diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 979a4ca..d37e636 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20241105142532-d03b89096d81
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
+
+require golang.org/x/text v0.20.0 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/build/build_page.go b/internal/build/build_page.go
index bcb5a38..2337213 100644
--- a/internal/build/build_page.go
+++ b/internal/build/build_page.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
@@ -42,17 +41,10 @@ func processWithYaml(f []byte) (Metadata, []byte, error) {
 	return meta, []byte(split[2]), nil
 }
 
-// this function converts a file path to its title form
-func pathToTitle(path string) string {
-	stripped := ChangeExtension(filepath.Base(path), "")
-	replaced := strings.NewReplacer("-", " ", "_", " ", `\ `, " ").Replace(stripped)
-	return strings.ToTitle(replaced)
-}
-
 func buildPageData(m Metadata, path string) *PageData {
 	p := &PageData{}
 	if title, ok := m["title"].(string); ok {
-		p.Title = title
+		p.Title = wordsToTitle(title)
 	} else {
 		p.Title = pathToTitle(path)
 	}
@@ -89,6 +81,7 @@ func ConvertFile(in string, out string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	pd := buildPageData(metadata, in)
+	fmt.Println("Title: ", pd.Title)
 
 	// build according to template here
 	html, err := MdToHTML(md)
diff --git a/internal/build/convert.go b/internal/build/convert.go
index 740e07c..cd1602b 100644
--- a/internal/build/convert.go
+++ b/internal/build/convert.go
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ func PathIsValid(path string, requireFile bool) bool {
 }
 
 func processLink(p string) string {
-	fmt.Println("Processing link...")
+	// fmt.Println("Processing link...")
 	ext := filepath.Ext(p)
 	// Only process if it points to an existing, local markdown file
 	if ext == ".md" && filepath.IsLocal(p) {
-		fmt.Println("Markdown link detected...")
+		// fmt.Println("Markdown link detected...")
 		return ChangeExtension(p, ".html")
 	} else {
 		return p
diff --git a/internal/build/title.go b/internal/build/title.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..704e0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/build/title.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package build
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"golang.org/x/text/cases"
+	"golang.org/x/text/language"
+)
+
+// pathToWords takes a full path
+// and strips separators and extension
+// from the file name
+func pathToWords(path string) string {
+	stripped := ChangeExtension(filepath.Base(path), "")
+	replaced := strings.NewReplacer("-", " ", "_", " ", `\ `, " ").Replace(stripped)
+	return strings.ToTitle(replaced)
+}
+
+func wordsToTitle(words string) string {
+	caser := cases.Title(language.English)
+	return caser.String(words)
+}
+
+// pathToTitle converts a full path to a string
+// in title case
+func pathToTitle(path string) string {
+	words := pathToWords(path)
+	return wordsToTitle(words)
+}
diff --git a/internal/build/traverse.go b/internal/build/traverse.go
index f0bc090..379fe8b 100644
--- a/internal/build/traverse.go
+++ b/internal/build/traverse.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package build
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ func processFile(inPath string, entry fs.DirEntry, err error, outRoot string) er
 		outPath := util.ReplaceRoot(inPath, outRoot)
 		switch ext {
 		case ".md":
-			fmt.Println("Processing markdown...")
+			// fmt.Println("Processing markdown...")
 			outPath = ChangeExtension(outPath, ".html")
 			if err := util.CreateParents(outPath); err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/runtest.sh b/runtest.sh
index d20c26e..27611e4 100755
--- a/runtest.sh
+++ b/runtest.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ fi
 
 go run cmd/zona/main.go test
 
-bat foobar/in.html
+# bat foobar/in.html
diff --git a/test/this-article-has-a-title.md b/test/this-article-has-a-title.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..578595f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/this-article-has-a-title.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# My amazing markdown file!
+
+I can _even_ do **this**!
+
+- Or, I could...
+- [Link](page.md) to this file