diff --git a/convert-to-textmate.js b/convert-to-textmate.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d80c9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/convert-to-textmate.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+let nlist = require("nextstep-plist")
+let filepath = process.argv[2]
+let path = require("path")
+
+if (!filepath || !filepath.endsWith(".json")) {
+	console.log("please provide a path to a json file mate")
+	process.exit(1)
+}
+
+let syntax = require(path.resolve(__dirname, filepath))
+
+let flurp = r =>
+	r.replace(/# .*/g, '').replace(/\s/g, '')
+
+let grith = patterns => {
+	for (let pattern of patterns) {
+		for (let key in pattern) {
+			if (key == "begin" || key == "match") {
+				pattern[key] = flurp(pattern[key])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+grith(syntax.patterns)
+
+for (let repo in syntax.repository) {
+	grith(syntax.repository[repo].patterns)
+}
+
+console.log(nlist.stringify(syntax))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6bea724..92adbf1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,5 +79,8 @@
 	},
 	"scripts": {
 		"update": "node ./build/update-grammar.js perl6/atom-language-perl6 grammars/perl6fe.cson ./syntaxes/perl6fe.json && node ./build/update-grammar.js perl6/atom-language-perl6 grammars/perl6fe.quoting.cson ./syntaxes/perl6fe.quoting.json && node ./build/update-grammar.js perl6/atom-language-perl6 grammars/perl6fe.regexp.cson ./syntaxes/perl6fe.regexp.json && node ./build/update-grammar.js perl6/atom-language-perl6 grammars/meta-info.cson ./syntaxes/meta-info.json"
+	},
+	"dependencies": {
+		"nextstep-plist": "^0.4.1"
 	}
 }