diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 811f45d..183934f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/schollz/croc/src/croc"
+	"github.com/schollz/utils"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
 
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ func send(c *cli.Context) error {
 	if c.String("code") != "" {
 		codePhrase = c.String("code")
 	}
+	if len(codePhrase) == 0 {
+		// generate code phrase
+		codePhrase = utils.GetRandomName()
+	}
 	return cr.Send(fname, codePhrase)
 }