diff --git a/cli/commands/publish.ts b/cli/commands/publish.ts
index fe822dd..e6f693a 100644
--- a/cli/commands/publish.ts
+++ b/cli/commands/publish.ts
@@ -42,23 +42,27 @@ async function runHooks(hooks: undefined | string | string[]) {
 }
 
 export default async function publish(options: { dry: boolean }) {
-   const meta: IMeta = await getMeta();
+   const originalMeta = await getMeta();
+
+   if (originalMeta.hooks) {
+      log("Running prepublish hooks");
+      await runHooks(originalMeta.hooks.prepublish);
+   }
+
+   const meta = await getMeta();
+
+   //TODO: Output Diff between original and result meta
 
    if (!meta.name) throw new Error("name is not set in meta.json");
    if (!meta.version) throw new Error("version is not set in meta.json");
    if (!meta.files || !Array.isArray(meta.files) || meta.files.length <= 0)
       throw new Error("files is not set or empty in meta.json");
 
-   if (meta.hooks) {
-      log("Running prepublish hooks");
-      await runHooks(meta.hooks.prepublish);
-   }
-
    const tmpDir = await Deno.makeTempDir();
    const packedFile = (await Deno.makeTempFile()) + ".tar";
 
    try {
-      const walker = FS.walk(".", {
+      const walker = FS.walk(meta.root || ".", {
          includeDirs: false,
          includeFiles: true,
          match: meta.files.map((file) => Path.globToRegExp(file)),
@@ -66,17 +70,18 @@ export default async function publish(options: { dry: boolean }) {
 
       log("Copying files to package to", tmpDir);
 
-      const copy = async (path: string) => {
-         const dest = Path.join(tmpDir, path);
+      const copy = async (path: string, abs?: boolean) => {
+         const relative = abs ? path : Path.relative(meta.root || ".", path);
+         log("Adding file:", path, "as", relative);
+         const dest = Path.join(tmpDir, relative);
          await FS.ensureDir(Path.dirname(dest));
          await FS.copy(path, dest);
       };
 
-      await copy("meta.json");
+      await copy("meta.json", true);
 
       for await (const file of walker) {
          await copy(file.path);
-         log("Adding file:", file.path);
       }
 
       log("Compressing files into", packedFile);
@@ -88,9 +93,14 @@ export default async function publish(options: { dry: boolean }) {
       const url = new URL(getConfig("registry"));
       url.pathname = "/api/package/" + meta.name;
 
+      console.log(
+         "Pushing version",
+         Colors.blue(meta.version),
+         "to repository"
+      );
+
       if (!options.dry) {
          log("Uploading new package version");
-
          await fetch(url, {
             method: "POST",
             body: await Deno.readFile(packedFile),
diff --git a/cli/global.ts b/cli/global.ts
index d5bad3f..8fcf6a9 100644
--- a/cli/global.ts
+++ b/cli/global.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export interface IMeta {
    contributors?: string[];
    deprecated?: boolean;
    files: string[];
+   root?: string;
    hooks?: {
       prepublish?: string | string[];
       postpublish?: string | string[];
diff --git a/cli/meta.json b/cli/meta.json
index f4f51e4..e78eb27 100644
--- a/cli/meta.json
+++ b/cli/meta.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
    "name": "@denreg-cli",
-   "version": "0.2.6",
+   "version": "0.2.7",
    "description": "CLI for the DenReg package registry",
    "author": "Fabian Stamm <dev@fabianstamm.de>",
    "contributors": [],
diff --git a/cli/version.ts b/cli/version.ts
index 1318cd8..67ec2d3 100644
--- a/cli/version.ts
+++ b/cli/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const version = "0.2.6"
\ No newline at end of file
+export const version = "0.2.7"
\ No newline at end of file