diff --git a/gist b/gist
index 4ec0289..d8d192e 100755
--- a/gist
+++ b/gist
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ module Gist
 
           files.push({
             :input     => File.read(file),
-            :filename  => file,
+            :filename  => File.basename(file),
             :extension => (File.extname(file) if file.include?('.'))
           })
         end