diff --git a/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb b/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb
index 14ffff0..1328547 100755
--- a/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb
+++ b/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 		"rename" => [ /_(\d\d\d\d)(\d\d)/, '\2\1' ],
 		# directory to put symlinks to the new files
 		"linkdir" => '/Users/ward/ipod_sync/[books]/Distorted View',
+		# option to write an m3u file after fetching the mp3s
+		"m3u" => '/Users/ward/dv.m3u',
 	},
 	"tagesschau" => {
 		"rss" => 'http://www.tagesschau.de/export/podcast',
@@ -91,23 +93,34 @@ def getenclosure(podcast, enclosure)
 				if @podcasts[podcast]["linkdir"]
 					File.symlink("#{@podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]}/#{filename}", "#{@podcasts[podcast]["linkdir"]}/#{filename}")
 				end
+				return "#{@podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]}/#{filename}"
 			rescue Timeout::Error, Errno::EHOSTUNREACH, Errno::ECONNREFUSED
 				puts "	error fetching, skipping"
 			end
+		else
+			return "#{@podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]}/#{filename}"
 		end
 	end
 end
 
 for podcast in @podcasts.keys.sort
+	files = Array.new
 	puts podcast
 	res = fetch(@podcasts[podcast]["rss"])
 	@filelist = {}
 
 	xmldoc = REXML::Document.new(res.body)
 	xmldoc.elements.each("rss/channel/*/enclosure") {|enclosure|
-		getenclosure(podcast, enclosure)
+		files.push getenclosure(podcast, enclosure)
 	}
 	if @podcasts[podcast]["delete"]
 		deleteold(podcast)
 	end
+	if @podcasts[podcast]["m3u"]
+		File.open(@podcasts[podcast]["m3u"], "w"){|f|
+			files.each{|file|
+				f.puts file
+			}
+		}
+	end
 end