diff --git a/datman/src/bin/datman.rs b/datman/src/bin/datman.rs
index 21461e6..c866d53 100644
--- a/datman/src/bin/datman.rs
+++ b/datman/src/bin/datman.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub enum DatmanCommand {
         /// Name of the destination to back up to.
         destination_name: String,
 
-        /// Specify the remote user@host name.
+        /// Specify the remote name.
         #[clap(short, long)]
         remote: Option<String>,
     },
@@ -164,7 +164,13 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 }
             }
 
-            if let Some(remote_user_at_host) = remote {
+            if let Some(remote_name) = remote {
+                let remote_host_descriptor =
+                    if let Some(rhd) = descriptor.remote_hosts.get(&remote_name) {
+                        rhd
+                    } else {
+                        bail!("No remote found by that name.");
+                    };
                 backup_remote_source_to_destination(
                     source,
                     destination,
@@ -172,7 +178,7 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                     Path::new("."),
                     &source_name,
                     &destination_name,
-                    &remote_user_at_host,
+                    remote_host_descriptor,
                     yama::utils::get_number_of_workers("YAMA_CHUNKERS"),
                 )
                 .unwrap();
diff --git a/datman/src/commands.rs b/datman/src/commands.rs
index 5597bb8..081f69b 100644
--- a/datman/src/commands.rs
+++ b/datman/src/commands.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ pub fn init_descriptor(path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         ],
         source,
         piles: Default::default(),
+        remote_hosts: Default::default(),
     })?;
 
     datman_toml_file.write_all(&bytes)?;
diff --git a/datman/src/descriptor.rs b/datman/src/descriptor.rs
index f766273..9b930c5 100644
--- a/datman/src/descriptor.rs
+++ b/datman/src/descriptor.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ pub struct Descriptor {
 
     /// Paths to destination Yama Piles. Remote Piles need a local virtual pile to specify the layers.
     pub piles: HashMap<String, DestPileDescriptor>,
+
+    pub remote_hosts: HashMap<String, RemoteHostDescriptor>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct RemoteHostDescriptor {
+    pub user_at_host: String,
+    pub path_to_datman: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
diff --git a/datman/src/remote/backup_source_requester.rs b/datman/src/remote/backup_source_requester.rs
index e93adc7..3f18520 100644
--- a/datman/src/remote/backup_source_requester.rs
+++ b/datman/src/remote/backup_source_requester.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::commands::backup::{get_pointer_name_at, label_filter_and_convert};
-use crate::descriptor::{Descriptor, DestPileDescriptor, SourceDescriptor};
+use crate::descriptor::{Descriptor, DestPileDescriptor, RemoteHostDescriptor, SourceDescriptor};
 use crate::tree::FileTree;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, bail};
 use chrono::Utc;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ pub fn backup_remote_source_to_destination(
     desc_path: &Path,
     source_name: &str,
     dest_name: &str,
-    user_at_host: &str,
+    remote_host_descriptor: &RemoteHostDescriptor,
     _num_workers: u8,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     match source {
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ pub fn backup_remote_source_to_destination(
         } => {
             info!(
                 "Looking to backup {} (from {}) to {}",
-                source_name, user_at_host, dest_name
+                source_name, remote_host_descriptor.user_at_host, dest_name
             );
 
             let connection = Command::new("ssh")
-                .arg(user_at_host)
+                .arg(&remote_host_descriptor.user_at_host)
                 .arg("--")
                 .arg("datman")
                 .arg("_backup_source_responder")