diff --git a/alpine/template b/alpine/template
index 6c0a841..3bdc469 100755
--- a/alpine/template
+++ b/alpine/template
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ localfile="$1"
 remotefile="$2"
 remotetmp_base="/var/tmp/4server"
 
+# If the destination is a directory (trailing slash), keep the local file name
+case "$remotefile" in
+  */) remotefile="${remotefile}$(basename "$localfile")" ;;
+esac
+
 # Read hosts from file descriptor 3 to prevent ssh from consuming stdin
 while read -r host <&3; do
   host_env_file="$host_vars_dir/$host/$host.env"
@@ -34,7 +39,6 @@ while read -r host <&3; do
 
   SSH_PRIVATE=$(<"$host_vars_dir/$host/$host")
   SSH_PUBLIC=$(<"$host_vars_dir/$host/$host.pub")
-  
   content=$(<"$localfile")
 
   for key in "${keys[@]}"; do
@@ -42,7 +46,6 @@ while read -r host <&3; do
       # Replace placeholder {{KEY}} with value using Bash's parameter expansion
       content="${content//\{\{$key\}\}/$value}"
   done
-
   # Copy content to remote temporary file
   remotetmp="${remotetmp_base}_${host}"
   echo "Copying to $host:$remotefile"
@@ -52,4 +55,3 @@ while read -r host <&3; do
   ssh "$host" "doas mv '$remotetmp' '$remotefile'"
 
 done 3< /app/host_vars/hosts
-