diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 5a7440e..45435f3 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 Release History
 ===============
 
+0.0.19 (2018-03-14)
+-------------------
+* Fixed upload issue where destination filename was wrong while upload of directory with single file #208
+
 0.0.18 (2018-02-05)
 -------------------
 * Fixed read issue where whole file was cached while doing positional reads #198
diff --git a/azure/datalake/store/__init__.py b/azure/datalake/store/__init__.py
index a6c7d5f..49b8a48 100644
--- a/azure/datalake/store/__init__.py
+++ b/azure/datalake/store/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # license information.
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-__version__ = "0.0.18"
+__version__ = "0.0.19"
 
 from .core import AzureDLFileSystem
 from .multithread import ADLDownloader
diff --git a/azure/datalake/store/multithread.py b/azure/datalake/store/multithread.py
index d70d149..e6bcc77 100644
--- a/azure/datalake/store/multithread.py
+++ b/azure/datalake/store/multithread.py
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ def hash(self):
     def _setup(self):
         """ Create set of parameters to loop over
         """
+        is_path_walk_empty = False
         if "*" not in self.lpath:
             out = os.walk(self.lpath)
             lfiles = sum(([os.path.join(dir, f) for f in fnames] for
@@ -448,10 +449,11 @@ def _setup(self):
             if (not lfiles and os.path.exists(self.lpath) and
                     not os.path.isdir(self.lpath)):
                 lfiles = [self.lpath]
+                is_path_walk_empty = True
         else:
             lfiles = glob.glob(self.lpath)
         
-        if len(lfiles) > 1:
+        if len(lfiles) > 0 and not is_path_walk_empty:
             local_rel_lpath = str(AzureDLPath(self.lpath).globless_prefix)
             file_pairs = [(f, self.rpath / AzureDLPath(f).relative_to(local_rel_lpath)) for f in lfiles]
         elif lfiles:
diff --git a/tests/test_multithread.py b/tests/test_multithread.py
index 3675a69..7b56c58 100644
--- a/tests/test_multithread.py
+++ b/tests/test_multithread.py
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ def local_files(tempdir):
             f.write(b'0123456789')
     yield filenames
 
-
 @my_vcr.use_cassette
 def test_upload_one(local_files, azure):
     with azure_teardown(azure):
@@ -253,6 +252,23 @@ def test_upload_one(local_files, azure):
 
         azure.rm(test_dir / 'bigfile')
 
+@my_vcr.use_cassette
+def test_upload_single_file_in_dir(tempdir, azure):
+    with azure_teardown(azure):
+        lpath_dir = tempdir
+        lfilename = os.path.join(lpath_dir, 'singlefile')
+        with open(lfilename, 'wb') as f:
+            f.write(b'0123456789')
+
+        # transfer client w/ deterministic temporary directory
+        from azure.datalake.store.multithread import put_chunk
+        client = ADLTransferClient(azure, transfer=put_chunk,
+                                   unique_temporary=False)
+
+        up = ADLUploader(azure, test_dir / 'singlefiledir', lpath_dir, nthreads=1,
+                         overwrite=True)
+        assert azure.info(test_dir / 'singlefiledir' / 'singlefile')['length'] == 10
+        azure.rm(test_dir / 'singlefiledir' / 'singlefile')
 
 @my_vcr.use_cassette
 def test_upload_one_empty_file(local_files, azure):