diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3358463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+recursive-include tildetown/templates *
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 605a0da..b8002fb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ setup(
         'Topic :: Artistic Software',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)',
     ],
+    include_package_data=True,
     keywords='community',
     packages=['tildetown'],
     install_requires = ['pystache==0.5.4'],
     entry_points = {
           'console_scripts': [
               'stats = tildetown.stats:main',
-              'mustache = tildetown.mustache:main'
+              'mustache = tildetown.__init__:mustache',
+              'generate_homepage = tildetown.__init__:generate_homepage',
           ]
     },
 )
diff --git a/tildetown/__init__.py b/tildetown/__init__.py
index e69de29..83992d2 100644
--- a/tildetown/__init__.py
+++ b/tildetown/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import json
+import os
+import pkgutil
+import sys
+
+from pystache import render
+
+from .stats import tdp
+
+FRONTPAGE_OUTPUT_PATH = '/var/www/tilde.town/index.html'
+TDP_PATH = '/var/www/tilde.town/tilde.json'
+
+def generate_homepage():
+    """This function regenerates both our tdp json file and our homepage. It is
+    intended to be called as root from the command-line."""
+    template = pkgutil.get_data('tildetown', 'templates/frontpage.html')
+    stats = tdp()
+    frontpage_output = render(template, stats)
+
+    with open(TDP_PATH, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(json.dumps(stats))
+
+
+    with open(FRONTPAGE_OUTPUT_PATH, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(frontpage_output)
+
+def mustache():
+    with open(sys.argv[1], 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        template = f.read()
+    data = json.loads(sys.stdin.read())
+    sys.stdout.write(render(template, data))
diff --git a/tildetown/mustache.py b/tildetown/mustache.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 75eed52..0000000
--- a/tildetown/mustache.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import json
-import sys
-
-from pystache import render
-
-# when you install scripts with entry_points in a setup.py, the resulting
-# executable just calls main() and you have to look up sys.argv yourself. I
-# like to explicitly take an argv in my actual main, hence the weird
-# indirection. could probably be better.
-def _main(argv):
-    with open(argv[1], 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-        template = f.read()
-    data = json.loads(sys.stdin.read())
-    sys.stdout.write(render(template, data))
-
-def main():
-    _main(sys.argv)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    exit(_main(sys.argv))
-