diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 08e8fd8..9034413 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+*.db
 __pycache__
+generated
 metadatum
 venv
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a8b035d..b5023e7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 default: run
 
 run:
-	FLASK_ENV=development FLASK_APP=app flask run
+	@mkdir -p metadatum generated && \
+		FLASK_ENV=development FLASK_APP=app flask run
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 02e1033..4cc5cf2 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from flask import Flask, redirect, render_template, url_for
 from flask_wtf import FlaskForm
 from flask_wtf.csrf import CSRFProtect
 from flask_wtf.file import FileAllowed, FileField, FileRequired
+from temp_index import make_cards
 from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
 from wtforms import RadioField, StringField
 from wtforms.validators import DataRequired
@@ -46,19 +47,14 @@ def upload():
     if upload_form.validate_on_submit():
         f = upload_form.metadata.data
         filename = secure_filename(f.filename)
-        f.save(os.path.join(CWD, "metadatum", filename))
-        return redirect(url_for("home"))
-
-    return render_template("index.html", upload_form=upload_form)
-
-
-@app.route("/generate", methods=["POST"])
-def generate():
-    upload_form = UploadForm()
-
-    if upload_form.validate_on_submit():
-        # pass some sort of condition to render_template to sort out the frame
-        # render
-        pass
+        metadata_fpath = os.path.join(CWD, "metadatum", filename)
+        f.save(metadata_fpath)
+
+        pdf = os.path.join(CWD, "generated", "test.pdf")
+        metadata = "sqlite:///{}".format(os.path.join(CWD, "metadatum", filename))
+        make_cards(
+            pdf, metadata, ["title", "timestamp", "comments", "authors"], ["tags"]
+        )
+        return render_template("index.html", upload_form=upload_form, pdf=pdf)
 
     return render_template("index.html", upload_form=upload_form)
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index f5cbfa8..93ed6e5 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -40,5 +40,10 @@
     {% endif %}
 
     </form>
+
+    {% if pdf %}
+      <p> FOOOO </p>
+    {% endif %}
+
   </body>
 </html>