diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fea9bed..24899d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ via the Gemini protocol.
 - supports with and without drafts from config
 - composable with other tools
 
+TODOs:
+- cleanup long main
+- gemrss?
+
 To illustrate what this program does, run the following in the hugo directory.
 
 ```
diff --git a/file_tree.go b/file_tree.go
index 0efc7a7..3b191f6 100644
--- a/file_tree.go
+++ b/file_tree.go
@@ -28,6 +28,33 @@ type File struct {
 	NewBody  []byte
 }
 
+func (file *File) Write(dest, newext string, uglyURLs bool) (string, error) {
+	outdir, outfile := targetPath(file.Destination, newext, uglyURLs)
+
+	// ensure directory exists
+	newdir := filepath.Join(dest, outdir)
+	if made, err := mkdir(newdir); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	} else if made {
+		fmt.Printf("mkdir %s\n", newdir)
+	}
+
+	fullpath := filepath.Join(newdir, outfile)
+
+	// create file based on directory and filename
+	newfile, err := os.Create(fullpath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fullpath, err
+	}
+
+	if _, err = newfile.Write(file.NewBody); err != nil {
+		return fullpath, err
+	}
+
+	newfile.Close()
+	return fullpath, nil
+}
+
 func parsePage(fullpath string) (hugo.Page, error) {
 	file, err := os.Open(fullpath)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/hugo/config.go b/hugo/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1722279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hugo/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package hugo
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	hugoconfig "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
+	"github.com/spf13/afero"
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	hugoconfig hugoconfig.Provider
+}
+
+func (c *Config) read() hugoconfig.Provider {
+	if c.hugoconfig == nil {
+		cfg, err := hugoconfig.FromFile(afero.NewOsFs(), "config.toml")
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("load config from file failed", err)
+			return nil
+		}
+		c.hugoconfig = cfg
+	}
+	return c.hugoconfig
+}
+
+func (c *Config) GetBool(v string) bool {
+	cfg := c.read()
+	if cfg == nil || !cfg.IsSet(v) {
+		fmt.Printf("config: no %v set, using default\n", v)
+	}
+	return cfg.GetBool(v)
+}
+
+func (c *Config) GetStringMapString(v string) map[string]string {
+	cfg := c.read()
+	if cfg == nil || !cfg.IsSet(v) {
+		fmt.Printf("config: no %v set, using default\n", v)
+	}
+	return cfg.GetStringMapString(v)
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 77084c1..b46e61e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
-	"github.com/spf13/afero"
+	"github.com/n0x1m/hugoext/hugo"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -39,21 +38,9 @@ func main() {
 	// what are we doing
 	fmt.Printf("hugoext: converting hugo markdown to %v with %v\n", ext, pipecmd)
 
-	// config
-	cfg, err := config.FromFile(afero.NewOsFs(), "config.toml")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("config from file", err)
-	}
-
+	cfg := hugo.Config{}
 	uglyURLs := cfg.GetBool("uglyURLs")
-	if !cfg.IsSet("uglyURLs") {
-		fmt.Println("config: no uglyURLs set, using default: ", uglyURLs)
-	}
-
 	buildDrafts := cfg.GetBool("buildDrafts")
-	if !cfg.IsSet("buildDrafts") {
-		fmt.Println("config: no buildDrafts set, using default: ", buildDrafts)
-	}
 
 	permalinks := cfg.GetStringMapString("permalinks")
 	if permalinks == nil {
@@ -61,8 +48,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	linkpattern := func(section string) string {
-		format, ok := permalinks[section]
-		if ok {
+		if format, ok := permalinks[section]; ok {
 			return format
 		}
 
@@ -72,13 +58,13 @@ func main() {
 	// process sources
 
 	// iterate through file tree source
-	files := make(chan File)
-	go collectFiles(source, files)
+	fileChan := make(chan File)
+	go collectFiles(source, fileChan)
 
 	// for each file, get destination path, switch file extension, remove underscore for index
 	var tree FileTree
 
-	for file := range files {
+	for file := range fileChan {
 		pattern := linkpattern(file.Parent)
 
 		err := destinationPath(&file, pattern)
@@ -116,36 +102,17 @@ func main() {
 		fmt.Printf("mkdir %s\n", newdir)
 	}
 
-	// write to destination
+	// write new content to destination
 	for _, file := range tree.Files {
-		outdir, outfile := targetPath(file.Destination, ext, uglyURLs)
-
-		// ensure directory exists
-		newdir := filepath.Join(destination, outdir)
-		if made, err := mkdir(newdir); err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
-		} else if made {
-			fmt.Printf("mkdir %s\n", newdir)
-		}
-
-		fullpath := filepath.Join(newdir, outfile)
-
-		// create file based on directory and filename
-		newfile, err := os.Create(fullpath)
+		newpath, err := file.Write(destination, ext, uglyURLs)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("cannot create file %s, error: %v", fullpath, err)
+			log.Fatalf("new file write '%v' failed with %v", file.Name, err)
 		}
 
-		n, err := newfile.Write(file.NewBody)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("cannot write file %s, error: %v", fullpath, err)
-		}
-
-		newfile.Close()
-		fmt.Printf("written %s (%dbytes)\n", fullpath, n)
+		fmt.Printf("written %s (%dbytes)\n", newpath, len(file.NewBody))
 	}
 
-	// we're done if we
+	// we're done if we don't write any sections
 	if noSectionList {
 		return
 	}