diff --git a/clients/go/.gitignore b/clients/go/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a3dc9110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/go/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*.8
+*.6
+camliup
+
diff --git a/clients/go/camliup.go b/clients/go/camliup.go
index 52abaee04..e82a8d417 100644
--- a/clients/go/camliup.go
+++ b/clients/go/camliup.go
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 var flagFile *string = flag.String("file", "", "file to upload")
-var flagServer *string = flag.String("server", "http://localhost:3179/", "camlistore server")
+var flagServer *string = flag.String("server", "http://localhost:3179/", "camlistore blob server")
+var flagPassword *string = flag.String("password", "", "password for blob server")
 
 type UploadHandle struct {
 	blobref  string
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ func blobName(contents io.ReadSeeker) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("sha1-%x", s1.Sum())
 }
 
-func uploadFile(agent *Agent, filename string) os.Error {
+func (a *Agent) UploadFileName(filename string) os.Error {
 	file, err := os.Open(filename, os.O_RDONLY, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ func uploadFile(agent *Agent, filename string) os.Error {
 
 	fmt.Println("blob is:", blobName(file))
 	handle := &UploadHandle{blobName(file), file}
-	agent.Upload(handle)
+	a.Upload(handle)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -140,11 +141,15 @@ func main() {
 		*flagServer = (*flagServer)[0 : len(*flagServer)-1]
 	}
 
-	agent := NewAgent(*flagServer)
-	if *flagFile != "" {
-		uploadFile(agent, *flagFile)
+	if *flagFile == "" {
+		fmt.Println("Usage: camliup -file=[filename]")
+		flag.PrintDefaults()
+		return
 	}
 
+	agent := NewAgent(*flagServer)
+	agent.UploadFileName(*flagFile)
+
 	stats := agent.Wait()
 	fmt.Println("Done uploading; stats:", stats)
 }