diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ae249c0..1301020 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 website-output
 __pycache__
 coverage.xml
+/gsitegen/*.page
diff --git a/gsitegen/generate.py b/gsitegen/generate.py
index c6e13c7..d46c64e 100644
--- a/gsitegen/generate.py
+++ b/gsitegen/generate.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import markdown
 import html
 from pathlib import Path
 
+#TODO re-think navigation bar. Think of way to add option to display navigation bar entry differently if you're currently on that page.
 def generateNavigationBar(lines):
   global navbar
   navbar = E
@@ -108,14 +109,16 @@ def writePages(homepage):
         os.mkdir("./website-output" + foldername)
       except FileExistsError:
         pass
-    filepath = Path("./website-output" + foldername + "/index.html")
 
-    if filepath.exists():
-      with open("./website-output" + foldername + "/index.html", 'r') as newpage:
+    filepath = "./website-output" + foldername + "/index.html"
+
+    if Path(filepath).exists():
+      with open(filepath, 'r') as newpage:
         if newpage.read() == page:
           print("Page not changed: " + titles[id])
           continue
-    with open("./website-output" + foldername + "/index.html", 'w') as newpage:
+
+    with open(filepath, 'w') as newpage:
       newpage.write(page)
       print("Written changed page: " + titles[id])
 
@@ -124,13 +127,12 @@ def main():
   #if homepage is at Home.page, set homepage to "Home"
   homepage = "Home"
 
-  if os.path.exists("./navbar"):
+  if Path("./navbar").exists():
     with open("./navbar", 'r') as navbarfile:
       generateNavigationBar(navbarfile.readlines())
   else:
     print("No 'navbar' file found, there will be no navigation bar.")
 
-  #count total amount of pages first
   pagescount = 0
   for file in os.listdir("./"):
     if file.endswith(".page"):