diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b95e682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+jrnl/
diff --git a/tiddlers.json b/tiddlers.json
index af8eb01..13943bc 100644
--- a/tiddlers.json
+++ b/tiddlers.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [
     {
         "text": "Okay now with time! ",
-        "title": "10-February-2018 at 20h11'11''",
+        "title": "10-February-2018 at 20:11",
         "tags": "Journal",
         "modified": "20180210091136675",
         "created": "20180210091111591"
@@ -2904,4 +2904,4 @@
         "title": "Draft of '3rd May 2020 at 23:08'",
         "modified": "20200507092155456"
     }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/tiddly2kitaab.py b/tiddly2kitaab.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..defcd1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tiddly2kitaab.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import json
+
+def createFile(tiddler):
+    try:
+        created = tiddler['created']
+    except KeyError:
+        print("!!! BLANK TIDDLER !!!")
+        print(tiddler)
+        return
+    title = tiddler['title']
+    text = tiddler['text']
+    modified = tiddler['modified']
+    tags = tiddler['tags']
+
+    # create the filename
+    filename = created[2:8] # YYMMDD
+    filename = filename + "-"
+    hour = title[-5:].replace(':', '')
+    filename = filename+hour+'.wiki'
+
+    # handle tags
+    allTags = ':'
+    for t in tags:
+        allTags = allTags + t + ':'
+
+    # handle date
+    date = created[:4] + '-' + created[4:6] + '-' + created[6:8] + ' ' + hour
+
+    # create write list
+    writeList = ['%title {title}', allTags, '%date {date}', '', text]
+
+    # create and write the file
+    file = open('./jrnl/'+filename, 'w+')
+    file.writelines(writeList)
+    file.close()
+
+def createFiles(tiddlers):
+    for t in tiddlers:
+        createFile(t)
+
+tid = json.load(open('tiddlers.json'))
+createFiles(tid)