && return 0;
 	fi
 	if [ "$ETOOLS_CHECK_TESTING" ]; then
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ function etools_get_version() {
 			arch="amd64"
 		fi
 		if [[ "$ACCEPT_KEYWORDS" == *"~$arch"* ]] || _matches_testing "$1" "\~$arch"; then
-			latest=$(_get_latest "$1" "${package_offset[$1]:-0}" "~$arch")
+			latest=$(_get_latest "$1" "${2:-${package_offset[$1]:-0}}" "~$arch")
 		fi
 		[ -n "$latest" ] && _extract_version "$latest" && ./helper.sh && return 0;
 	fi
-	_get_latest "$1" "${package_offset[$1]:-0}" "$arch"
+	_get_latest "$1" "${2:-${package_offset[$1]:-0}}" "$arch"
 
 	[ -n "$latest" ] && _extract_version "$latest" && ./helper.sh && return 0;
-	ewarn "No version found for package: $1$( (( ! ${package_offset[$1]:-0} == 0 )) && echo " with offset $offset")"
+	ewarn "No version found for package: $1$( (( ! ${2:-${package_offset[$1]:-0}} == 0 )) && echo " with offset $offset")"
 }
 
 
diff --git a/helper.sh b/helper.sh
index 4bf040a..d8f70bd 100755
--- a/helper.sh
+++ b/helper.sh
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ function _get_latest() {
 			fi
 		fi
 	done
-	(( ! offset < 0 )) && ewarn "Unused offset of: $offset"
+	(( offset >= 0 )) && ewarn "Unused offset of: $(( offset + 1 )), from specified offset of: $2" "\n"
 	echo "$latest"
 }