diff --git a/helpers/publishHelpers.js b/helpers/publishHelpers.js
index 63de7afe..ab0828c4 100644
--- a/helpers/publishHelpers.js
+++ b/helpers/publishHelpers.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ module.exports = {
         throw new Error('NSFW value was not accepted.  NSFW must be set to either true, false, "on", or "off"');
     }
   },
-  createPublishParams (name, filePath, license, nsfw) {
+  createPublishParams (name, filePath, title, description, license, nsfw) {
     logger.debug(`Creating Publish Parameters for "${name}"`);
     const claimAddress = config.get('WalletConfig.LbryClaimAddress');
     // filter nsfw and ensure it is a boolean
@@ -68,15 +68,23 @@ module.exports = {
     } else {
       nsfw = true;
     }
+    // provide defaults for title & description
+    if (title === '' || title === null) {
+      title = name;
+    }
+    if (description === '' || title === null) {
+      description = `${name} published via spee.ch`;
+    }
+    // create the publish params
     const publishParams = {
       name,
       file_path: filePath,
       bid      : 0.01,
       metadata : {
-        description: `${name} published via spee.ch`,
-        title      : name,
-        author     : 'spee.ch',
-        language   : 'en',
+        description,
+        title,
+        author  : 'spee.ch',
+        language: 'en',
         license,
         nsfw,
       },
diff --git a/routes/serve-routes.js b/routes/serve-routes.js
index 9e4cc154..487eb875 100644
--- a/routes/serve-routes.js
+++ b/routes/serve-routes.js
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ module.exports = (app) => {
     getAsset(claimType, channelName, shortId, fullClaimId, name)
     // 2. serve or show
     .then(fileInfo => {
+      logger.debug('fileInfo', fileInfo);
       if (!fileInfo) {
         res.status(200).render('noClaims');
       } else {
diff --git a/routes/sockets-routes.js b/routes/sockets-routes.js
index 7a1ade72..ecef3fc4 100644
--- a/routes/sockets-routes.js
+++ b/routes/sockets-routes.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module.exports = (app, siofu, hostedContentPath) => {
         logger.debug(`Client successfully uploaded ${file.name}`);
         socket.emit('publish-status', 'File upload successfully completed. Your image is being published to LBRY (this might take a second)...');
         // prepare the publish parameters
-        const publishParams = publishHelpers.createPublishParams(file.meta.name, file.pathName, file.meta.license, file.meta.nsfw);
+        const publishParams = publishHelpers.createPublishParams(file.meta.name, file.pathName, file.meta.title, file.meta.description, file.meta.license, file.meta.nsfw);
         // publish the file
         publishController.publish(publishParams, file.name, file.meta.type)
         .then(result => {
diff --git a/views/index.handlebars b/views/index.handlebars
index c3723c70..3a82aecd 100644
--- a/views/index.handlebars
+++ b/views/index.handlebars
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@
 	/* socketio-file-upload listeners */
 	uploader.addEventListener('start', function(event){
 		var name = document.getElementById('claim-name-input').value;
+		var title = document.getElementById('publish-title').value;
+		var description = document.getElementById('publish-description').value;
 		var license = document.getElementById('publish-license').value;
 		var nsfw = document.getElementById('publish-nsfw').checked;
 		event.file.meta.name = name;
+		event.file.meta.title = title;
+		event.file.meta.description = description;
 		event.file.meta.license = license;
 		event.file.meta.nsfw = nsfw;
 		event.file.meta.type = stagedFiles[0].type;
diff --git a/views/partials/assetInfo.handlebars b/views/partials/assetInfo.handlebars
index dc5beda2..ef223e89 100644
--- a/views/partials/assetInfo.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/assetInfo.handlebars
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 		<input type="text" id="gifv-text" class="link" readonly onclick="select()" spellcheck="false" value='https://spee.ch/{{fileInfo.shortId}}/{{fileInfo.name}}.gifv'/>
 		<button class="copy-button" data-elementtocopy="gifv-text" onclick="copyToClipboard(event)">copy</button>
 	</div>
+	{{/ifConditional}}
 	{{!-- html text for embedding asset--}}
 	<div class="share-option">
 		Embed HTML
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@
 		{{/ifConditional}}
 		<button class="copy-button" data-elementtocopy="embed-text" onclick="copyToClipboard(event)">copy</button>
 	</div>
-	{{/ifConditional}}
 	{{!--markdown text using asset--}}
 	{{#ifConditional fileInfo.fileType '===' 'video/mp4'}}
 	{{else}}
diff --git a/views/partials/publish.handlebars b/views/partials/publish.handlebars
index 684d7f3c..c329ad10 100644
--- a/views/partials/publish.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/publish.handlebars
@@ -61,17 +61,19 @@
 			<input type="file" id="siofu_input" name="file" accept="video/*,image/*" onchange="previewAndStageFile(event.target.files[0])" enctype="multipart/form-data"/>
 		</div>
 		<div id="asset-preview-holder"></div>`;
-		// reset 
+		// reset inputs
 		document.getElementById('claim-name-input').value = '';
-		// remove staged files 
+		document.getElementById('publish-title').value = '';
+		document.getElementById('publish-description').value = '';
+		document.getElementById('publish-nsfw').checked = false;
+		// remove staged files
 		stagedFiles = null;
 		// clear any errors
 		document.getElementById('input-error-file-selection').innerHTML = '';
 		document.getElementById('input-error-claim-name').innerHTML = '';
 		document.getElementById('input-error-publish-submit').innerHTML = '';
-		// remove nsfw check
 		document.getElementById('claim-name-available').hidden = true;
 		// remove nsfw check
-		document.getElementById('publish-nsfw').checked = false;
+		
 	}
 </script>