diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index fa98638..33342aa 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
@@ -124,12 +125,21 @@ func readContentDir(d string, conf *PathConfig, tree *PathConfigTree) {
 
 	tree.Config = newConfig
 
-	// create outDir
-	oDir := *outDir + "/" + strings.TrimPrefix(d, *inDir+"/content")
+	// calc outDir
+	stripedD := d
+	regexStr := newConfig.Path.Strip
+	if regexStr != nil && *regexStr != "" {
+		if regex, err := regexp.Compile("^[0-9]*_"); err != nil {
+			log.Panicf("error compiling path.strip regex '%s' from '%s': %s", *regexStr, p, err)
+		} else {
+			stripedD = regex.ReplaceAllString(stripedD, "")
+		}
+	}
+	oDir := *outDir + "/" + strings.TrimPrefix(stripedD, *inDir+"/content")
 	oDir = strings.Replace(oDir, "//", "/", -1)
 	oDir = strings.TrimSuffix(oDir, "/")
 
-	log.Noticef("creating output directory: %s", oDir)
+	log.Noticef("calculated output directory: %s", oDir)
 	tree.OutputPath = oDir
 
 	// first only files
@@ -155,6 +165,10 @@ func readContentDir(d string, conf *PathConfig, tree *PathConfigTree) {
 	}
 }
 
+func processContent(conf *PathConfigTree) {
+
+}
+
 func main() {
 	spew.Config.DisablePointerAddresses = true
 	spew.Config.DisableCapacities = true
@@ -250,6 +264,8 @@ func main() {
 
 	// log.Debug(spew.Sdump(contentConfig))
 
+	processContent(contentConfig)
+
 	/*
 
 		input, err := ioutil.ReadFile("README.md")