diff --git a/src/dokuwiki_to_hugo.py b/src/dokuwiki_to_hugo.py
index b8de66c..0f6a72c 100644
--- a/src/dokuwiki_to_hugo.py
+++ b/src/dokuwiki_to_hugo.py
@@ -26,14 +26,17 @@ class DokuWikiToHugo:
     def process_file(self, root, file):
         destination_dir = 'output/' + root
         source_file = root + '/' + file
-        print('generating ' + destination_dir + '/' + file + '\n')
+        destination_file = '_index.md' if file == 'home.txt' else os.path.splitext(file)[0] + '.md'
+
+        print('generating ' + destination_dir + '/' + destination_file + '\n')
 
         if not os.path.exists(destination_dir):
             os.makedirs(destination_dir)
 
         header = self.header_converter.create(source_file)
         converted_text = MarkdownConverter(source_file).convert()
-        with open(destination_dir + '/' + file, "w") as text_file:
+
+        with open(destination_dir + '/' + destination_file, "w") as text_file:
             text_file.write(header)
             text_file.write('\n')
             text_file.write(converted_text)
diff --git a/src/markdown_converter.py b/src/markdown_converter.py
index 2ec3a25..7eae7dd 100644
--- a/src/markdown_converter.py
+++ b/src/markdown_converter.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ class MarkdownConverter:
 
     def convert(self):
         text = Path(self.file).read_text()
-        # TODO solve this functional-style instead of mutating text
         for converter in MarkdownConverter.converters:
             text = converter.convert(text)
         return text
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diff --git a/test/subdir/home.txt b/test/subdir/home.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b40f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/subdir/home.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+subdir index
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diff --git a/test/test_dokuwiki_to_hugo.py b/test/test_dokuwiki_to_hugo.py
index 4226924..e65cf1b 100644
--- a/test/test_dokuwiki_to_hugo.py
+++ b/test/test_dokuwiki_to_hugo.py
@@ -11,9 +11,15 @@ class TestDokuWikiToHugo(TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         shutil.rmtree('output')
 
+    def test_doku_to_hugo_converts_home_to_index_markdown_files(self):
+        DokuWikiToHugo().doku_to_hugo('subdir')
+        expected = Path("output/subdir/_index.md").read_text()
+
+        self.assertIn('subdir index', expected)
+
     def test_convert_whole_dir(self):
         DokuWikiToHugo().doku_to_hugo('subdir')
-        expected = Path("output/subdir/moar/dokuwiki_header_in_subdir.txt").read_text()
+        expected = Path("output/subdir/moar/dokuwiki_header_in_subdir.md").read_text()
 
         self.assertIn('+++', expected)                  # header is there, check
         self.assertIn('##### some header', expected)    # some conversion done, check
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