diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4e76c0..41ef031 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ $ transfer upload /path/to/file.log custom.log
 $ transfer upload --file=/path/to/file.log --slug=custom.log
 $ transfer upload --file /path/to/file.log --slug custom.log
 $ transfer upload -f /path/to/file.log -s custom.log
+
+$ # Custom lifetime:
+$ transfer upload --max-days 1 /path/to/file.log
+$ transfer upload --max-downloads 10 /path/to/file.log
 ```
 
 __Download samples:__
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ Usage:
     [--url|-u <url>]
 
   transfer upload [<file> [slug]]
-    [--encrypt|-e] [--file|-f <file>] [--password|-p <password>] [--slug|-s <slug>]
+    [--encrypt|-e] [--max-days|-y <days>] [--max-downloads|-l <dls>] [--file|-f <file>] [--password|-p <password>] [--slug|-s <slug>]
     [--trace|-x]
 
 Commands:
@@ -108,6 +112,8 @@ More Information:
   repo    https://github.com/rockymadden/transfer-cli
 ```
 
+To use a selfhosted instance of transfer.sh, change the `server` variable at the top of the script.
+
 ## License
 ```
 The MIT License (MIT)
diff --git a/src/transfer b/src/transfer
index 69d73a1..4ec336a 100755
--- a/src/transfer
+++ b/src/transfer
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+server="https://transfer.sh"
+
 # COMMAND PARSING #################################################################################
-cmd="${1}" ; shift
+case "${1}" in
+    download|dl|d)  cmd="download" ;;
+    upload|up|ul|u) cmd="upload" ;;
+    *)              cmd="${1}" ;;
+esac
+shift
 
 # STDIN FRIENDLINESS ##############################################################################
 case "${cmd}" in
@@ -15,6 +22,10 @@ while (( "$#" )); do
     --encrypt|-e) encrypt=0 ; shift ;;
     --file=*) file=${1/--file=/''} ; shift ;;
     --file*|-f*) file=${2} ; shift ; shift ;;
+    --max-days=*) max_days=${1/--max-days=/''} ; shift ;;
+    --max-days*|-y*) max_days=${2} ; shift ;  shift ;;
+    --max-downloads=*) max_downloads=${1/--max-downloads=/''} ; shift ;;
+    --max-downloads*|-l*) max_downloads=${2} ; shift ;  shift ;;
     --password=*) password=${1/--password=/''} ; shift ;;
     --password*|-p*) password=${2} ; shift ; shift ;;
     --slug=*) slug=${1/--slug=/''} ; shift ;;
@@ -97,6 +108,10 @@ function upload() {
   local tmpurl=$(mktemp -t transfer.url.XXXXXXXX)
   trap "rm -f ${tmpurl}" 0
 
+  local headers=""
+  [ -n "${max_days}" ] && headers="${headers}-H \"Max-Days: ${max_days}\" "
+  [ -n "${max_downloads}" ] && headers="${headers}-H \"Max-Downloads: ${max_downloads}\""
+
   if [ -n "${file}" ]; then
     if [ -d ${file} ]; then
       [ -z "${slug}" ] && slug="$(basename ${file} | sed -e 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9._-]/-/g').tar.gz"
@@ -108,18 +123,18 @@ function upload() {
 
       cat "${tmptar}" |
         ([ -z "${encrypt}" ] && cat || openssl aes-256-cbc -a -salt ${password:+-k "${password}"}) |
-        curl --progress-bar --upload-file - "https://transfer.sh/${slug}" > ${tmpurl}
+        eval curl --progress-bar "${headers}" --upload-file - "${server}/${slug}" > ${tmpurl}
     elif [ -f "${file}" ]; then
       [ -z "${slug}" ] && slug="$(basename ${file} | sed -e 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9._-]/-/g')"
 
       cat "${file}" |
         ([ -z "${encrypt}" ] && cat || openssl aes-256-cbc -a -salt ${password:+-k "${password}"}) |
-        curl --progress-bar --upload-file - "https://transfer.sh/${slug}" > ${tmpurl}
+        eval curl --progress-bar "${headers}" --upload-file - "${server}/${slug}" > ${tmpurl}
     fi
   elif [ -n "${stdin}" ]; then
     echo "${stdin}" |
       ([ -z "${encrypt}" ] && cat || openssl aes-256-cbc -a -salt ${password:+-k "${password}"}) |
-      curl --progress-bar --upload-file - "https://transfer.sh/${slug}" > ${tmpurl}
+      eval curl --progress-bar "${headers}" --upload-file - "${server}/${slug}" > ${tmpurl}
   fi
 
   cat ${tmpurl}