diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b619fad..d18dc8a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
 ### HEAD
-
+* Features/tag push specificity
 * Add package.json/component.json name to templateData for messages.
 * Add support for multiline commit messages
 * Support renamed tasks
diff --git a/tasks/grunt-release.js b/tasks/grunt-release.js
index 022ba56..3e0b2b2 100644
--- a/tasks/grunt-release.js
+++ b/tasks/grunt-release.js
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ module.exports = function(grunt){
       tag: true,
       push: true,
       pushTags: true,
-      npm : true
+      npm : true,
+      remote: "origin"
     }, grunt.config(this.name).options);
 
     var config = setup(options.file, type);
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt){
 
     function getNpmTag(){
       var tag = grunt.option('npmtag') || options.npmtag;
-      if(tag === true) { tag = config.newVersion }
+      if(tag === true) { tag = config.newVersion; }
       return tag;
     }
 
@@ -134,11 +135,11 @@ module.exports = function(grunt){
     }
 
     function push(){
-      return run('git push', 'pushed to remote git repo');
+      run('git push ' + config.remote + ' HEAD', 'pushed to remote');
     }
 
-    function pushTags(){
-      return run('git push --tags', 'pushed new tag '+ config.newVersion +' to remote git repo');
+    function pushTags(config){
+      run('git push ' + config.remote + ' ' + tagName, 'pushed new tag '+ config.newVersion +' to remote');
     }
 
     function publish(){
@@ -149,11 +150,11 @@ module.exports = function(grunt){
         cmd += ' --tag ' + npmtag;
         msg += ' with a tag of "' + npmtag + '"';
       }
-      if (options.folder){ cmd += ' ' + options.folder }
+
+      if (options.folder){ cmd += ' ' + options.folder; }
       return run(cmd, msg);
     }
 
-
     function bump(){
       var i, l, file, pkg, promise;
       var promises = [];