diff --git a/crawler.py b/crawler.py
index 017b72c..b11920b 100644
--- a/crawler.py
+++ b/crawler.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import json
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from time import sleep
 from os.path import commonprefix
-from os import makedirs
+from git import Repo
 import argparse
+from datetime import datetime
 
 BUNDESTAG_URL = "https://www.bundestag.de/ajax/filterlist/de/abgeordnete/biografien/1040594-1040594?limit=9999&view=BTBiographyList"
 BUNDESTAG_BASE_URL = "https://www.bundestag.de"
@@ -72,11 +73,7 @@ def main():
     args = parser.parse_args()
     if not args.out:
         raise ValueError("must supply out directory")
-    try:
-        makedirs(args.out)
-    except FileExistsError:
-        print("Path already exists")
-        pass
+    repo = Repo(args.out)
     links, names = get_links_and_names()
     if args.debug:
         links = links[:5]
@@ -84,6 +81,10 @@ def main():
     bios = [get_bio(link, name) for link, name in zip(links, names)]
 
     save_info(bios, args.out)
+    repo.git.add("*")
+    repo.index.commit(datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
+    origin = repo.remote(name="origin")
+    origin.push()
 
 
 def save_info(bios, out):