diff --git a/migrate_assignments.sh b/migrate_assignments.sh
index bda1884..c9881c0 100755
--- a/migrate_assignments.sh
+++ b/migrate_assignments.sh
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ set -eu
 
 readonly PROGNAME=`/usr/bin/basename $0`
 readonly PROGPATH=`echo $0 | sed -e 's,[\\/][^\\/][^\\/]*$,,'`
-readonly REVISION="1.4.0"
+readonly REVISION="1.5.0"
 
-repo=""
+repo=""         # the OLD repo
+transfer=""     # the NEW repo
 login_old=""
 login_new=""
 dry_run=true
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@ USAGE
 
     PARAMETERS
     -r | --repo             required, i.e. "my_organisation/my_repository"
+    -t | --transfer         optional, if the new repo has another organisation / name
+                              if not set transfer is set to "repo"
     -o | --login_old        required, tea-id of your old login
     -n | --login_new        required, tea-id of your new login
     -w | --wait             wait time in s between issue handling (default 0.25)
@@ -125,7 +128,7 @@ get_all_data_from_gitea ()
 # PARAMETERS
 #
 if [[ "$@" == "" ]] ; then error_in_or_out_not_specified ; fi
-readonly TEMP=$(getopt -o h,r:o:n:w:c --long help,GO,colour,color,repo:,login_old:,login_new:,wait: -n "${PROGNAME}" -- "$@")
+readonly TEMP=$(getopt -o h,r:t:o:n:w:c --long help,GO,colour,color,repo:,transfer:,login_old:,login_new:,wait: -n "${PROGNAME}" -- "$@")
 eval set -- "${TEMP}"
 while true ; do
     case "$1" in
@@ -140,6 +143,10 @@ while true ; do
             repo="$2"
             shift
             ;;
+        --transfer|-t)
+            transfer="$2"
+            shift
+            ;;
         --login_old|-o)
             login_old="$2"
             shift
@@ -163,8 +170,12 @@ while true ; do
     shift
 done
 
+if [[ "$transfer" == "" ]]; then
+    transfer="$repo"
+fi
+
 # check required
-if [[ -z "$repo" || -z "$login_old" || -z "$login_new" ]] ; then error_in_or_out_not_specified ; fi
+if [[ -z "$repo" || -z "$transfer" || -z "$login_old" || -z "$login_new" ]] ; then error_in_or_out_not_specified ; fi
 
 #
 # START
@@ -188,7 +199,7 @@ checkCommand tr
 echo "# checking access to OLD (\"$login_old\") and NEW (\"$login_new\")"
 
 readonly json_old=$(get_all_data_from_gitea "$login_old" "$repo")
-readonly json_new=$(get_all_data_from_gitea "$login_new" "$repo")
+readonly json_new=$(get_all_data_from_gitea "$login_new" "$transfer")
 
 echo "# running consistency checks"
 readonly json_old_ids=$(echo "$json_old" | jq ".[] | .index" | sort -n)
@@ -216,14 +227,14 @@ while IFS="¬"; read -r index author assignees; do
 
     # comment for the original author
     if [ $dry_run = false ]; then
-        echo "migrator: this issue was created by @$author and will be assigned to '$assignees'" | tea comment --login "$login_new" --repo "$repo" "$index" >/dev/null
+        echo "migrator: this issue was created by @$author and will be assigned to '$assignees'" | tea comment --login "$login_new" --repo "$transfer" "$index" >/dev/null
     fi
 
     # assignment
     t="OK"
     if [[ -n $assignees ]]; then
         if [ $dry_run = false ]; then
-            tea issue edit --login "$login_new" --repo "$repo" --add-assignees "$assignees" "$index" >/dev/null
+            tea issue edit --login "$login_new" --repo "$transfer" --add-assignees "$assignees" "$index" >/dev/null
         fi
     else
         t="OK (no assignee)"