diff --git a/md2html.py b/md2html.py
index 7cd2ec9..a6a48a6 100755
--- a/md2html.py
+++ b/md2html.py
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@
"""
import sys, markdown2 as markdown
-markdown.Markdown.extras=["break-on-newline","footnotes"]
-mdfile = sys.argv[1]
+markdown.Markdown.extras = ["break-on-newline", "footnotes"]
+
+try:
+ mdfile = sys.argv[1]
+except:
+ sys.exit("No file, honey.")
+
headline = mdfile.split(".md")[0]
htmlfilename = headline + ".html"
myhead = "" + headline + ""