diff --git a/generate.py b/generate.py
index d7b99a9..ba7e5d8 100644
--- a/generate.py
+++ b/generate.py
@@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ except FileExistsError:
       rmtree(os.path.join(root, d))
 
 #generate navigation bar
-navbarfound = False
+def generateNavigationBar(lines):
+  global navbar
+  navbar = E
+  for line in lines:
+    split = line.strip().split(";", 1)
+    navbar.li(HTML("<a href='" + split[1] + "'>" + split[0]))
+
 if os.path.exists("./navbar"):
   with open("./navbar", 'r') as navbarfile:
-    navbarfound = True
-    navbar = E
-    for line in navbarfile.readlines():
-      split = line.strip().split(";", 1)
-      navbar = navbar.li(HTML("<a href='" + split[1] + "'>" + split[0]))
-
-#checking false instead of else to be more sure
-if navbarfound == False:
+    generateNavigationBar(navbarfile.readlines())
+else:
   print("No 'navbar' file found, there will be no navigation bar.")
 
 #generate pages
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ for file in os.listdir("./"):
         doc.p(line.strip())
 
     #creates ./website-output/pagetitle/index.html file if it is not homepage
-	foldername = ""
-    if pagetitle =! homepage:
+    foldername = ""
+    if pagetitle != homepage:
       foldername = "/" + pagetitle.replace(" ", "-").lower()
       os.mkdir("./website-output" + foldername)
 
     with open("./website-output" + foldername + "/index.html", 'w') as newpage:
-      if navbarfound:
+      if 'navbar' in globals():
         newpage.write(str(E.ul(navbar)))
       else:
         newpage.write(str(doc))