diff --git a/.aliases.sh b/.aliases.sh
index 9962f24..3df0890 100644
--- a/.aliases.sh
+++ b/.aliases.sh
@@ -78,26 +78,31 @@ function upload() {
     if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
         echo "Invalid number of parameters"
         echo "usage: upload <target_dir> <file>"
+        echo "example: upload tmp img.png"
         return
     fi
 
-    if [ -z "$FILE_STORAGE_API_KEY" ]; then
-        echo "No API key set, did you forget to 'source ~/.tokens'?"
+    if [ -z "$RSYNC_HOST" ]; then
+        echo "No rsync env variables set, did you forget to source?"
         return
     fi
 
     echo "Uploading to $1/$2"
 
-    curl --request PUT \
-        --url "$FILE_STORAGE_API_URL/$1/$2" \
-        --header "AccessKey: $FILE_STORAGE_API_KEY" \
-        --header "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
-        --header "accept: application/json"  \
-        --data-binary "@$2"
+    rsync \
+        --verbose \
+        --recursive \
+        --rsh "ssh -p $RSYNC_PORT -i $HOME/.ssh/$RSYNC_KEY" \
+        "$2" \
+        "$RSYNC_USER@$RSYNC_HOST:$RSYNC_DEST/$1"
+
+    if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
+        return
+    fi
 
     echo ""
-    echo "$FILE_STORAGE_EXTERNAL_URL/$1/$2 (copied to clipboard)"
-    echo "$FILE_STORAGE_EXTERNAL_URL/$1/$2" | xclip -sel clip
+    echo "https://$RSYNC_HOST/$1/$2 (copied to clipboard)"
+    echo "https://$RSYNC_HOST/$1/$2" | xclip -sel clip
 }
 
 function upload_all() {
diff --git a/.rsync_template b/.rsync_template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82e1594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rsync_template
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+RSYNC_USER=foo
+RSYNC_HOST=bar.com
+RSYNC_PORT=22
+RSYNC_KEY=my-ssh-key
+RSYNC_DEST=/var/www
diff --git a/.tokens_template b/.tokens_template
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d44baf..0000000
--- a/.tokens_template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-FILE_STORAGE_API_KEY=my-secret-key
-FILE_STORAGE_API_URL=https://my-file-host-api.url
-FILE_STORAGE_EXTERNAL_URL=https://hello-friend-have-a-file.url
diff --git a/link.sh b/link.sh
index 644c9c6..53c5d62 100755
--- a/link.sh
+++ b/link.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ sudo chmod +x ~/bin/*.sh
 mkdir -p ~/.config
 stow --target=$HOME/.config .config
 
-cp --update=none .tokens_template ~/.tokens
+cp --update=none .rsync_template ~/.rsync