diff --git a/contrib/upload b/contrib/upload
index 29c7e0276..e62cefa3c 100755
--- a/contrib/upload
+++ b/contrib/upload
@@ -2,16 +2,17 @@
 
 set -e
 
+host=$1
 version=`git describe --tags`
 echo $version
 
 here=$(dirname "$0")
 cd $here/../dist
 
-sftp -oBatchMode=no -b - thomasv@download.electrum.org << !
+sftp -oBatchMode=no -b - thomasv@$host << !
    cd electrum-downloads
    mkdir $version
    cd $version
    mput *
    bye
-!
\ No newline at end of file
+!