diff --git a/app/config.go b/app/config.go
index 7c2c3c3..9530ee7 100644
--- a/app/config.go
+++ b/app/config.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var configList = []string{
 	"publish to html",
 	"publish to gopher",
 	"default to nopub",
+	"default to html",
 }
 
 func NewConfig() *Config {
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ visible from your gopherhole, and will be purged from your gophermap on your
 next entry update.`,
 			`should your posts automatically show up on your world-visible pages, such as
 html and gopher? you can change this behaviour on a per-post basis after the
+fact. changes to this setting will not be made retroactively.`,
+			`should your posts automatically be parsed as html in the neofeels reader?
+this is not related to the html publishing option, and only applies to the
+terminal reader. you can change this behaviour on a per-post basis after the
 fact. changes to this setting will not be made retroactively.`,
 			`in which directory under public_html should your blog reside? for example,
 "blog" will make it visible under https://tilde.town/~you/blog.`,
@@ -75,12 +80,6 @@ func (config *Config) Event(state *ui.State, event vaxis.Event) (processed bool)
 		case "0", "1":
 			i, _ := strconv.Atoi(key.String())
 			config.list.SetIndex(i)
-		case "2", "3":
-			if config.config.Publishing {
-
-				i, _ := strconv.Atoi(key.String())
-				config.list.SetIndex(i)
-			}
 		case "q", "h", "Left":
 			ui.ViewChange <- NewMainMenu(6)
 		case "Enter", "l", "Right", "Space":
@@ -92,6 +91,8 @@ func (config *Config) Event(state *ui.State, event vaxis.Event) (processed bool)
 			case 2:
 				config.config.Nopub = !config.config.Nopub
 			case 3:
+				config.config.HTML = !config.config.HTML
+			case 4:
 				config.config.PublishDir = config.changePublishDir(state)
 			}
 			config.config.Write()
@@ -116,17 +117,18 @@ func (config *Config) Draw(state *ui.State) {
 		Column: win.Width/2 - 21,
 		Row:    win.Height/2 - 2,
 		Width:  28,
-		Height: 4,
+		Height: 5,
 	})
-	win.New(win.Width/2-40, win.Height/2+3, 80, 10).Print(vaxis.Segment{Text: config.descriptions[config.list.Index()]})
-	win.New(win.Width/2-15, win.Height/2+13, 30, 1).Print(vaxis.Segment{Text: config.help})
+	win.New(win.Width/2-40, win.Height/2+4, 80, 10).Print(vaxis.Segment{Text: config.descriptions[config.list.Index()]})
+	win.New(win.Width/2-15, win.Height/2+14, 30, 1).Print(vaxis.Segment{Text: config.help})
 
 	// drawing the current selected options
 	win.New(win.Width/2+7, win.Height/2-2, 14, 1).Print(vaxis.Segment{Text: fmt.Sprintf("  %-12v", config.config.Publishing)})
 	win.New(win.Width/2+7, win.Height/2-1, 14, 1).Print(vaxis.Segment{Text: fmt.Sprintf("  %-12v", config.config.Gopher)})
 	win.New(win.Width/2+7, win.Height/2, 14, 1).Print(vaxis.Segment{Text: fmt.Sprintf("  %-12v", config.config.Nopub)})
+	win.New(win.Width/2+7, win.Height/2+1, 14, 1).Print(vaxis.Segment{Text: fmt.Sprintf("  %-12v", config.config.HTML)})
 	if config.config.Publishing {
-		win.New(win.Width/2+7, win.Height/2+1, 14, 1).Print(vaxis.Segment{Text: fmt.Sprintf("  %-12v", config.config.PublishDir)})
+		win.New(win.Width/2+7, win.Height/2+2, 14, 1).Print(vaxis.Segment{Text: fmt.Sprintf("  %-12v", config.config.PublishDir)})
 	}
 }
 
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ func (config *Config) changePublishDir(state *ui.State) string {
 		Vx:     win.Vx,
 		Parent: &win,
 		Column: win.Width/2 + 9,
-		Row:    win.Height/2 + 1,
+		Row:    win.Height/2 + 2,
 		Width:  12,
 		Height: 1,
 	})
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ func (config *Config) changePublishDir(state *ui.State) string {
 			Vx:     win.Vx,
 			Parent: nil,
 			Column: win.Width/2 + 9,
-			Row:    win.Height/2 + 1,
+			Row:    win.Height/2 + 2,
 			Width:  12,
 			Height: 1,
 		})
diff --git a/app/publishing.go b/app/publishing.go
index c792973..c0ab8c7 100644
--- a/app/publishing.go
+++ b/app/publishing.go
@@ -28,20 +28,23 @@ func NewPublishing() *Publishing {
 	return &Publishing{
 		title,
 		ui.NewList(list, 0),
-		"↑↓/kj move  ↵ enter  q return",
+		"↑↓/kj move  n nopub  m html  q return",
 		posts,
 	}
 }
 
 func formatPublishing(post ttbp.Post) string {
-	nopub := ""
+	status := ""
 	if post.Nopub {
-		nopub = "(nopub)"
+		status += "(nopub) "
+	}
+	if post.HTML {
+		status += "(html)"
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
 		"%s %s",
 		post.Date.Format("2006-01-02"),
-		nopub,
+		status,
 	)
 }
 
@@ -64,12 +67,18 @@ func (publishing *Publishing) Event(state *ui.State, event vaxis.Event) (process
 		case "q", "h", "Left":
 			ttbp.Publish()
 			ui.ViewChange <- NewManagement(1)
-		case "Enter", "l", "Right":
+		case "n":
 			if len(publishing.list.Items()) > 0 {
 				publishing.posts[publishing.list.Index()].Nopub = !publishing.posts[publishing.list.Index()].Nopub
 				ttbp.ToggleNopub(publishing.posts[publishing.list.Index()].Date)
 				publishing.list.SetItem(publishing.list.Index(), formatPublishing(publishing.posts[publishing.list.Index()]))
 			}
+		case "m":
+			if len(publishing.list.Items()) > 0 {
+				publishing.posts[publishing.list.Index()].HTML = !publishing.posts[publishing.list.Index()].HTML
+				ttbp.ToggleHTML(publishing.posts[publishing.list.Index()].Date)
+				publishing.list.SetItem(publishing.list.Index(), formatPublishing(publishing.posts[publishing.list.Index()]))
+			}
 		}
 		processed = true
 	}
@@ -83,10 +92,10 @@ func (publishing *Publishing) Draw(state *ui.State) {
 	publishing.list.Draw(vaxis.Window{
 		Vx:     win.Vx,
 		Parent: nil,
-		Column: win.Width/2 - 14,
+		Column: win.Width/2 - 15,
 		Row:    win.Height/2 - 2,
-		Width:  28,
+		Width:  30,
 		Height: 10,
 	})
-	win.New(win.Width/2-15, win.Height/2+9, 30, 1).Print(vaxis.Segment{Text: publishing.help})
+	win.New(win.Width/2-19, win.Height/2+9, 38, 1).Print(vaxis.Segment{Text: publishing.help})
 }
diff --git a/app/user.go b/app/user.go
index 7576584..2fc40c6 100644
--- a/app/user.go
+++ b/app/user.go
@@ -94,11 +94,19 @@ func showPost(state *ui.State, post ttbp.Post) {
 	vt.TERM = os.Getenv("TERM")
 	vt.Attach(state.PostEvent())
 	vt.Focus()
+
 	pager := os.ExpandEnv(os.Getenv("PAGER"))
 	if pager == "" {
 		pager = "less"
 	}
-	err := vt.Start(exec.Command(pager, path.Join("/home", post.Author, ".ttbp/entries", post.Date.Format("20060102")+".txt")))
+
+	prepro := "cat"
+	if post.HTML {
+		prepro = "lynx -dump -force_html"
+	}
+
+	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s | %s", prepro, path.Join("/home", post.Author, ".ttbp/entries", post.Date.Format("20060102")+".txt"), pager)
+	err := vt.Start(exec.Command("sh", "-c", cmd))
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index bb10526..eaf65ca 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	PublishDir string `json:"publish dir"`
 	Publishing bool   `json:"publishing"`
 	Rainbows   bool   `json:"rainbows"` // we don't care about this
+	HTML       bool   `json:"html"`
 }
 
 var Default = &Config{
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ var Default = &Config{
 	PublishDir: "blog",
 	Publishing: false,
 	Rainbows:   false,
+	HTML:       false,
 }
 
 func Read() (config *Config, err error) {
diff --git a/ttbp/ttbp.go b/ttbp/ttbp.go
index 3f3d847..8b30a53 100644
--- a/ttbp/ttbp.go
+++ b/ttbp/ttbp.go
@@ -17,24 +17,25 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	PathVar         = "/var/global/ttbp"
-	PathVarWWW      = path.Join(PathVar, "www")
-	PathLive        = "https://tilde.town/~"
-	PathUserFile    = path.Join(PathVar, "users.txt")
-	PathGraff       = path.Join(PathVar, "graffiti")
-	PathWall        = path.Join(PathGraff, "wall.txt")
-	PathWallLock    = path.Join(PathGraff, ".lock")
-	PathUser        = os.Getenv("HOME")
-	PathUserFeels   = path.Join(PathUser, ".ttbp")
-	PathUserHTML    = path.Join(PathUser, "public_html")
-	PathUserConfig  = path.Join(PathUserFeels, "config")
-	PathUserEntries = path.Join(PathUserFeels, "entries")
-	PathUserBuried  = path.Join(PathUserFeels, "buried")
-	PathUserBackups = path.Join(PathUserFeels, "backups")
-	PathUserWWW     = path.Join(PathUserFeels, "www")
-	PathUserRc      = path.Join(PathUserConfig, "ttbprc")
-	PathUserNopub   = path.Join(PathUserConfig, "nopub")
-	PathUserSubs    = path.Join(PathUserConfig, "subs")
+	PathVar            = "/var/global/ttbp"
+	PathVarWWW         = path.Join(PathVar, "www")
+	PathLive           = "https://tilde.town/~"
+	PathUserFile       = path.Join(PathVar, "users.txt")
+	PathGraff          = path.Join(PathVar, "graffiti")
+	PathWall           = path.Join(PathGraff, "wall.txt")
+	PathWallLock       = path.Join(PathGraff, ".lock")
+	PathUser           = os.Getenv("HOME")
+	PathUserFeels      = path.Join(PathUser, ".ttbp")
+	PathUserHTML       = path.Join(PathUser, "public_html")
+	PathUserConfig     = path.Join(PathUserFeels, "config")
+	PathUserEntries    = path.Join(PathUserFeels, "entries")
+	PathUserBuried     = path.Join(PathUserFeels, "buried")
+	PathUserBackups    = path.Join(PathUserFeels, "backups")
+	PathUserWWW        = path.Join(PathUserFeels, "www")
+	PathUserRc         = path.Join(PathUserConfig, "ttbprc")
+	PathUserNopub      = path.Join(PathUserConfig, "nopub")
+	PathUserHTMLRender = path.Join(PathUserConfig, "html")
+	PathUserSubs       = path.Join(PathUserConfig, "subs")
 )
 
 type User struct {
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ type Post struct {
 	Words      int
 	Author     string
 	Nopub      bool
+	HTML       bool
 }
 
 func GetPostsForUser(user string) (posts []Post) {
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ func GetPostsForUser(user string) (posts []Post) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
+
 	nopubFile, err := os.OpenFile(PathUserNopub, os.O_RDONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -120,6 +123,18 @@ func GetPostsForUser(user string) (posts []Post) {
 	for nopubScanner.Scan() {
 		nopubs = append(nopubs, nopubScanner.Text())
 	}
+
+	htmlFile, err := os.OpenFile(PathUserHTMLRender, os.O_RDONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	defer htmlFile.Close()
+	var htmls []string
+	htmlScanner := bufio.NewScanner(htmlFile)
+	for htmlScanner.Scan() {
+		htmls = append(htmls, htmlScanner.Text())
+	}
+
 	for _, post := range postFiles {
 		// retrieve date of file
 		// assume file ends in .txt
@@ -154,12 +169,22 @@ func GetPostsForUser(user string) (posts []Post) {
 				}
 			}
 
+			// see if file is in html
+			html := false
+			for _, name := range htmls {
+				if name == post.Name() {
+					html = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+
 			posts = append([]Post{Post{
 				Author:     user,
 				Date:       fileDate,
 				LastEdited: stat.ModTime(),
 				Words:      count,
 				Nopub:      nopub,
+				HTML:       html,
 			}}, posts...)
 		}
 	}
@@ -302,6 +327,71 @@ func ToggleNopub(t time.Time) {
 	writer.Flush()
 }
 
+func NewHTML(t time.Time) {
+	cfg, err := config.Read()
+	if err != nil || (!cfg.HTML) {
+		return
+	}
+	dateString := t.Format("20060102.txt")
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(PathUserHTMLRender, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0600)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		if scanner.Text() == dateString {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	writer := bufio.NewWriter(file)
+	writer.WriteString(dateString)
+	writer.Flush()
+}
+
+func ToggleHTML(t time.Time) {
+	dateString := t.Format("20060102.txt")
+	htmls, err := os.ReadFile(PathUserHTMLRender)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(htmls)), "\n")
+
+	newLines := []string{}
+	exists := false
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		if line == dateString {
+			exists = true
+		} else {
+			newLines = append(newLines, line)
+		}
+	}
+	if !exists {
+		newLines = append(newLines, dateString)
+	}
+
+	file, err := os.Create(PathUserHTMLRender)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	writer := bufio.NewWriter(file)
+	for _, line := range newLines {
+		if line == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		_, err := writer.WriteString(line + "\n")
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	writer.Flush()
+}
+
 func Publish() {
 	cfg, err := config.Read()
 	if err != nil {