diff --git a/crates/shrs/Cargo.toml b/crates/shrs/Cargo.toml
index fca92439..2d5c9838 100644
--- a/crates/shrs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/shrs/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description = "modular library to build your own shell in rust"
 homepage = "https://mrpicklepinosaur.github.io/shrs/"
 categories = ["command-line-interface", "command-line-utilities", "development-tools"]
 keywords = ["shrs", "shell", "posix", "unix"]
-readme = "README.md"
+readme = "../../README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/MrPicklePinosaur/shrs"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/dev/scripts/publish b/dev/scripts/publish
index 485820b1..87b057c7 100755
--- a/dev/scripts/publish
+++ b/dev/scripts/publish
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+#    shrs_core
+#    shrs_job
+#    shrs_lang
+#    shrs_line
+#    shrs_utils
+#    shrs_vi
+#    shrs
 crates=(
-    shrs_core
-    shrs_job
-    shrs_lang
-    shrs_line
-    shrs_utils
-    shrs_vi
-    shrs
 )
 plugins=(
     shrs_autocd
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ plugins=(
 #    cargo publish -p $crate
 #done
 
-cargo smart-release --no-changelog --no-tag --execute "${crates[@]}" "${plugins[@]}"
+cargo smart-release -d keep --update-crates-index --no-changelog --no-tag "${crates[@]}" "${plugins[@]}"