diff --git a/cli/publish.ml b/cli/publish.ml
index 51106af..e959bdd 100644
--- a/cli/publish.ml
+++ b/cli/publish.ml
@@ -5,9 +5,26 @@ let targets pubdir = List.fold_left
 	[]
 	["htm,atom", "public_html/"; "gmi,gmi-atom", "public_gemini/"; "", "public_gopher/"]
 
+let wizard () =
+	print_endline "No txt.conf found. It's required for the repository name & id. Create one? (y/N)";
+	match input_line stdin with
+	|"y"-> 
+		let title =
+			print_endline "Title for repository: ";
+			input_line stdin in
+		let authors =
+			print_endline "Authors (format: name <name@email> <http://website>): ";
+			input_line stdin in
+		Logarion.File_store.file "txt.conf"
+			(Printf.sprintf "Id: %s\nTitle: %s\nAuthors: %s\n" (Logarion.Id.generate ()) title authors);
+		Logarion.File_store.of_kv_file ()
+	| _ -> print_endline "Create a txt.conf and run publish again"; exit 1
+
 open Logarion
 let publish pubdir ids =
-	let kv = Logarion.File_store.of_kv_file () in
+	let kv =
+		match Logarion.File_store.of_kv_file ()
+		with x when x = Logarion.Store.KV.empty -> wizard () | x -> x in
 	let predicate t = List.mem t.Text.id ids in
 	let pubdir_source, pubdir = match pubdir with Some d -> "--pubdir ", d | None ->
 		try "txt.conf:Pubdir", Logarion.Store.KV.find "Pubdir" kv with Not_found ->
@@ -15,7 +32,8 @@ let publish pubdir ids =
 	in
 	let targets = targets pubdir in
 	if targets = [] then
-		Printf.eprintf "No target directories in %s='%s'\n" pubdir_source pubdir
+		Printf.eprintf "No target directories in %s='%s' (for example %s)\n"
+			pubdir_source pubdir (Filename.concat pubdir "public_html")
 	else begin
 		let pub_dirs = List.map (fun x -> snd x) targets in
 		File_store.iter ~predicate (fun (_t, p) ->