diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7a90478..d7c89e0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .venv
 build/
-*.egg-info
\ No newline at end of file
+*.egg-info
+__pycache__/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/dialann/main_cli.py b/src/dialann/main_cli.py
index 62f39cd..1210337 100644
--- a/src/dialann/main_cli.py
+++ b/src/dialann/main_cli.py
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ import argparse
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from .site_generator import SiteGenerator
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-def generate(build_dir: Path):
+def generate(source_dir:Path, build_dir: Path):
 
-    pass
+    generator = SiteGenerator(source_dir, build_dir)
+    generator.run()
     
 def main_cli():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
@@ -16,8 +19,12 @@ def main_cli():
         type=Path,
         help="Path to the build output",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--source_dir", type=Path, default=Path(),
+        help="Site source directory")
+    
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    generate(args.build_dir)
+    generate(args.source_dir, args.build_dir)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main_cli()
diff --git a/src/dialann/site_generator.py b/src/dialann/site_generator.py
index e69de29..d509ffa 100644
--- a/src/dialann/site_generator.py
+++ b/src/dialann/site_generator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+import os
+
+from markdown_it import MarkdownIt
+
+class SiteGenerator():
+
+    def __init__(self, source_dir: Path,
+                 build_dir: Path):
+        self.source_dir = source_dir
+        self.build_dir = build_dir
+        self.parser = MarkdownIt()
+
+    def run(self):
+
+        for md_file in self.source_dir.glob('**/*.md'):
+            with open(md_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                md_src = f.read()
+
+            html_path = self.build_dir / (str(md_file.stem) + ".html")
+            os.makedirs(html_path.parent, exist_ok=True)
+
+            html_src = self.parser.render(md_src)
+            with open(html_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                f.write(html_src)
+
+