diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 312f6d6df1..73b8a05f36 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = 'stirling.software'
-version = '0.17.0'
+version = '0.17.1'
 sourceCompatibility = '17'
 
 repositories {
diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/PdfOverlayController.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/PdfOverlayController.java
index 57de5f64ae..1dc81e9f0f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/PdfOverlayController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/PdfOverlayController.java
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ public ResponseEntity<byte[]> overlayPdfs(@ModelAttribute OverlayPdfsRequest req
 	            ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 	            overlay.overlay(overlayGuide).save(outputStream);
 	            byte[] data = outputStream.toByteArray();
-	
-	            return WebResponseUtils.bytesToWebResponse(data, "overlaid.pdf", MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF);
+	            String outputFilename = baseFile.getOriginalFilename().replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", "") + "_overlayed.pdf";  // Remove file extension and append .pdf
+		        
+	            return WebResponseUtils.bytesToWebResponse(data, outputFilename, MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF);
 	        } 
         } finally {
             for (File overlayPdfFile : overlayPdfFiles) {
@@ -84,17 +85,20 @@ private Map<Integer, String> prepareOverlayGuide(int basePageCount, File[] overl
     }
 
     private void sequentialOverlay(Map<Integer, String> overlayGuide, File[] overlayFiles, int basePageCount) throws IOException {
-        int currentPage = 1;
-        for (File overlayFile : overlayFiles) {
-            try (PDDocument overlayPdf = PDDocument.load(overlayFile)) {
-                for (int i = 0; i < overlayPdf.getNumberOfPages(); i++) {
-                    if (currentPage > basePageCount) break;
-                    overlayGuide.put(currentPage++, overlayFile.getAbsolutePath());
-                }
+        if (overlayFiles.length != 1 || basePageCount != PDDocument.load(overlayFiles[0]).getNumberOfPages()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Overlay file count and base page count must match for sequential overlay.");
+        }
+
+        File overlayFile = overlayFiles[0];
+        try (PDDocument overlayPdf = PDDocument.load(overlayFile)) {
+            for (int i = 1; i <= overlayPdf.getNumberOfPages(); i++) {
+                if (i > basePageCount) break;
+                overlayGuide.put(i, overlayFile.getAbsolutePath());
             }
         }
     }
 
+
     private void interleavedOverlay(Map<Integer, String> overlayGuide, File[] overlayFiles, int basePageCount) throws IOException {
         for (int i = 0; i < basePageCount; i++) {
         	File overlayFile = overlayFiles[i % overlayFiles.length];