diff --git a/bin/now-deploy b/bin/now-deploy
index 19f62a3..773dbc4 100755
--- a/bin/now-deploy
+++ b/bin/now-deploy
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ async function sync (token) {
       forceSync,
       forwardNpm: alwaysForwardNpm || forwardNpm,
       quiet,
-      public: wantsPublic
+      wantsPublic
     });
   } catch (err) {
     if (debug) console.log(`> [debug] error: ${err.stack}`);
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index cc2931b..9eba340 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export default class Now extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   async create (path, {
+    wantsPublic,
     quiet = false,
     forceNew = false,
     forceSync = false,
@@ -176,10 +177,11 @@ export default class Now extends EventEmitter {
       const res = await this._fetch('/now/create', {
         method: 'POST',
         body: {
+          public: wantsPublic,
           forceNew,
           forceSync,
           name: name,
-          description: description,
+          description,
           deploymentType,
           registryAuthToken: authToken,
           // Flatten the array to contain files to sync where each nested input