diff --git a/bin/scp-to-all-nodes b/bin/scp-to-all-nodes
index 2ad9f27..cf237a7 100755
--- a/bin/scp-to-all-nodes
+++ b/bin/scp-to-all-nodes
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
-source lib.sh
+_dir="$(dirname -- "$0")/.."
+_lib="$_dir/lib.sh"
+_var="$_dir/var.sh"
 
-_targetFile="$1"
+source "$_lib"
+source "$_var"
+
+_recursive=false
+
+if [[ "$1" == "-r" ]]; then
+	_recursive=true
+	_targetFile="$2"
+else
+	_targetFile="$1"
+fi
 
 if ! [[ -f "$_targetFile" ]]; then
 	echo -n "file not found: $1"
@@ -27,6 +39,10 @@ echo "'"
 get-targets | while read -r line; do
 	if ! ignore "$line"; then
 		echo "copying to $line"
-		scp "$_targetFile" "$line$_targetDir"
+		if $_recursive; then
+			scp -r "$_targetFile" "$line$_targetDir"
+		else
+			scp "$_targetFile" "$line$_targetDir"
+		fi
 	fi
 done