diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index cfbcdb5..d503a35 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 support
 compile
 test/
+docs/
 examples
 .gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dist/npmts.jsdoc.js b/dist/npmts.jsdoc.js
index a68b628..467695c 100644
--- a/dist/npmts.jsdoc.js
+++ b/dist/npmts.jsdoc.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var publishDocs = function (configArg) {
         + "&& git push --force --quiet "
         + "\"" + gitUrl + "\" "
         + "master:gh-pages " + "> /dev/null 2>&1";
-    if (plugins.smartenv.getEnv().isTravis) {
+    if (plugins.smartenv.getEnv().isTravis && configArg.docs && configArg.docs.publish) {
         plugins.beautylog.log("now publishing docs to GitHub");
         if (!plugins.shelljs.which('git')) {
             plugins.beautylog.error('Git is not installed');
diff --git a/test/assets/npmts.json b/test/assets/npmts.json
index 63cc63e..513ec50 100644
--- a/test/assets/npmts.json
+++ b/test/assets/npmts.json
@@ -9,5 +9,8 @@
     "./subts2/",
     "./customdir"
   ],
-  "coveralls":true
+  "coveralls":true,
+  "docs": {
+    "publish":true
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ts/npmts.jsdoc.ts b/ts/npmts.jsdoc.ts
index eff82ed..ca2bfc8 100644
--- a/ts/npmts.jsdoc.ts
+++ b/ts/npmts.jsdoc.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ var publishDocs = function(configArg){
         + "\"" + gitUrl + "\" "
         + "master:gh-pages " + "> /dev/null 2>&1";
 
-    if(plugins.smartenv.getEnv().isTravis){
-        plugins.beautylog.log("now publishing docs to GitHub")
+    if(plugins.smartenv.getEnv().isTravis && configArg.docs && configArg.docs.publish){
+        plugins.beautylog.log("now publishing docs to GitHub");
         if (!plugins.shelljs.which('git')) {
             plugins.beautylog.error('Git is not installed');
             plugins.shelljs.exit(1);