plugins/README.md | 2 +-
 plugins/pastebin  | 6 ++----

diff --git a/plugins/README.md b/plugins/README.md
index 3cf0c701aaa1445dd787c0abf8c566375931e5b8..7761f5794a252acf18f5ce9a566112a1fcfb2714 100644
--- a/plugins/README.md
+++ b/plugins/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ | notes | sh | - | Open a quick notes file/dir in `$EDITOR` |
 | nwal | sh | nitrogen | Set image as wallpaper using nitrogen |
 | oldbigfile | sh | find, sort | List large files by access time |
 | organize | sh | file | Auto-organize files in directories by file type |
-| pastebin | sh | [pastebinit](https://launchpad.net/pastebinit) | Paste contents of (text) file to paste.ubuntu.com |
+| pastebin | sh | - | Paste contents of a text a file ix.io |
 | pdfview | sh | pdftotext/<br>mupdf-tools | View PDF file in `$PAGER` |
 | picker | sh | nnn | Pick files and list one per line (to pipe) |
 | pywal | sh | pywal | Set image as wallpaper, change terminal colorscheme |
diff --git a/plugins/pastebin b/plugins/pastebin
index de130e456d5023029733e8173705d0da05bfef48..13fb3e7326c8ccdf2e39b29b76e267ef26ddbb06 100755
--- a/plugins/pastebin
+++ b/plugins/pastebin
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
-# Description: Paste contents of a text a file to paste.ubuntu.com using pastebinit
-#
-# pastebinit: https://launchpad.net/pastebinit
+# Description: Paste contents of a text a file http://ix.io
 #
 # Shell: POSIX compliant
 # Author: Arun Prakash Jana
 
 if ! [ -z "$1" ]; then
-    pastebinit "$1"
+    curl -F "f:1=@"$1"" ix.io
     read input
 fi