diff --git a/microblog.py b/microblog.py
index adbab87..47d800c 100644
--- a/microblog.py
+++ b/microblog.py
@@ -35,46 +35,47 @@ def make_gallery(i, w):
 
 # apply basic HTML formatting - only div class here is gallery
 from html import escape
-def markup(msg):
-    result = 0
-    tagged = ""
-    words  = msg.split()
-    # support multiple images (gallery style)
-    images = [] # list of integers
-    tags   = [] # list of strings
-    for i in range(len(words)):
-        word  = words[i]
-        # don't help people click http
-        if word.find("src=") == 0 or word.find("href=") == 0:
-            continue
-        elif word.find("https://") != -1: 
-            w = escape(word)
-            new_word = ("<a href=\"%s\">%s</a>") % (w, w)
-            words[i] = new_word
-        elif word.find("#") != -1 and len(word) > 1:
-            # split by unicode blank character if present
-            # allows tagging such as #fanfic|tion
-            w = word.split(chr(8206)) 
-            # w[0] is the portion closest to the #
-            tags.append(w[0])
-            new_word = "<span class=\"hashtag\">%s</span>" % (w[0])
-            if len(w) > 1:
-                new_word += w[1]
-            words[i] = new_word
-        elif word.find(".jpg") != -1 or word.find(".png") != -1:
-            images.append(i)
-            # are .gifs and other media files too much bloat?
-    gallery = make_gallery(images, words)
-    words += gallery
-    return " ".join(words), tags
-
 # iterate through posts and get information about them
 def get_posts(filename, email):
     class Post:
         def __init__(self, ts, msg):
             self.timestamp = ts # string
             self.message = msg  # list
-        pass
+        def markup(self):
+            result = 0
+            tagged = ""
+            # support multiple images (gallery style)
+            tags   = [] # list of strings
+            output = []
+            for line in self.message:
+                images = [] # list of integers
+                words  = line.split()
+                for i in range(len(words)):
+                    word  = words[i]
+                    # don't help people click http
+                    if word.find("src=") == 0 or word.find("href=") == 0:
+                        continue
+                    elif word.find("https://") != -1: 
+                        w = escape(word)
+                        new_word = ("<a href=\"%s\">%s</a>") % (w, w)
+                        words[i] = new_word
+                    elif word.find("#") != -1 and len(word) > 1:
+                        # split by unicode blank character if present
+                        # allows tagging such as #fanfic|tion
+                        w = word.split(chr(8206)) 
+                        # w[0] is the portion closest to the #
+                        tags.append(w[0])
+                        new_word = "<span class=\"hashtag\">%s</span>" % (w[0])
+                        if len(w) > 1:
+                            new_word += w[1]
+                        words[i] = new_word
+                    elif word.find(".jpg") != -1 or word.find(".png") != -1:
+                        images.append(i)
+                if len(images) > 0: 
+                    gallery = make_gallery(images, words)
+                    words += gallery
+                output.append(" ".join(words))
+            return "<br>".join(output), tags
 
     def parse_txt(filename):
         content   = []
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ def get_posts(filename, email):
                 if len(line) > 1:
                     message.append(line)
                 else:
-                    p = Post(timestamp, "<br>".join(message))
+                    p = Post(timestamp, message)
                     posts.append(p)
                     # reset
                     message = []
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ def get_posts(filename, email):
     index = count # - 1
     timeline = []
     for post in posts:
-        markedup, tags = markup(post.message)
+        markedup, tags = post.markup()
         count -= 1
         index -= 1
         timeline.append(