diff --git a/scripts/new-post.py b/scripts/new-post.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68a2722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/new-post.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from subprocess import check_call
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+        print('No title given!')
+        sys.exit(1)
+    title = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
+    filename = title.lower().replace(' ', '-') + '.md'
+
+    # Creating the new base post
+    target = Path(f'content/posts/{filename}')
+    if target.is_file():
+        print(f'File \'{target}\' already present, nothing to do')
+    else:
+        check_call(f'hugo new {target}'.split())
+
diff --git a/scripts/new-post.sh b/scripts/new-post.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f2d065..0000000
--- a/scripts/new-post.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-
-[[ "$1" = "" ]] && echo No filename given for new post\! && exit 1
-
-name="$(basename -s .md $1)"
-
-echo Creating new post content/posts/$name.md with metadata:
-cat << EOF | tee content/posts/"$name.md"
----
-title: $(basename -s .md "$file")
-date: $(date '+%F')
-draft: false
-description:
-category: article
-image:
----
-EOF