diff --git a/pidfile/pidfile.py b/pidfile/pidfile.py
index 098160a..d9a0a3e 100644
--- a/pidfile/pidfile.py
+++ b/pidfile/pidfile.py
@@ -10,9 +10,37 @@ class AlreadyRunningError(Exception):
 
 
 class PIDFile(object):
-    def __init__(self, filename: Any = "pidfile"):
-        self._process_name = psutil.Process(os.getpid()).cmdline()[0]
+    """
+    Checks if a program with the same executable name already runs
+    Can accept some form of concurrency by specifying check_full_commandline which would check the whole commandline instead of the executable
+    Can also accept concurrency by specifying an arbitrary identifier
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        filename: Any = "pidfile",
+        check_full_commandline: bool = False,
+        identifier: Any = None,
+    ):
+        self._process_name = psutil.Process(os.getpid()).cmdline()
+        self._check_full_commandline = check_full_commandline
         self._file = str(filename)
+        if not self._check_full_commandline:
+            self._process_name = self.sanitize(self._process_name[0])
+        else:
+            self._process_name = "-".join(self._process_name)
+
+        self._file = "{}-{}".format(self._file, self.sanitize(self._process_name))
+        if identifier:
+            self._file = "{}-{}".format(self._file, self.sanitize(identifier))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def sanitize(filename: str) -> str:
+        """
+        Sanitizes the filename by replacing slashes and backslashes with dots.
+        This is useful to ensure that the filename is valid across different filesystems.
+        """
+        return "".join(x for x in filename if x.isalnum())
 
     @property
     def is_running(self) -> bool:
@@ -29,8 +57,10 @@ def is_running(self) -> bool:
             return False
 
         try:
-            cmd1 = psutil.Process(pid).cmdline()[0]
-            return cmd1 == self._process_name
+            cmd1 = psutil.Process(pid).cmdline()
+            if not self._check_full_commandline:
+                cmd1 = self.sanitize(cmd1[0])
+            return cmd1 == self.sanitize("-".join(self._process_name))
         except psutil.AccessDenied:
             return False