diff --git a/conf.yaml b/conf.yaml
index 2d54d29..b905a0e 100644
--- a/conf.yaml
+++ b/conf.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ document-options:
   doc-class: "memoir"
   doc-class-options: "twoside"
   fontsize: "10"
-  pagesize: "a4"
+  pagesize: "a5"
 
 project-options:
   language: 'en' # see chapter 18.20 in https://texdoc.org/serve/memman.pdf/0
diff --git a/sakara.py b/sakara.py
index b2ec848..12d117e 100755
--- a/sakara.py
+++ b/sakara.py
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@ clean:
     with open(mainfile_path, 'w') as maintex: 
         maintex.write(mainfile_content)
         maintex.write('\n')
-        # include tex
+        # title page 
+        titlepage=gettitlepage(conf)
+        maintex.write(titlepage)
+        # include chapters
         for infile in conf['project-options']['infiles']: 
 #           maintex.write(infile)
            f=os.path.join("chapters", os.path.basename(infile).split('.')[0]+".tex")
@@ -131,6 +134,39 @@ clean:
         maintex.write('\n')
         maintex.write(r'\end{document}')
 
+def gettitlepage(conf):
+    title_page=r'''
+\begin{titlingpage} %This starts the title page
+		% center textblock on page % https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/378157/264579
+		\setlrmarginsandblock{2.5cm}{*}{1} % this is manual and only works for a5
+		\setulmarginsandblock{2.5cm}{*}{1}
+		\checkandfixthelayout 
+		\begin{flushright}
+		\hrule width \hsize height 2pt 
+		\kern 1mm 
+		\hrule width \hsize 
+			\vspace{ 1.5em}
+			\Huge
+			title\par
+%			\vspace{ 0.5em}
+			\huge
+			subtitlep osttitle\par
+			\vspace{ 2em}
+			\Large
+			author
+			\vspace{ 1.5em}
+		\hrule width \hsize 
+		\kern 1mm 
+		\hrule width \hsize height 2pt 
+			\vspace*{\fill}
+			\LARGE
+			SAKARA
+%			\vspace{ 2em}
+		\end{flushright}
+\end{titlingpage}
+'''
+    return title_page
+
 def make_pdf(conf):
     os.system("cd "+conf['project-options']['project']+" && make") # https://stackoverflow.com/a/92395
 #    subprocess.call("make")