diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da899e9..82918a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ than remember the plumbing term of a specific command.
 * `changes` compare the list of commits on the local branch to another branch,
   e.g. when on a feature branch `git changes master` lists the commits which are
   not present on the master branch.
-* `save` like pushing to the stash but attached to a branch, shorthand for
-  `git commit -am temp`.
-* `load` like popping from the stash but attached to a branch, shorthand for
-  `git reset --mixed HEAD`.
+* `save` like pushing to the stash but attached to the current branch, shorthand
+  for `git commit -am "temp!"`.
+* `load` like popping from the stash but attached to the current branch, if
+  `HEAD` has the subject `temp!` then `git reset --mixed HEAD~` is executed,
+  otherwise the message `error: commit subject is not: temp!` is output.
 
 [git]: https://git-scm.com
diff --git a/config b/config
index b33ee51..4beddc6 100644
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@
 	tree = log --graph --abbrev-commit --oneline --decorate \
 --format=format:'%C(yellow)%h%C(reset) %C(blue)%aD%C(reset) %C(green)(%ar)%C(reset)%C(bold)%d%C(reset)%n        %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)'
 
-	save = commit -am temp
-	load = reset --mixed HEAD~
+	save = commit -am "temp!"
+	load = !sh -c '[ \"temp!\" = \"`git show --format=%s --no-patch`\" ] && \
+		git reset --mixed HEAD~ || echo \"error: commit subject is not: temp!\"'
 
 [commit]
 	verbose = true