diff --git a/cli/convert.ml b/cli/convert.ml
index 4bae97a..55b1f72 100644
--- a/cli/convert.ml
+++ b/cli/convert.ml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ let converters types kv =
 		Conversion.{ ext = Gemini.ext; page = Gemini.page; indices = Gemini.indices}::t else t in
 	t
 
-let convert_all converters noindex dir id kv =
+let directory converters noindex dir id kv =
 	let empty = Topic_set.Map.empty in
 	let repo = Conversion.{ id; dir; kv; topic_roots = []; topics = empty; texts = [] } in
 	let fn (ts,ls,acc) ((elt,_) as r) =
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ let convert_all converters noindex dir id kv =
 	if not noindex then List.iter (fun c -> c.Conversion.indices repo) converters;
 	Printf.printf "Converted: %d Indexed: %d\n" count (List.length texts)
 
-let convert_dir types noindex dir =
-	match dir with "" -> prerr_endline "unspecified dir"
-	| dir ->
+let at_path types noindex path =
+	match path with "" -> prerr_endline "unspecified text file or directory"
+	| dir when Sys.file_exists dir && Sys.is_directory dir ->
 		let fname = Filename.concat dir "index.pck" in
-		match Header_pack.of_string @@ File_store.to_string fname with
+		(match Header_pack.of_string @@ File_store.to_string fname with
 		| Error s -> prerr_endline s
 		| Ok { info; _ } ->
 			let kv = let f = Filename.concat dir ".convert.conf" in (* TODO: better place to store convert conf? *)
@@ -51,17 +51,26 @@ let convert_dir types noindex dir =
 				else Store.KV.add "Title" info.Header_pack.title kv in
 			let kv = Store.KV.add "Locations" (String.concat ";\n" info.Header_pack.locations) kv in
 			let cs = converters types kv in
-			convert_all cs noindex dir info.Header_pack.id kv
+			directory cs noindex dir info.Header_pack.id kv)
+	| path when Sys.file_exists path ->
+		let repo = Conversion.{
+			id = ""; dir = ""; kv = Store.KV.empty; topic_roots = [];
+			topics = Topic_set.Map.empty; texts = [] } in
+		let cs = converters types repo.kv in
+		(match File_store.to_text path with
+		| Ok text -> ignore @@ convert cs repo (text, [path])
+		| Error s -> prerr_endline s)
+	| path -> Printf.eprintf "Path doesn't exist: %s" path
 
 open Cmdliner
 let term =
-	let directory = Arg.(value & pos 0 string "" & info [] ~docv:"target directory"
-		~doc:"Directory to convert") in
-	let types = Arg.(value & opt string "all" & info ["t"; "type"] ~docv:"TYPES"
-	 ~doc:"Convert to type") in
+	let path = Arg.(value & pos 0 string "" & info [] ~docv:"path"
+		~doc:"Text file or directory to convert. Ff directory is provided, it must contain an index.pck (see: txt index)") in
+	let types = Arg.(value & opt string "all" & info ["t"; "type"] ~docv:"output type"
+		~doc:"Convert to file type") in
 	let noindex = Arg.(value & flag & info ["noindex"]
-		~doc:"don't create indices in target format") in
-	Term.(const convert_dir $ types $ noindex $ directory),
+		~doc:"Don't create indices in target format") in
+	Term.(const at_path $ types $ noindex $ path),
 	Term.info "convert" ~doc:"convert texts"
-		~man:[ `S "DESCRIPTION"; `P "Convert texts within a directory to another format.
-		Directory must contain an index.pck. Run `txt index` first." ]
+		~man:[ `S "DESCRIPTION"; `P "Convert text or indexed texts within a directory to another format.
+		If path is a directory must contain an index.pck. Run `txt index` first." ]
diff --git a/cli/publish.ml b/cli/publish.ml
index 0e39ac8..3ac4d5f 100644
--- a/cli/publish.ml
+++ b/cli/publish.ml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ let publish ids =
 	with Unix.Unix_error (Unix.EEXIST, _, _) -> ();
 	List.iter (fun t ->
 		Index.((load (snd t)) false None None None None);
-		Convert.convert_dir (fst t) false (snd t))
+		Convert.at_path (fst t) false (snd t))
 		targets
 
 open Cmdliner