diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4949b0..6f2a7b3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,23 +2,25 @@
 
 [![](https://vsmarketplacebadge.apphb.com/version/Herbert-Karl.digital-asm.svg)](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Herbert-Karl.digital-asm)
 
-This VS Code Plugin provides support for Assembler files for the _digital logic designer and circuit simulator_ [Digital](https://github.com/hneemann/Digital).
+This VS Code extension provides support for Assembler files for the _digital logic designer and circuit simulator_ [Digital](https://github.com/hneemann/Digital).
 It is created as part of a study work at the DHBW Mosbach.
 
 ## Features
 
 * Language Grammar Definition for the Assembler
 * Commands
-  * Parsing `.asm` into `.hex` and `.lst`
+  * Parsing `.asm` into `.hex`, `.lst` and `.map`
   * Running file in the digital simulator
-* code completion for asm mnemonics
-* hover texts for asm mnemonics
+* code completion for assembler mnemonics
+* hover texts for assembler mnemonics
 * Debugging of `.asm` files in the digital simulator
 
 ## Requirements
 
 * Circuit simulator [Digital](https://github.com/hneemann/Digital) for the digital processor.
+  * developed and tested with v0.20.0 (2018-09-03)
 * Assembler [ASM 3](https://github.com/hneemann/Assembler) for parsing the file.
+  * needs at least v0.6.1
 
 These are not included in the extension and have to be downloaded seperately.
 
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ This extension contributes the following settings:
 * `asm.simulatorHost`: ip address of the host running the digital simulator
 * `asm.simulatorPort`: port, at which the digital simulator runs its TcpListener
 * `asm.assembler`: location of the jar file of the ASM3 programm
-* `asm.brkHandling`: option to handle BRK Mnemonics as BreakPoints when debugging
+* `asm.brkHandling`: option to handle BRK Mnemonics as Breakpoints when debugging
 
 ## Known Issues
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 51c9af2..95882f0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -103,12 +103,17 @@
                 "configurationAttributes": {
                     "launch": {
                         "required": [
-                            "file"
+                            "file",
+                            "stopOnEntry"
                         ],
                         "properties": {
                             "file": {
                                 "type": "string",
                                 "description": "the file to debug"
+                            },
+                            "stopOnEntry": {
+                                "type": "boolean",
+                                "description": "if the debugger should halt at the first file line"
                             }
                         }
                     }
@@ -118,18 +123,20 @@
                         "type": "digital-conn",
                         "request": "launch",
                         "name": "Ask for file name",
-                        "file": "${workspaceFolder}/${command:AskForFileName}"
+                        "file": "${workspaceFolder}/${command:AskForFileName}",
+                        "stopOnEntry": "true"
                     }
                 ],
                 "configurationSnippets": [
                     {
                         "label": "Asm Debug",
-                        "description": "configuration for running an asm file",
+                        "description": "configuration for debugging an asm file",
                         "body": {
                             "type": "digital-conn",
                             "request": "launch",
                             "name": "Debugging",
-                            "file": "^\"\\${workspaceFolder}/\\${command:AskForProgramName}\""
+                            "file": "^\"\\${workspaceFolder}/\\${command:AskForProgramName}\"",
+                            "stopOnEntry": "true"
                         }
                     }
                 ],
diff --git a/src/asmDebugSession.ts b/src/asmDebugSession.ts
index 2e17ee0..9774542 100644
--- a/src/asmDebugSession.ts
+++ b/src/asmDebugSession.ts
@@ -111,13 +111,7 @@ export class AsmDebugSession extends DebugSession {
         await this.configurationDone.wait(10000);
 
         // launching/starting
-        let stopOnEntry = true;
-        if(args.noDebug!==undefined) {
-            // if the launchrequestarguments contain an information about the debugging we use it
-            // but we negate noDebug in order to match the semantic of stopOnEntry (noDebug true would mean that we shouldn't stopOnEntry/shoudl just run the program)
-            stopOnEntry = !args.noDebug;
-        }
-        this.debugger.start(stopOnEntry);
+        this.debugger.start(args.stopOnEntry);
 
         this.sendResponse(response);
     }
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 713aa97..90e256b 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { RemoteInterface } from './remoteInterface';
 import { mnemonicsArray, AsmMnemonic } from './mnemonics';
 
-// plugin settings
+// extension settings
 let asm3JarPath = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration().get<string>('asm.assembler', "./asm3.jar");
 let simulatorHost = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration().get<string>('asm.simulatorHost', "localhost");
 let simulatorPort = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration().get<number>('asm.simulatorPort', 41114);
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ let brkHandling = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration().get<boolean>('asm.brkHandl
 // this method is called when your extension is activated
 // your extension is activated the very first time the command is executed
 export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
-    // if the configuration of the workspace changes, we simply override our values referencing the plugin settings
+    // if the configuration of the workspace changes, we simply override our values referencing the extension settings
     vscode.workspace.onDidChangeConfiguration(() => {
         asm3JarPath = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration().get<string>('asm.assembler', "./asm3.jar");
         simulatorHost = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration().get<string>('asm.simulatorHost', "localhost");
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index f271b3f..bfd2ed7 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export interface AsmBreakpoint {
 
 // interface containing all information needed for launching our debugger
 export interface AsmLaunchRequestArguments extends DebugProtocol.LaunchRequestArguments {
+    stopOnEntry: boolean;
     pathToAsmFile: string;
     pathToHexFile: string;
     pathToAsmHexMapping: string;