diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 117bfb0b..d76ff00f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # pushfile
 
-A node.js application that pushes a file to S3 and gives you a URL.
+A node.js application that pushes a file to S3 and gives you a URL. Files are public by default.
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/joshfinnie/pushfile.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/joshfinnie/pushfile)
 [![Dependency Status](https://david-dm.org/joshfinnie/pushfile.svg?theme=shields.io)](https://david-dm.org/joshfinnie/pushfile)
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ To create a config file, just run `pushfile --configuration` or copy the example
 
 Once your configuration file is created pushing files to S3 is simple:
 
-    $ pushfile /path/to/file.ext
+    $ pushfile /path/to/file.ext
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/pushfile.js b/lib/pushfile.js
index a1af5f48..f16c6a4c 100644
--- a/lib/pushfile.js
+++ b/lib/pushfile.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pushfile.pf = function (filename, unique) {
   hashfile.hash(filename, salt, function(newFilename){
 
 
-    var uploader = client.upload(filename, newFilename, {});
+    var uploader = client.upload(filename, newFilename, {"x-amz-acl":"public-read"});
     uploader.on('error', function(err){
       console.log('Unable to upload:', err.stack);
     });