diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c94c99e..5f52e51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ clone this repo
 
 ``` chmod +x genlog.sh ```
 
-put your files in the "content" folder
-
 your .gmi files are converted in html and concatenated with the html/header.html and the html/footer.html  
 the .html file is witen in the directory of the .gmi file which has been treated  
-this script will recursively search all .gmi files contained in the "content" folder, even in the other folders it includes
+this script will recursively search all .gmi files contained in the "content" folder or a path given as an argument to the script, even in the other folders it includes
 
 feel free to customize the html/header.html and the html/footer.html as you like
 
@@ -23,3 +21,12 @@ please keep the
 ```
 
 in the html/header.html file if you want your generated pages to have a properly defined title in the HTML
+
+## usage
+
+put your files in the "content" folder
+``` ./genlog.sh ```
+
+or
+
+``` ./genlog.sh /path/to/your/choosen/folder ```
diff --git a/genlog.sh b/genlog.sh
index a5625d1..db597e5 100755
--- a/genlog.sh
+++ b/genlog.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,18 @@
 # on créé un répertoire de taff temporaire pour foutre nos fichiers en cours de traitement dedans
 tempdir="$(mktemp -d)"
 
-# on cherche récursivement tous les fichiers ".gmi" dans le dossier "content"
-find "${PWD}"/content -wholename "*.gmi" -type f | while read -r gmi_file
+# on vérifie s'il y a un argument passé à notre script
+if "$1"
+then
+    # si oui, on l'utilise comme path ou aller taffer
+    source_path="$1"
+else
+    # sinon on utilise le dossier "content"
+    source_path="${PWD}"/content
+fi
+
+# on cherche récursivement tous les fichiers ".gmi" dans le dossier de taff
+find "$source_path" -wholename "*.gmi" -type f | while read -r gmi_file
 do
 
     # récupérer la 1ère ligne du fichier .gmi et remplacer "# " par ""