diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 2165832..0b2139c 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
 (require 'init-projectile)
 (require 'init-occur)
 (require 'init-audio)
+(require 'init-daemonde)
 
 ;; emacs configuration
 (require 'init-windowmgmt)
diff --git a/lisp/init-daemonde.el b/lisp/init-daemonde.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..729e780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lisp/init-daemonde.el
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+;; maintain daemon.de jekyll website
+
+;; (require 'subr-x)
+(setq daemon-de-site  "~/dev/web/daemon.de")
+
+(setq daemon-de-template "---
+layout: post
+title: %s
+tags:
+- %s
+---
+
+
+")
+
+(defun daemon-de-title2slug(title)
+  (interactive)
+  (concat
+   (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d-")
+   (replace-regexp-in-string "[[:nonascii:]]" "" (replace-regexp-in-string " " "-" (downcase title)))
+   ".md"))
+
+(defun daemon-de-new-blogpost(title category)
+  "Create a new blog posting for daemon.de"
+  (interactive "sEnter blog post title: \nsEnter a category: ")
+  (find-file
+   (format "%s/_posts/%s" daemon-de-site (daemon-de-title2slug title)))
+  (insert (format daemon-de-template title category))
+  )
+
+(defun --daemon-de-new-blogpost(title category)
+  "Create a new blog posting for daemon.de"
+  (interactive "sEnter blog post title: \nsEnter a category: ")
+  (let ((cwd default-directory)
+        (path ""))
+    (cd daemon-de-site)
+    (find-file
+     (string-trim-right
+      (shell-command-to-string
+       (format "./newblog.sh '%s' '%s'" title category))))
+    (cd cwd)))
+
+(defun daemon-de-publish()
+  "build and publish jekyll site using git"
+  (interactive)
+  (magit-status daemon-de-site))
+
+(provide 'init-daemonde)
+;;; init-daemonde.el ends here