diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6e1324d..18cf96a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ struct Args {
     // input directory
     input_dir: PathBuf,
 
-    #[clap(short, long, default_value = "out")]
-    output_dir: PathBuf,
+    #[clap(short, long, default_value = "terminal")]
+    render_dir: PathBuf,
+    #[clap(short, long, default_value = "readmes")]
+    readme_dir: PathBuf,
 }
 
 fn remove_html(input: &str) -> String {
@@ -42,17 +44,29 @@ fn render(input: &str) -> String {
     skin.term_text(input).to_string()
 }
 
-async fn process_file(file: DirEntry, output_dir: PathBuf) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+async fn process_file(
+    file: DirEntry,
+    output_dir: PathBuf,
+    readme_dir: PathBuf,
+) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     let markdown: &str = &std::fs::read_to_string(file.path()).unwrap();
 
     let html_stripped = &remove_html(markdown);
     let links_replaced = &replace_links(html_stripped);
 
     let rendered = render(links_replaced);
-    write_file(output_dir, file, &rendered)
+    copy_readme(&file, readme_dir);
+    write_file(output_dir, &file, &rendered)
 }
 
-fn write_file(output_dir: PathBuf, file: DirEntry, rendered: &str) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+fn copy_readme(file: &DirEntry, readme_dir: PathBuf) {
+    let file_name = get_file_name(&file);
+    let readme_path = get_output_path(readme_dir, &file_name);
+
+    let _ = std::fs::copy(file.path(), readme_path);
+}
+
+fn get_file_name(file: &DirEntry) -> String {
     let basename = file
         .path()
         .parent()
@@ -63,15 +77,23 @@ fn write_file(output_dir: PathBuf, file: DirEntry, rendered: &str) -> Result<(),
         .to_str()
         .unwrap()
         .to_string();
-    let name = basename.replace("awesome", "").replace("-", "");
+    basename.replace("awesome", "").replace("-", "")
+}
 
-    let mut path = output_dir.clone().join(name.clone());
+fn get_output_path(output_dir: PathBuf, file_name: &String) -> PathBuf {
+    let mut path = output_dir.clone().join(file_name.clone());
 
     let mut i = 2;
     while path.exists() {
-        path.set_file_name(name.clone() + &i.to_string());
+        path.set_file_name(file_name.clone() + &i.to_string());
         i = i + 1;
     }
+    path
+}
+
+fn write_file(output_dir: PathBuf, file: &DirEntry, rendered: &str) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+    let file_name = get_file_name(&file);
+    let path = get_output_path(output_dir, &file_name);
 
     fs::write(path, rendered)
 }
@@ -82,15 +104,18 @@ async fn main() {
 
     let input_path = args.input_dir;
 
-    let output_path = args.output_dir;
-    fs::create_dir_all(output_path.clone()).expect("Could not create directory");
+    let render_path = args.render_dir;
+    fs::create_dir_all(render_path.clone()).expect("Could not create directory");
+
+    let readme_path = args.readme_dir;
+    fs::create_dir_all(readme_path.clone()).expect("Could not create directory");
 
     let tasks: Vec<task::JoinHandle<_>> = WalkDir::new(input_path)
         .max_depth(2)
         .into_iter()
         .filter_map(|e| e.ok())
         .filter(|file| file.file_name() == "README.md")
-        .map(|file| task::spawn(process_file(file, output_path.clone())))
+        .map(|file| task::spawn(process_file(file, render_path.clone(), readme_path.clone())))
         .collect();
 
     let _ = future::try_join_all(tasks).await;