diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 54def0d..60d96f8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ services:
     command: bash -c "
         python manage.py migrate
         && python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
-        && python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
+        && python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:80
       "
     volumes:
       - ./gawa:/app
@@ -44,18 +44,18 @@ services:
       - ./gawa/media:/srv/media
 
 
-  blog:
-    image: ghost
-    environment:
-      database__client: mysql
-      database__connection__host: db
-      database__connection__user: blog
-      database__connection__password: blogpass
-      database__connection__database: blog
-      url: http://localhost:8081
-      NODE_ENV: development
-    depends_on:
-      - db
+  # blog:
+  #   image: ghost
+  #   environment:
+  #     database__client: mysql
+  #     database__connection__host: db
+  #     database__connection__user: blog
+  #     database__connection__password: blogpass
+  #     database__connection__database: blog
+  #     url: http://localhost:8081
+  #     NODE_ENV: development
+  #   depends_on:
+  #     - db
 
 
   db-admin:
diff --git a/docker/main/requirements.txt b/docker/main/requirements.txt
index 1a9a9ae..082b81c 100644
--- a/docker/main/requirements.txt
+++ b/docker/main/requirements.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ django-libsass>=0.7
 pillow>=9.0.0
 colorlog>=6.7.0
 favicon>=0.7.0
-libpt>=0.1.5
+markdown>=3.4.4
+Pygments>=2.16.1
diff --git a/gawa/blog/data/articles/en-test.md b/gawa/blog/data/articles/en-test.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..daaacfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gawa/blog/data/articles/en-test.md
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+---
+Title:      test
+Subtitle:   sub
+Desc:       brief desc
+Date:       2023-09-27
+Keywords:   main
+            foo
+            bar
+            qux
+Category:   Test
+Featured:   True
+Public:     True
+---
+
+# Test article
+----------------------------------------
+This is a crazy testy
+
+### toc?
+[TOC]
+
+## foo
+
+HTML
+
+lipsum[^1]
+
+<div>INLINE DIV<b>bold</b></div>
+
+### bar bar
+
+| important | table |
+|-----------|-------|
+| value     | 2     |
+| 3         | 4     |
+| 5         | 2     |
+
+## foo
+
+#### big code
+
+```py
+from django.db import models
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+from start.models import Searchable
+
+import logging
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+import markdown
+ARTICLE_DIR = "/app/blog/data/articles"
+EXTENSIONS = [
+    "extra",
+    "admonition",
+    "codehilite",
+    "toc"
+]
+
+class Category(models.Model):
+    """
+    A category of blog posts
+
+    Name not translated because it would make i18n in urls and Searchables specifically a pain.
+    Maybe some day it would be cool if these were Searchable
+    """
+    name= models.CharField(max_length=50)
+    slug = models.SlugField()
+
+    class Meta:
+        verbose_name = _("Category")
+        verbose_name_plural = _("Categories")
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"{{<{self.__class__.__name__}>\"{self.name}\"}}"
+```
+
+### a
+bar
+#### a
+qux
+###### a
+baau
+
+*[HTML]: Hyper Text Markup Language
+
+[^1]: foooootnote
diff --git a/gawa/blog/models.py b/gawa/blog/models.py
index 7e4ba13..fab346c 100644
--- a/gawa/blog/models.py
+++ b/gawa/blog/models.py
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ from start.models import Searchable
 import logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+import markdown
+ARTICLE_DIR = "/app/blog/data/articles"
+EXTENSIONS = [
+    "extra",
+    "admonition",
+    "codehilite",
+    "meta",
+    "toc"
+]
+MD = markdown.Markdown(extensions=EXTENSIONS)
+
 class Category(models.Model):
     """
     A category of blog posts
@@ -31,7 +42,6 @@ class BlogPost(Searchable):
     category = models.ForeignKey(Category, on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True)
     thumbnail = models.ImageField(blank=True, upload_to="img/thumbnails")
     featured = models.BooleanField(default=False)
-    markdown = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     slug = models.SlugField()
 
 
@@ -42,9 +52,81 @@ class BlogPost(Searchable):
         Implements the abstract method of Searchable
         """
         logger.info(f"regenerating {self.__class__.__name__} object: {self}")
+        # url stuff
         self.suburl = f"/blog/{self.category.name}/{self.slug}"
+
+        # load from markdown
+        self.regenerate_markdown()
+
         self.save()
 
+    def regenerate_markdown(self):
+        """
+        generate an article fromm it's original markdown file
+        """
+        logger.info(f"regenerating article from markdown for: {self}")
+        try:
+            f_en = open(f"{ARTICLE_DIR}/en-{self.slug}.md")
+
+            body_en: str = f_en.read()
+
+            html_en: str = MD.convert(body_en)
+            try:
+                meta_en = MD.Meta
+                # FIXME: some fields take the brackets and quotes with them
+                self.title_en = meta_en["title"]
+                self.subtitle_en = meta_en["subtitle"]
+                self.desc_en = meta_en["desc"]
+                # TODO: parse date from markdown
+                self.featured = meta_en["featured"] == "True"
+                self.public = meta_en["public"] == "True"
+                # TODO: parse keywords from markdown
+                # TODO: parse category from markdown
+
+                # if keyword or category do not exist, create them
+                # I suppose
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning(f"could not generate metadata {self.slug} from markdown: {e}")
+
+            self.body_en = html_en
+        except FileNotFoundError as e:
+            # TODO: mark as untranslated
+            pass
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"could not generate article {self.slug} from markdown: {e}")
+            print(e)
+        try:
+            f_de = open(f"{ARTICLE_DIR}/de-{self.slug}.md")
+
+            body_de: str = f_de.read()
+
+            html_de: str = MD.convert(body_de)
+            try:
+                meta_de = MD.Meta
+                # FIXME: some fields take the brackets and quotes with them
+                self.title_de = meta_de["title"]
+                self.subtitle_de = meta_de["subtitle"]
+                self.desc_de = meta_de["desc"]
+                # TODO: parse date from markdown
+                self.featured = meta_de["featured"] == "True"
+                self.public = meta_de["public"] == "True"
+                # TODO: parse keywords from markdown
+                # TODO: parse category from markdown
+
+                # if keyword or category do not exist, create them
+                # I suppose
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning(f"could not generate metadata {self.slug} from markdown: {e}")
+
+            self.body_de = html_de
+        except FileNotFoundError as e:
+            # TODO: mark as untranslated
+            pass
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"could not generate article {self.slug} from markdown: {e}")
+            print(e.__class__)
+            print(e)
+
     class Meta:
         verbose_name = _("blog post")
         verbose_name_plural = _("blog posts")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..082b81c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Django>=3.0,<4.0
+psycopg2>=2.8
+mysqlclient>=1.4.3
+django_compressor>=2.2
+django-libsass>=0.7
+pillow>=9.0.0
+colorlog>=6.7.0
+favicon>=0.7.0
+markdown>=3.4.4
+Pygments>=2.16.1