diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b7af9fb..1563c8a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@ nosetests.xml
 .mr.developer.cfg
 .project
 .pydevproject
+
+# OWN STUFF
+.ftp_pass.txt
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c560f23..e172926 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ PUBLISHCONF=$(BASEDIR)/publishconf.py
 
 FTP_HOST=xsteadfastx.org/
 FTP_USER=xstead_0
+FTP_PASS=`cat .ftp_pass.txt`
 FTP_TARGET_DIR=/
 
 SSH_HOST=localhost
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ dropbox_upload: publish
 	cp -r $(OUTPUTDIR)/* $(DROPBOX_DIR)
 
 ftp_upload: publish
-	lftp ftp://$(FTP_USER)@$(FTP_HOST) -e "set ftp:ssl-allow no; mirror -R --ignore-time --no-perms --parallel=4 -e --use-cache -v $(OUTPUTDIR) $(FTP_TARGET_DIR); quit"
+	lftp ftp://$(FTP_USER):$(FTP_PASS)@$(FTP_HOST) -e "set ftp:ssl-allow no; mirror -R --ignore-time --no-perms --parallel=4 -e --use-cache -v $(OUTPUTDIR) $(FTP_TARGET_DIR); quit"
 
 s3_upload: publish
         s3cmd sync $(OUTPUTDIR)/ s3://$(S3_BUCKET) --acl-public --delete-removed --guess-mime-type