diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 296ef82..f1bb03d 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import pathlib
 import os
 
 current_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
+extensions = ['meta', 'nl2br']
 
 with (current_dir / "base_feed.xml").open("r") as f:
     base_feed = f.read()
@@ -16,18 +17,23 @@ def convert_case(string: str):
 
     return string
 
+def convert_markdown_to_html(article_path: pathlib.Path):
+    with (article_path / "article.md").open("r") as f:
+        markdown_data = f.read()
+
+    markdown_instance = markdown.Markdown(extensions=extensions)
+    html = markdown_instance.convert(markdown_data)
+    metadata = markdown_instance.Meta
+    return html, metadata
+
 def article_to_xml(article_path: pathlib.Path):
     try:
-        with (article_path / "article.md").open("r") as f:
-            markdown_data = f.read()
+        html, metadata = convert_markdown_to_html(article_path)
 
     except Exception as e:
         print(e)
         return ""
 
-    markdown_instance = markdown.Markdown(extensions=['meta', 'nl2br'])
-    html = markdown_instance.convert(markdown_data)
-    metadata = markdown_instance.Meta
     tags = [f"<{convert_case(key)}>{metadata[key][0]}</{convert_case(key)}>" for key in metadata.keys()]
     tags.append(f"<description>\n{html}\n</description>")
     return base_item.format(tags="\n".join(tags))