diff --git a/exampleSite/hugo.yaml b/exampleSite/hugo.yaml
index 41a4565..72fe519 100644
--- a/exampleSite/hugo.yaml
+++ b/exampleSite/hugo.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ taxonomies:
 markup: # this just keeps the bobatheme markup styling
   _merge: deep
 
+outputs:
+  _merge: deep
+
 params:
   author:
     name: bbaovanc
diff --git a/hugo.yaml b/hugo.yaml
index f24c261..388022c 100644
--- a/hugo.yaml
+++ b/hugo.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ taxonomies:
   author: authors
   series: series
 
+outputs:
+  page:
+    - html
+    - markdown
+
 privacy:
   googleAnalytics:
     disable: true
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.markdown.md b/layouts/_default/single.markdown.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8f8dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.markdown.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{{ with .File -}}
+  {{ with (.Path | readFile) -}}
+    {{ . -}}
+  {{ else -}}
+    {{ errorf "file not found: %s" .Path -}}
+  {{ end -}}
+{{ else -}}
+  {{ errorf "no file available for markdown template?" -}}
+{{ end -}}