diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c3629e..69fef78 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 node_modules
+testsite/dist/**
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40552e4..160dd0b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ myblog
 |-> about.md
 |-> styles.css
 ```
-And blogtool generates a static site in dist/ with a list of articles for the home page, an about page with a profile picture and bio from profile.jpg and about.md, each page will include styless.css and all assets will be available at /static
+with utf-8 encoded articles. Blogtool generates a static site in dist/ with a list of articles for the home page, an about page with a profile picture and bio from profile.jpg and about.md, each page will include styless.css and all assets will be available at /static.
 ```
 dist
 |
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7e20cb0..5555cb2 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
+const showdown = require("showdown");
+const converter = new showdown.Converter();
 const nunjucks = require("nunjucks");
-const showdown = require("shohwdown");
+const fs = require("fs");
 
 async function main (){
 	nunjucks.configure({
 		autoescape: true
 	});
-	//nunjucks.render()
+	try{ fs.mkdirSync('dist'); }
+	catch {}
+	var articles = fs.readdirSync('articles');
+	for(var i=0;i<articles.length;i++){
+		var article = fs.readFileSync('articles/'+articles[i], {encoding: 'utf-8'});
+		article = converter.makeHtml(article);
+		fs.writeFileSync('dist/'+articles[i].substring(0, articles[i].length - 3)+'.html', article, {encoding: 'utf-8'});
+	}
+	//var test = fs.readFileSync("./test.md", {encoding: 'utf-8'});
 }
 
-
 module.exports.main = main;
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diff --git a/templates b/templates
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/testsite/about.md b/testsite/about.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..140db07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsite/about.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+###### this is my test page
+uwu
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testsite/articles/test.md b/testsite/articles/test.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85aaf0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsite/articles/test.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+## yeet
+**this is** a *test*
+
+[weeeooo](http://google.com)
diff --git a/testsite/profile.jpg b/testsite/profile.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..536e42a
Binary files /dev/null and b/testsite/profile.jpg differ
diff --git a/testsite/styles.css b/testsite/styles.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df86493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsite/styles.css
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+body {
+	background: #fffff2;
+}
\ No newline at end of file