diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 126023e..e2bed4b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ node_modules
 .env
 encrypted/
 !example/encrypted/
-decrypted/
\ No newline at end of file
+decrypted/
+test/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cli/helpers.js b/cli/helpers.js
index d283a29..d21b781 100644
--- a/cli/helpers.js
+++ b/cli/helpers.js
@@ -270,16 +270,41 @@ function genFile(data, outputFilePath, templateFilePath) {
 }
 exports.genFile = genFile;
 
+/**
+ * @param {string} path
+ * @param {string} fullRootDirectory
+ * @param {string} outputDirectory
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function getFullOutputPath(path, fullRootDirectory, outputDirectory) {
+    const relativePath = pathModule.relative(fullRootDirectory, path);
+    return outputDirectory + "/" + relativePath;
+}
+exports.getFullOutputPath = getFullOutputPath;
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} inputFilePath
+ * @param {string} outputFilePath
+ */
+function copyFile(inputFilePath, outputFilePath) {
+    // create output directory if it does not exist
+    createDirectoryStructureForFile(outputFilePath);
+
+    try {
+        fs.copyFileSync(inputFilePath, outputFilePath, fs.constants.COPYFILE_FICLONE);
+    } catch (e) {
+        console.error(e);
+        exitWithError(`could not write file at path "${filePath}"`);
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * @param {string} filePath
  * @param {string} contents
  */
 function writeFile(filePath, contents) {
     // create output directory if it does not exist
-    const dirname = pathModule.dirname(filePath);
-    if (!fs.existsSync(dirname)) {
-        fs.mkdirSync(dirname, { recursive: true });
-    }
+    createDirectoryStructureForFile(filePath);
 
     try {
         fs.writeFileSync(filePath, contents);
@@ -290,6 +315,16 @@ function writeFile(filePath, contents) {
 }
 exports.writeFile = writeFile;
 
+/**
+ * @param {string} filePath
+ */
+function createDirectoryStructureForFile(filePath) {
+    const dirname = pathModule.dirname(filePath);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(dirname)) {
+        fs.mkdirSync(dirname, { recursive: true });
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * @param {string} templatePathParameter
  * @returns {boolean}
@@ -302,10 +337,11 @@ exports.isCustomPasswordTemplateDefault = isCustomPasswordTemplateDefault;
 
 /**
  * @param {string} path
+ * @param {string} outputDirectory
  * @param {string} rootDirectory
  * @param {(fullPath: string, rootDirectoryFromArgument: string) => void} callback
  */
-function recursivelyApplyCallbackToFiles(callback, path, rootDirectory = "") {
+function recursivelyApplyCallbackToHtmlFiles(callback, path, outputDirectory, rootDirectory = "") {
     const fullPath = pathModule.resolve(path);
     const fullRootDirectory = rootDirectory || pathModule.dirname(fullPath);
 
@@ -313,14 +349,22 @@ function recursivelyApplyCallbackToFiles(callback, path, rootDirectory = "") {
         fs.readdirSync(fullPath).forEach((filePath) => {
             const fullFilePath = `${fullPath}/${filePath}`;
 
-            recursivelyApplyCallbackToFiles(callback, fullFilePath, fullRootDirectory);
+            recursivelyApplyCallbackToHtmlFiles(callback, fullFilePath, outputDirectory, fullRootDirectory);
         });
         return;
     }
 
-    callback(fullPath, fullRootDirectory);
+    // apply the callback if it's an HTML file
+    if (fullPath.endsWith(".html")) {
+        callback(fullPath, fullRootDirectory);
+    }
+    // else just copy the file as is
+    else {
+        const fullOutputPath = getFullOutputPath(fullPath, fullRootDirectory, outputDirectory);
+        copyFile(fullPath, fullOutputPath);
+    }
 }
-exports.recursivelyApplyCallbackToFiles = recursivelyApplyCallbackToFiles;
+exports.recursivelyApplyCallbackToHtmlFiles = recursivelyApplyCallbackToHtmlFiles;
 
 function parseCommandLineArguments() {
     return (
diff --git a/cli/index.js b/cli/index.js
index afb96e0..9140637 100755
--- a/cli/index.js
+++ b/cli/index.js
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ const {
     getValidatedSalt,
     isOptionSetByUser,
     parseCommandLineArguments,
-    recursivelyApplyCallbackToFiles,
+    recursivelyApplyCallbackToHtmlFiles,
     validatePassword,
     writeConfig,
     writeFile,
+    getFullOutputPath,
 } = require("./helpers.js");
 
 // parse arguments
@@ -106,9 +107,13 @@ async function runStatiCrypt() {
         const outputDirectory = isOutputDirectoryDefault ? "decrypted" : namedArgs.directory;
 
         positionalArguments.forEach((path) => {
-            recursivelyApplyCallbackToFiles((fullPath, fullRootDirectory) => {
-                decodeAndGenerateFile(fullPath, fullRootDirectory, hashedPassword, outputDirectory);
-            }, path);
+            recursivelyApplyCallbackToHtmlFiles(
+                (fullPath, fullRootDirectory) => {
+                    decodeAndGenerateFile(fullPath, fullRootDirectory, hashedPassword, outputDirectory);
+                },
+                path,
+                namedArgs.directory
+            );
         });
 
         return;
@@ -139,21 +144,25 @@ async function runStatiCrypt() {
 
     // encode all the files
     positionalArguments.forEach((path) => {
-        recursivelyApplyCallbackToFiles((fullPath, fullRootDirectory) => {
-            encodeAndGenerateFile(
-                fullPath,
-                fullRootDirectory,
-                hashedPassword,
-                salt,
-                baseTemplateData,
-                isRememberEnabled,
-                namedArgs
-            );
-        }, path);
+        recursivelyApplyCallbackToHtmlFiles(
+            (fullPath, fullRootDirectory) => {
+                encodeAndGenerateFile(
+                    fullPath,
+                    fullRootDirectory,
+                    hashedPassword,
+                    salt,
+                    baseTemplateData,
+                    isRememberEnabled,
+                    namedArgs
+                );
+            },
+            path,
+            namedArgs.directory
+        );
     });
 }
 
-async function decodeAndGenerateFile(path, rootDirectoryFromArguments, hashedPassword, outputDirectory) {
+async function decodeAndGenerateFile(path, fullRootDirectory, hashedPassword, outputDirectory) {
     // get the file content
     const encryptedFileContent = getFileContent(path);
 
@@ -172,8 +181,7 @@ async function decodeAndGenerateFile(path, rootDirectoryFromArguments, hashedPas
         return console.log(`ERROR: could not decrypt ${path}`);
     }
 
-    const relativePath = pathModule.relative(rootDirectoryFromArguments, path);
-    const outputFilepath = outputDirectory + "/" + relativePath;
+    const outputFilepath = getFullOutputPath(path, fullRootDirectory, outputDirectory);
 
     writeFile(outputFilepath, decoded);
 }
diff --git a/example/encrypted/example.html b/example/encrypted/example.html
index ae97cea..90e430a 100644
--- a/example/encrypted/example.html
+++ b/example/encrypted/example.html
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ exports.init = init;
 })());
             const templateError = "Bad password!",
                 isRememberEnabled = true,
-                staticryptConfig = {"staticryptEncryptedMsgUniqueVariableName":"2271533ff6ba1c6223131c45fe772d77252bb175b03931aaabb9a4be7450f21edd6e55ab868304a493ffb7b5cb4d42ea21c0572063343d472699afd770cb115b6934a767bb7167c6c2737ca06671349e8ebf30bdd24f21f864c522197de1f223399a46c83694428ec32733f9c908697f240c597bea92679e607fe7c1021b2b5795eaf87dc65d981585d6b280ed953a3d744614230c709e09be866f6dfbecc169a31425efed49fc9dd6372b6a3148d9a9612dd3e9a44be08199c89a948a8609b7","isRememberEnabled":true,"rememberDurationInDays":0,"staticryptSaltUniqueVariableName":"b93bbaf35459951c47721d1f3eaeb5b9"};
+                staticryptConfig = {"staticryptEncryptedMsgUniqueVariableName":"da67de28fb1fec9f04aaf615aa0e80a9675a43473e21b51a1dee72cb6153728dde06e9c242c6de08ab4608d18e73c9f922466a4695fe60e8f684f7d5d7b54149d7749bc2e626e39844d6757289f17696ea7992d1c87b49f76903c57d6506bb5aee0f0cdf4183bb20f71ad0f719c5a3ee338a486c70a1d433c00fd4384c2ec65471c436dc4cf0c4ba13a2189db1ee335f113652439c1feb2c02bf237ddada4ae46bd404f3f8417cc6b27d2e7960024afe2323edb19e8f38c699b9f4ce0db36d37","isRememberEnabled":true,"rememberDurationInDays":0,"staticryptSaltUniqueVariableName":"b93bbaf35459951c47721d1f3eaeb5b9"};
 
             // you can edit these values to customize some of the behavior of StatiCrypt
             const templateConfig = {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 47191ca..acfe243 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "staticrypt",
-  "version": "3.3.1",
-  "description": "Based on the [crypto-js](https://github.com/brix/crypto-js) library, StatiCrypt uses AES-256 to encrypt your input with your long password and put it in a HTML file with a password prompt that can decrypted in-browser (client side).",
+  "version": "3.3.2",
+  "description": "Baed on the [crypto-js](https://github.com/brix/crypto-js) library, StatiCrypt uses AES-256 to encrypt your input with your long password and put it in a HTML file with a password prompt that can decrypted in-browser (client side).",
   "main": "index.js",
   "files": [
     "/cli",