diff --git a/stitch b/stitch
index f1f641a..a7d8e99 100755
--- a/stitch
+++ b/stitch
@@ -1 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+formatting() {
+cat <<EOF
+---
+title: $1
+documentclass: report
+linkcolor: blue
+geometry: margin=1in
+---
+EOF
+}
+
+formatting $1 > /tmp/mdformatting.md