diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 24cd7b6..686857a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 use toml::Value;
 
+use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
+use std::fs::{copy, create_dir, read_to_string};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::fs::{read_to_string, copy};
 
 #[derive(StructOpt, Debug)]
 /// structure representing command line arguments
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ struct Opt {
 	template: PathBuf,
 }
 
+fn replace(input: String, rules: &[(&str, &str)]) -> String {
+	unimplemented!();
+}
 
 fn main() {
 	// parse command line arguments
@@ -30,10 +34,24 @@ fn main() {
 	//println!("{:?}", opt);
 
 	// parse toml
-	let value = read_to_string(opt.toml)
-		.unwrap()
-		.parse::<Value>()
-		.unwrap();
-	println!("{:?}", value);
-
+	let value = read_to_string(&opt.toml).unwrap().parse::<Value>().unwrap();
+	println!("{:#?}", value);
+
+	// create output directory
+	// if it doesn't exist
+	if (!opt.output.exists()) {
+		create_dir(&opt.output).unwrap();
+	}
+
+	// read template
+	let input = read_to_string(
+		&[opt.output, PathBuf::from("front.html")]
+			.iter()
+			.collect::<PathBuf>(),
+	);
+
+	// create rules
+	let page = value.get("page").unwrap().as_array().unwrap();
+
+	println!("{:#?}", page);
 }