diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 552a0ab..fa58a3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 public/js/**/*.js
 public/js/**/*.js.map
 node_modules
+*.user

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 552a0ab..fa58a3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 public/js/**/*.js
 public/js/**/*.js.map
 node_modules
+*.user
diff --git a/publish.sh b/publish.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..eca2bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/publish.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+if ! test -f ./publish.config.user ; then
+    echo "scpTargetFolder=user@host.com:/path/to/folder/" > ./publish.config.user
+    echo "Missing config file 'publish.config.user' created."
+else
+    webpack --mode production --devtool false
+
+    # executes all variable definitions in the config file:
+    . publish.config.user
+
+    scp -r public/* $scpTargetFolder
+fi