diff --git a/pages/management/commands/parse_markdown.py b/pages/management/commands/parse_markdown.py
index 8c193df..105b004 100644
--- a/pages/management/commands/parse_markdown.py
+++ b/pages/management/commands/parse_markdown.py
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             for file in files:
                 subdir = root.replace(MARKDOWN_PATH, "")
                 mdfile = '%s/%s' % (root, file)
-                mdname = '%s/%s' % (subdir, os.path.splitext(file)[0])
+                mdtuple = os.path.splitext(file)
+                mdname = '%s/%s' % (subdir, mdtuple[0])
                 htmlpath = '%s/templates/html_pages/%s' % (DEPLOY_PATH, mdname)
                 htmlfile = '%s/index.html' % htmlpath
 
-                if os.path.exists(mdfile) and not os.path.exists(htmlfile) \
+                if mdtuple[1] == '.mdwn' \
+                        and os.path.exists(mdfile) and not os.path.exists(htmlfile) \
                         or os.path.getmtime(mdfile) > os.path.getmtime(htmlfile):
 
                     if not os.path.exists(htmlpath):
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                     md = markdown.Markdown()
                     print 'Converting ', mdname, '-->', htmlfile,
                     wikiExtension = 'wikilinks(base_url=%s/)' % subdir
-                    markdown.markdownFromFile(input=mdfile, output=htmlfile, encoding="utf-8", extensions=[wikiExtension])
+                    markdown.markdownFromFile(input=mdfile, output=htmlfile,
+                                              encoding="utf-8",
+                                              extensions=[wikiExtension])
                     print ' ... succeeded'