diff --git a/release_tmp b/release_tmp
index 16e0089..97cf024 100755
--- a/release_tmp
+++ b/release_tmp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fi
 
 bfile="$(basename "$file")"
 
-scp "$file" "${host}:${dir}"
+scp -r "$file" "${host}:${dir}"
 ssh "$host" "chmod a+r \"$dir/$bfile\""
 
 if [ "$delete_after" ]; then