diff --git a/blog-refresh.sh b/blog-refresh.sh
index 0c26701..1b0e00a 100755
--- a/blog-refresh.sh
+++ b/blog-refresh.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ create_entry() {
     path="$9"
     outpath="content/$(basename "$path" .md).html"
     # convert new markdown posts to html
-    pandoc "$path" -t html -f markdown -o "$outpath"
+    pandoc -s --css=sakura-vader.css "$path" -t html5 -f markdown -o "$outpath"
     # then add it to the index
     title="$(grep -h '^title: ' "$path" | sed 's/title: //g')"
     created=$(grep -h '^date: ' "$path" | sed 's/date: //g')