diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ A very simple python script that aims to replace the most basic functionalities
 This wouldn't be necessary if ShareX had just been developed as a cross-platform project, but I digress.  
 Needless to say, this is being developed for and tested on Linux. If you're on Windows, just use ShareX.\
 Only (s)ftp uploads for now, but I might add simple curl commands (like used by 0x0) later on.
+I should add that the focus will be on a self-hosted server. If you don't care about that, just `curl` 0x0.st or something.
 #### What works:
 - Taking area screenshots
 - Uploading screenshots to (s)ftp
diff --git a/pyshare-receiver.py b/pyshare-receiver.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f56418
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+++ b/pyshare-receiver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# this file can be run on a server to act as the endpoint of the script.
+# I mainly want to test whether this is faster than sftp
+
+from flask import Flask, request
+from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+@app.route('/', methods=['POST'])
+def receive_file() -> tuple:
+    if 'file' in request.files:
+        file = request.files.get('file')
+        filename = secure_filename(file.filename)
+        file.save(filename)
+        return filename, 201
+    return 'you\'re doing this wrong', 418
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app.run(ssl_context='adhoc')