diff --git a/app/ssh.js b/app/ssh.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f23f6d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ssh.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+var ssh2 = require('ssh2');
+
+exports.publish = function(req, res) {
+	var done;
+	function sendResult(result) {
+		if(!done) {
+			res.json(result);
+		}
+		done = true;
+	}
+	function sendError(error) {
+		sendResult({error: error});
+	}
+
+	var conn = new ssh2();
+	conn.on('ready', function() {
+		conn.sftp(function(err, sftp) {
+			if(err) {
+				return sendError('Unable to establish SFTP connection');
+			}
+
+			var writeStream = sftp.createWriteStream(req.query.path);
+
+			writeStream.on('close', function() {
+				sftp.end();
+				conn.end();
+			});
+
+			writeStream.on('error', function() {
+				sendError('Unable to write "' + req.query.path + '"');
+				sftp.end();
+				conn.end();
+			});
+
+			req.pipe(writeStream);
+		});
+	});
+
+	conn.on('error', function(err) {
+		if(err.level == "authentication") {
+			return sendError('Authentication failure');
+		}
+		if(err.code == "ENOTFOUND") {
+			return sendError('Host not found');
+		}
+		if(err.code == "ETIMEDOUT") {
+			return sendError('Connection timeout');
+		}
+		sendError(err);
+	});
+
+	conn.on('end', function() {
+		sendResult({});
+	});
+
+	conn.connect({
+		host: req.query.host,
+		port: req.query.port || 22,
+		username: req.query.username,
+		password: req.query.password
+	});
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/developer-guide.md b/doc/developer-guide.md
index e2e143a0..5b02d18a 100644
--- a/doc/developer-guide.md
+++ b/doc/developer-guide.md
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ Getting started
 
 		(export PORT=80 && node server.js)
 		
-	> **NOTE:** StackEdit project itself has no back end. It can run on any apache server.
-
 - Run Chrome without application cache:
 
 		chrome --disable-application-cache
diff --git a/public/res/helpers/sshHelper.js b/public/res/helpers/sshHelper.js
index 826be9f7..ef6df323 100644
--- a/public/res/helpers/sshHelper.js
+++ b/public/res/helpers/sshHelper.js
@@ -1,93 +1,88 @@
 define([
-    "jquery",
-    "constants",
-    "core",
-    "logger",
-    "eventMgr",
-    "settings",
-    "classes/AsyncTask"
+	"jquery",
+	"constants",
+	"core",
+	"logger",
+	"eventMgr",
+	"settings",
+	"classes/AsyncTask"
 ], function($, constants, core, logger, eventMgr, settings, AsyncTask) {
 
-    var sshHelper = {};
+	var sshHelper = {};
 
-    // Listen to offline status changes
-    var isOffline = false;
-    eventMgr.addListener("onOfflineChanged", function(isOfflineParam) {
-        isOffline = isOfflineParam;
-    });
+	// Listen to offline status changes
+	var isOffline = false;
+	eventMgr.addListener("onOfflineChanged", function(isOfflineParam) {
+		isOffline = isOfflineParam;
+	});
 
-    // Only used to check the offline status
-    function connect(task) {
-        task.onRun(function() {
-            if(isOffline === true) {
-                task.error(new Error("Operation not available in offline mode.|stopPublish"));
-                return;
-            }
-            task.chain();
-        });
-    }
+	// Only used to check the offline status
+	function connect(task) {
+		task.onRun(function() {
+			if(isOffline === true) {
+				return task.error(new Error("Operation not available in offline mode.|stopPublish"));
+			}
+			task.chain();
+		});
+	}
 
-    sshHelper.upload = function(host, port, username, password, path, title, content, callback) {
-        var task = new AsyncTask();
-        connect(task);
-        task.onRun(function() {
-            var url = settings.sshProxy + "upload";
-            var data = {
-                host: host,
-                port: port,
-                username: username,
-                password: password,
-                path: path,
-                title: title,
-                content: content
-            };
-            $.ajax({
-                url: url,
-                data: data,
-                type: "POST",
-                dataType: "json",
-                timeout: constants.AJAX_TIMEOUT
-            }).done(function(response) {
-                if(response.error === undefined) {
-                    task.chain();
-                    return;
-                }
-                handleError(response.error, task);
-            }).fail(function(jqXHR) {
-                var error = {
-                    code: jqXHR.status,
-                    message: jqXHR.statusText
-                };
-                handleError(error, task);
-            });
-        });
-        task.onSuccess(function() {
-            callback();
-        });
-        task.onError(function(error) {
-            callback(error);
-        });
-        task.enqueue();
-    };
+	sshHelper.upload = function(host, port, username, password, path, title, content, callback) {
+		var task = new AsyncTask();
+		connect(task);
+		task.onRun(function() {
+			var url = constants.SSH_PUBLISH_URL + '?' + $.param({
+				host: host,
+				port: port,
+				username: username,
+				password: password,
+				path: path,
+				title: title
+			});
+			$.ajax({
+				url: url,
+				data: content,
+				type: "POST",
+				timeout: constants.AJAX_TIMEOUT
+			}).done(function(response) {
+				if(response.error === undefined) {
+					return task.chain();
+				}
+				handleError(response.error, task);
+			}).fail(function(jqXHR) {
+				var error = {
+					code: jqXHR.status,
+					message: jqXHR.statusText
+				};
+				handleError(error, task);
+			});
+		});
+		task.onSuccess(function() {
+			callback();
+		});
+		task.onError(function(error) {
+			callback(error);
+		});
+		task.enqueue();
+	};
 
-    function handleError(error, task) {
-        var errorMsg;
-        if(error) {
-            logger.error(error);
-            // Try to analyze the error
-            if(typeof error === "string") {
-                errorMsg = "SSH error: " + error + ".";
-            }
-            else {
-                errorMsg = "Could not publish on SSH server.";
-                if(error.code <= 0) {
-                    core.setOffline();
-                    errorMsg = "|stopPublish";
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        task.error(new Error(errorMsg));
-    }
+	function handleError(error, task) {
+		var errorMsg;
+		if(error) {
+			logger.error(error);
+			// Try to analyze the error
+			if(typeof error === "string") {
+				errorMsg = "SSH error: " + error + ".";
+			}
+			else {
+				errorMsg = "Could not publish on SSH server.";
+				if(error.code <= 0) {
+					core.setOffline();
+					errorMsg = "|stopPublish";
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		task.error(new Error(errorMsg));
+	}
 
-    return sshHelper;
+	return sshHelper;
 });
diff --git a/public/res/html/bodyIndex.html b/public/res/html/bodyIndex.html
index bc0d3e52..4d27e979 100644
--- a/public/res/html/bodyIndex.html
+++ b/public/res/html/bodyIndex.html
@@ -590,11 +590,9 @@
 						<label class="col-sm-4 control-label" for="input-publish-ssh-host">Host</label>
 						<div class="col-sm-7">
 							<input type="text" id="input-publish-ssh-host"
-								placeholder="host.name.or.ip" class="form-control"> <span
+								placeholder="hostname.or.ip" class="form-control"> <span
 								class="help-block"> Host must be accessible publicly,
-								unless you are hosting your own <a target="_blank"
-								href="https://github.com/benweet/stackedit-ssh-proxy">SSH
-									proxy</a>.
+								unless you're hosting your own StackEdit instance.
 							</span>
 						</div>
 					</div>
@@ -1310,7 +1308,7 @@
 			</div>
 			<div class="modal-body">
 				<p>This feature is restricted to sponsor users as it's a web service hosted on Amazon EC2.
-                    Note that sponsoring StackEdit would cost you only <b>$5/year</b>.</p>
+                    Note that sponsoring StackEdit would cost you only $5/year.</p>
 				<p>To see how a PDF looks like <a target="_blank" href="/Welcome%20document.pdf">click here</a>.</p>
 				<blockquote><b>Tip:</b> PDFs are fully customizable via Settings>Advanced>PDF template/options.</blockquote>
 			</div>
diff --git a/public/res/settings.js b/public/res/settings.js
index 03f5feea..3d41c3fb 100644
--- a/public/res/settings.js
+++ b/public/res/settings.js
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ define([
 			'    "pageSize": "A4"',
 			'}'
 		].join('\n'),
-		sshProxy: constants.SSH_PROXY_URL,
 		extensionSettings: {}
 	};