diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1ea33f9c..2eca06a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ npm run format:css
 ### 🎈 Add a new project
 
 ```bash
-npm run new -- "Hello"
+npm run new "Hello"
 ```
 
 ...
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7ed28edd..7c3d235f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.11.1",
     "markdownlint": "^0.11.0",
     "markdownlint-cli": "^0.13.0",
+    "ora": "^3.0.0",
     "prettier": "^1.14.3",
     "prettier-stylelint": "^0.4.2",
     "stylelint": "^9.6.0",
diff --git a/scripts/new.js b/scripts/new.js
index 3bd4079c..e8014a7f 100644
--- a/scripts/new.js
+++ b/scripts/new.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
-import prepend from 'prepend'
 import slugify from 'slugify'
 import ora from 'ora'
 
@@ -10,21 +9,24 @@ const template = fs.readFileSync(templatePath).toString()
 const spinner = ora('Adding new project').start()
 
 if (!process.argv[2]) {
-  spinner.fail('Use the format `npm run new -- Title of post`')
+  spinner.fail('Use the format `npm run new "Title of post"`')
 }
 
 const title = process.argv[2]
 spinner.text = `Adding '${title}'.`
 
 const titleSlug = slugify(title, { lower: true })
-const postsPath = path.join(__dirname, 'content', 'posts')
+const postsPath = path.join('.', 'content', 'posts')
+const date = new Date().toISOString()
 const newContents = template
   .split('TITLE')
   .join(title)
   .split('DATE')
-  .join(Date.now())
+  .join(date)
 
-// prepend(projects, newContents, error => {
-//   if (error) spinner.fail(error)
-//   spinner.succeed(`Added '${title}' to top of projects.yml file.`)
-// })
+const datePath = date.slice(0, 10)
+
+fs.appendFile(`${postsPath}/${datePath}-${titleSlug}.md`, newContents, err => {
+  if (err) spinner.fail(`Error creating post: ${err}`)
+  spinner.succeed(`New post '${title}' created.`)
+})
diff --git a/scripts/new.md b/scripts/new.md
index c4d993ed..6cd4a9d8 100644
--- a/scripts/new.md
+++ b/scripts/new.md
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 ---
 type: post
+date: DATE
 
 title: TITLE
-author: Matthias Kretschmann
-
-date: DATE
 
 tags:
   - tag