diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 44f5587..179b364 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
             "index.html" = with nixite.elems; (doc [
               [
                 (title "Nixite")
+                (nixite.html.tag "link" {rel = "shortcut icon"; type = "image/png"; href = ./testing/src/favicon.png;} "")
               ]
               (main [
                 (link "/blog" "blog")
-                (nixite.html.tag "img" {src = ./testing/src/favicon.png;} "")
                 (list [
                   "item 1"
                   "item 2"
@@ -31,19 +31,7 @@
                 ])
               ])
             ]);
-            blog = {
-              "index.html" = with nixite.elems; (doc [
-                [
-                  (title "A post")
-                ]
-                (main [
-                  (p ''
-                    This is a post
-                  '')
-                  (link "/" "Home")
-                ])
-              ]);
-            };
+            blog = nixite.md.readDir ./testing/blog;
           })
         );
 
diff --git a/nixite/md.nix b/nixite/md.nix
index 70dda06..3055c30 100644
--- a/nixite/md.nix
+++ b/nixite/md.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,46 @@ in rec {
     if builtins.isPath md
     then processMd (builtins.readFile md)
     else processMd md;
+
   processMd = md: (map (c:
     if builtins.isString c
     then mdBlock c
     else "") (builtins.split "\n\n" md));
 
+  recReadMd = root:
+    assert builtins.isPath root;
+      builtins.mapAttrs
+      (path: type:
+        if type == "directory"
+        then recReadMd (root + (/. + path))
+        else if type == "regular"
+        then mdToPage (root + (/. + path))
+        else throw "Cannot read ${path}, file type ${type}")
+      (builtins.readDir root);
+
+  recFixAppendix = site:
+    builtins.listToAttrs (
+      builtins.attrValues (
+        builtins.mapAttrs (name: value: {
+          name = fixAppendix name;
+          value =
+            if builtins.isAttrs value
+            then recFixAppendix value
+            else value;
+        })
+        site
+      )
+    );
+
+  fixAppendix = builtins.replaceStrings [".md"] [".html"];
+
+  readDir = root: recFixAppendix (recReadMd root);
+
+  mdToPage = md: elems.doc [
+    [(elems.title "markdown file")]
+    (readMd md)
+  ];
+
   mdBlock = block: let
     m = heading block;
     h =
diff --git a/nixite/site.nix b/nixite/site.nix
index 50bec05..d0719a0 100644
--- a/nixite/site.nix
+++ b/nixite/site.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ in rec {
               mkdir -p ${prefix}/${name}
               ${copyTo "${prefix}/${name}" content}
             ''
-            else throw "Site page must be string, path or attrset"
+            else throw "Site page must be string, path or attrset, but got ${builtins.typeOf content}: [${toString content}]"
         )
         site
       )
diff --git a/testing/blog/dir/index.md b/testing/blog/dir/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..719951f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/blog/dir/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# this is a file
+
+wowo
diff --git a/testing/blog/index.md b/testing/blog/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45e6fa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/blog/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# yeee
+
+ye
+
+&
+
+<a href="dir">dir</a>
+<a href="/">home</a>
+
diff --git a/testing/md.test.nix b/testing/md.test.nix
index b2afc46..0d92175 100644
--- a/testing/md.test.nix
+++ b/testing/md.test.nix
@@ -24,4 +24,44 @@ in
         (elems.p {} "lorem ipsum\n")
       ];
     })
+
+    (it "can fix file appendixes" {
+      actual = fixAppendix "index.md";
+      expected = "index.html";
+    })
+
+    (it "recursively reads dir" {
+      actual = recReadMd ./blog;
+      expected = {
+        "index.md" = mdToPage ./blog/index.md;
+        "dir" = {
+          "index.md" = mdToPage ./blog/dir/index.md;
+        };
+      };
+    })
+
+    (it "recursively fixes filename" {
+      actual = recFixAppendix {
+        "index.md" = "something";
+        dir = {
+          "index.md" = "something else";
+        };
+      };
+      expected = {
+        "index.html" = "something";
+        dir = {
+          "index.html" = "something else";
+        };
+      };
+    })
+
+    (it "recursively translates md to html" {
+      actual = builtins.toJSON ( readDir ./blog );
+      expected = builtins.toJSON {
+        "index.html" = mdToPage ./blog/index.md;
+        "dir" = {
+          "index.html" = mdToPage ./blog/dir/index.md;
+        };
+      };
+    })
   ]