diff --git a/acatcher/make_flac.sh b/acatcher/make_flac.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+if [ ! -z "$FLAC_LEVEL" ]; then
+  LEVEL="-$FLAC_LEVEL"
+else
+  LEVEL="-8"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
+  FLACNAME="`basename \"$1\" .wav`.flac"
+  flac $LEVEL "$1" "$FLACNAME"
+else
+  for F in *.wav; do
+    FLACNAME="`basename \"$F\" .wav`.flac"
+    flac $LEVEL "$F" "$FLACNAME"
+  done
+fi