diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 2375d93..a214e29 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ plugins {
     `kotlin-dsl`
     `maven-publish`
     signing
-    id("de.marcphilipp.nexus-publish") version "0.4.0"
     id("org.jetbrains.changelog") version "1.0.0"
     id("org.jetbrains.dokka") version "1.4.20"
 }
 
 group = "ru.mipt.npm"
-version = "0.7.7"
+version = "0.7.8"
 
 description = "Build tools for DataForge and kscience projects"
 
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-serialization:$kotlinVersion")
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:atomicfu-gradle-plugin:0.15.1")
     implementation("org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-gradle-plugin:1.4.20")
-//    implementation("org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-base:1.4.20")
     implementation("org.jetbrains.intellij.plugins:gradle-changelog-plugin:1.0.0")
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:binary-compatibility-validator:0.4.0")
 }
@@ -164,17 +162,6 @@ publishing {
     val sonatypeUser: String? by project
     val sonatypePassword: String? by project
 
-//    if (sonatypeUser != null && sonatypePassword != null) {
-//        nexusPublishing {
-//            repositories {
-//                sonatype {
-//                    username.set(sonatypeUser)
-//                    password.set(sonatypePassword)
-//                }
-//            }
-//        }
-//    }
-
     if (sonatypeUser != null && sonatypePassword != null) {
         val sonatypeRepo: String = if (project.version.toString().contains("dev")) {
             "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots"
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/ru/mipt/npm/gradle/KScienceProjectPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/ru/mipt/npm/gradle/KScienceProjectPlugin.kt
index dd725d5..c728463 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/ru/mipt/npm/gradle/KScienceProjectPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/ru/mipt/npm/gradle/KScienceProjectPlugin.kt
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ open class KScienceProjectPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
                 group = RELEASE_GROUP
                 description = "Publish development or production release based on version suffix"
                 dependsOn(generateReadme)
+                tasks.findByName("publishAllPublicationsToSonatypeRepository")?.let {
+                    dependsOn(it)
+                }
                 tasks.findByName("publishAllPublicationsToBintrayRepository")?.let {
                     dependsOn(it)
                 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/ru/mipt/npm/gradle/KSciencePublishPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/ru/mipt/npm/gradle/KSciencePublishPlugin.kt
index 5c34659..8977420 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/ru/mipt/npm/gradle/KSciencePublishPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/ru/mipt/npm/gradle/KSciencePublishPlugin.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinJsProjectExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinJvmProjectExtension
 
 
+/**
+ * From https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization/blob/master/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Publishing.kt
+ */
+private fun Project.getSensitiveProperty(name: String): String? {
+    return project.findProperty(name) as? String ?: System.getenv(name)
+}
+
 open class KSciencePublishPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
 
     override fun apply(project: Project): Unit = project.plugins.withId("ru.mipt.npm.kscience") {
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ open class KSciencePublishPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
                     publication.artifact(dokkaJar)
                     publication.pom {
                         name.set(project.name)
-                        description.set(project.description)
+                        description.set(project.description ?: project.name)
                         vcs?.let { url.set(vcs) }
 
                         licenses {
@@ -169,10 +176,15 @@ open class KSciencePublishPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
                     }
                 }
 
+                val sonatypePublish: Boolean? by project
                 val sonatypeUser: String? by project
                 val sonatypePassword: String? by project
 
-                if (sonatypeUser != null && sonatypePassword != null) {
+                val keyId: String? by project
+                val signingKey: String? = getSensitiveProperty("signingKey")
+                val signingKeyPassphrase: String? by project
+
+                if (sonatypePublish == true && sonatypeUser != null && sonatypePassword != null) {
                     val sonatypeRepo: String = if (project.version.toString().contains("dev")) {
                         "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots"
                     } else {
@@ -183,8 +195,12 @@ open class KSciencePublishPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
                         plugins.apply("signing")
                     }
 
-                    extensions.findByType<SigningExtension>()?.apply {
-                        //useGpgCmd()
+                    extensions.configure<SigningExtension>("signing") {
+                        if (!signingKey.isNullOrBlank()) {
+                            //if key is provided, use it
+                            @Suppress("UnstableApiUsage")
+                            useInMemoryPgpKeys(keyId, signingKey, signingKeyPassphrase)
+                        } // else use file signing
                         sign(publications)
                     }
 
@@ -199,7 +215,6 @@ open class KSciencePublishPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
                         }
                     }
                 }
-
             }
         }
     }