diff --git a/bin/newpost b/bin/newpost
index bfd2ef2..0f5b6b1 100755
--- a/bin/newpost
+++ b/bin/newpost
@@ -5,20 +5,19 @@ set -e
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/../"
 
 TITLE=$1
-SLUG=echo $TITLE | iconv -t ascii//TRANSLIT | sed -r s/[~\^]+//g | sed -r s/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/-/g | sed -r s/^-+\|-+$//g | tr A-Z a-z~
-echo $SLUG
-exit
+SLUG=$(echo $TITLE | iconv -t ascii//TRANSLIT | sed -r s/[~\^]+//g | sed -r s/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/-/g | sed -r s/^-+\|-+$//g | tr A-Z a-z)
 PUBLISH_DATE=$(date --rfc-3339=seconds)
 FILEPATH="./content/blog/$SLUG.md"
 
 if [ ! -e $FILEPATH ]; then
   cat > $FILEPATH <<-EOF
 +++
-title = $TITLE
+title = "$TITLE"
 date = $PUBLISH_DATE
 draft = false
 
 [taxonomies]
+# these go in quotes, like the title
 tags = []
 +++