diff --git a/build-and-deploy.sh b/build-and-deploy.sh
index 3ac47b6..730841a 100755
--- a/build-and-deploy.sh
+++ b/build-and-deploy.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: ./build-and-deploy.sh {target}"
+  echo "Script needs target hostname or ip as parameter"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 ./gradlew clean build jibBuildTar && scp app/build/github-release-bot.tar "$1":~/github-release-bot/