diff --git a/frontends/src/jp/cmd_blog.py b/frontends/src/jp/cmd_blog.py
index 3f0968b3..57b97bf3 100644
--- a/frontends/src/jp/cmd_blog.py
+++ b/frontends/src/jp/cmd_blog.py
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ class Edit(base.CommandBase):
                     file_path=tmp_file_path, meta_path=meta_file_path), error=True)
                 self.host.quit(1)
 
+            if not C.bool(mb_data.get('publish', "true")):
+                self.disp(u'Publication blocked by "publish" key in metadata, cancelling edition.\n\n' +
+                    "temporary file path:\t{file_path}\nmetadata file path:\t{meta_path}".format(
+                    file_path=tmp_file_path, meta_path=meta_file_path), error=True)
+                self.host.quit(0)
+
             if len(content) == 0:
                 self.disp(u"Content is empty, cancelling the blog edition")