diff --git a/lib/scp.js b/lib/scp.js
index 85e2675..6803d00 100644
--- a/lib/scp.js
+++ b/lib/scp.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function cp2remote(client, src, dest, callback) {
   client.parse(dest);
 
   var _upload = function(files, callback) {
-    var rootdir = files[0];
+    var rootdir = path.dirname(files[0]);
 
     async.eachSeries(files, function(fpath, done) {
       fs.stat(fpath, function(err, stats) {