diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 658a196..020f9cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ This repository contains some (linux) scripts I am using to simplify my daily wo
 - [Beautify java source code](/java-beautifier)
 
 
-If you want to use any of the (bash!) scripts globaly, see [pathify](/pathify)
+If you want to use any of the scripts globally, execute [globalize.sh](globalize.sh)
diff --git a/globalize.sh b/globalize.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ed891f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/globalize.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+check_and_exit() {
+  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo $1
+    exit 0
+  else
+    echo $2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+validate_script() {
+  if [ ! -f "$1/$1.sh" ]; then
+    echo "'$1' cannot be globalized"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+main() {
+  while getopts "?h?l?r?" opt; do
+    case $opt in
+      h)
+        echo "Usage: $0 [-l|-r] <script name>"
+        echo "  'script name' must be the name of a sub-directory in this directory"
+        exit 0
+        ;;
+      l)
+        link=true
+        ;;
+      r)
+        remove=true
+        ;;
+      *)
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done
+  shift $((OPTIND -1))
+
+  if [ $# -ge 1 ]; then
+    if [ -d $1 ]; then
+      executablePath="/usr/bin/$1"
+      copyDir="/usr/share/$1"
+
+      if ([ -f $executablePath ] || [ -d $copyDir ]) || [ ! -z $remove ] ; then
+        if [ ! -z $remove ]; then
+          if [ -d $copyDir ]; then
+              rm -r $copyDir
+          fi
+          rm $executablePath
+          check_and_exit "Unglobalized '$1'" "Failed to unglobalize '$1'"
+        else
+          echo "The script is already globalized"
+        fi
+      elif [ ! -z $link ]; then
+        validate_script $1
+        ln -s $1.* $executablePath
+        chmod +x $executablePath
+        check_and_exit "Globalized '$1'" "Failed to globalize '$1'"
+      else
+        validate_script $1
+        cp -r $1 /usr/share
+        ln -s /usr/share/$1/$1.* $executablePath
+        chmod +x $executablePath
+        check_and_exit "Globalized '$1'" "Failed to globalize '$1'"
+      fi
+    else
+      echo "This script '$1' does not exist"
+    fi
+  else
+    echo "No script to globalize were given"
+  fi
+}
+
+main $@
diff --git a/pathify/README.md b/pathify/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a98246..0000000
--- a/pathify/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-## Pathify
-
-A script to make other bash scripts in this repository global available on your computer
-
-
-#### Usage
-
-Make a script global
-```
-$ ./pathify.sh <script name>
-```
-
-Remove a script
-```
-$ ./pathify.sh -f <script name>
-```
-
-NOTE: The `script name` can only be the name of a folder in the repository root
diff --git a/pathify/pathify.sh b/pathify/pathify.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fe324d9..0000000
--- a/pathify/pathify.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-while getopts "?l?f?" opt; do
-  case $opt in
-    l)
-      link=true
-      ;;
-    f)
-      force=true
-      ;;
-  esac
-done
-shift $((OPTIND -1))
-
-if [ $# -ge 1 ]; then
-  path="$(cd -- "$(dirname "$0")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P)/../$1"
-  if [ -d $path ]; then
-    executablePath="/usr/bin/$1"
-    copyDir="/usr/share/$1"
-
-    if [ -f $executablePath ] || [ -d $copyDir ]; then
-      if [ ! -z $force ]; then
-        rm $executablePath
-        if [ -d $copyDir ]; then
-            rm -r $copyDir
-        fi
-          echo "Unpathified $1"
-      else
-        echo "The script is already installed"
-      fi
-    elif [ ! -z $link ]; then
-      ln -s $path/$1.* $executablePath
-      echo "Pathified $1"
-    else
-      cp -r $path /usr/share
-      ln -s /usr/share/$1/$1.* $executablePath
-      echo "Pathified $1"
-    fi
-  else
-    echo "This script does not exist"
-  fi
-else
-  echo "No script to pathify were given"
-fi