diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5f110b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Publish.js linguist-generated
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fe2041ae..2afc0fb3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ node_modules
 # Don't include the compiled main.js file in the repo.
 # They should be uploaded to GitHub releases instead.
 main.js
-PublishLoad.js
 
 # Exclude sourcemaps
 *.map
diff --git a/PublishLoad.js b/PublishLoad.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3c2c88d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PublishLoad.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// META-BIND OBSIDIAN PUBLISH SCRIPT
+// add this script to the end of you publish.js
+// this script loads and executes the latest version of the meta-bind plugin for obsidian publish
+
+// The plugin settings. Not all settings are used.
+let mb_settingsString = `{
+	"devMode": false,
+	"preferredDateFormat": "YYYY-MM-DD",
+	"useUsDateInputOrder": false,
+	"syncInterval": 50,
+	"minSyncInterval": 1000,
+	"maxSyncInterval": 50,
+	"inputTemplates": "",
+	"dateFormat": "eu"
+}`;
+
+// if true, the script is pulled from the master branch instead of the release branch
+const mb_dev_mode = false;
+
+const mb_settings = JSON.parse(mb_settingsString);
+
+async function mb_load() {
+	const response = mb_dev_mode
+		? await fetch('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mProjectsCode/obsidian-meta-bind-plugin/master/Publish.js')
+		: await fetch('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mProjectsCode/obsidian-meta-bind-plugin/release/Publish.js');
+	const script = await response.text();
+	eval(script);
+}
+
+await mb_load();