diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 71ce1d8fd..03c8712b3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Slither is a Solidity static analysis framework written in Python 3. It runs a s
 ## Usage
 
 ``` 
-$ slither tests/uninitialized.sol
+$ slither tests/uninitialized.sol # argument can be file, folder or glob, be sure to quote the argument when using a glob
 [..]
 INFO:Detectors:Uninitialized state variables in tests/uninitialized.sol, Contract: Uninitialized, Vars: destination, Used in ['transfer']
 [..]
diff --git a/slither/__main__.py b/slither/__main__.py
index 4b03483a1..9c59f0205 100644
--- a/slither/__main__.py
+++ b/slither/__main__.py
@@ -189,12 +189,16 @@ def main_impl(all_detector_classes, all_printer_classes):
     try:
         filename = args.filename
 
+        globbed_filenames = glob.glob(filename, recursive=True)
+
         if os.path.isfile(filename):
             (results, number_contracts) = process(filename, args, detector_classes, printer_classes)
 
-        elif os.path.isdir(filename):
+        elif os.path.isdir(filename) or len(globbed_filenames) > 0:
             extension = "*.sol" if not args.solc_ast else "*.json"
             filenames = glob.glob(os.path.join(filename, extension))
+            if len(filenames) == 0:
+                filenames = globbed_filenames
             number_contracts = 0
             results = []
             for filename in filenames: