diff --git a/publish b/publish
index 4c50d25..d7b4684 100755
--- a/publish
+++ b/publish
@@ -5,10 +5,21 @@ bail() {
     exit 1
 }
 
+[[ "$PUBLISH_HOST" != "" ]] && [[ "$publish_host" = "" ]] && publish_host="$PUBLISH_HOST"
+[[ "$PUBLISH_DIR" != "" ]] && [[ "$publish_dir" = "" ]] && publish_dir="$PUBLISH_DIR"
+
+orig_pwd="$PWD"
 while ! [[ -f .publish ]]; do
   [[ "$PWD" = "/" ]] && bail "no .publish file found"
   cd ..
 done
+subdir="${PWD#$orig_pwd}"
 
 source .publish
-scp -r $1 $PUBLISH_HOST:$PUBLISH_DIR
+cd "$orig_pwd"
+
+if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
+    scp -r * "$publish_host":"${publish_dir}${subdir}"
+else
+    scp "$@" "$publish_host":"${publish_dir}${subdir}"
+fi