diff --git a/scripts/mdx-scripts/event-conversion.js b/scripts/mdx-scripts/event-conversion.js
index f824508..fc45c38 100644
--- a/scripts/mdx-scripts/event-conversion.js
+++ b/scripts/mdx-scripts/event-conversion.js
@@ -81,19 +81,19 @@ const parseXML = (XML) => {
         );
         abstract = abstract.replace(/<br>/g, "\n");
       }
-      const mdx = `export const metadata = {
+      const md = `---
   name: "${title}",
   short: "${short}",
   date: new Date("${date.toString()}"),
   online: ${online},
   location: "${location}",
-}
+---
 
 ${abstract}`;
 
       // remove invalid characters from filenames
-      let mdxTitle = title.replace(/[\\\\/:*?\"<>|]/g, "");
-      mdxTitle = mdxTitle.replace(/(\s+)/g, "-");
+      let mdTitle = title.replace(/[\\\\/:*?\"<>|]/g, "");
+      mdTitle = mdTitle.replace(/(\s+)/g, "-");
 
       fs.mkdir(
         `./markdown-events/${currentTerm}`,
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ ${abstract}`;
         }
       );
       fs.writeFile(
-        `./markdown-events/${currentTerm}/${mdxTitle}.event.mdx`,
-        mdx,
+        `./markdown-events/${currentTerm}/${mdTitle}.event.md`,
+        md,
         (err) => {
           if (err) throw err;
         }
diff --git a/scripts/mdx-scripts/news-conversion.js b/scripts/mdx-scripts/news-conversion.js
index afd26ef..3f1d30b 100644
--- a/scripts/mdx-scripts/news-conversion.js
+++ b/scripts/mdx-scripts/news-conversion.js
@@ -47,19 +47,19 @@ const parseXML = (XML) => {
         nodeChildrenToString(contentNodes)
       );
 
-      const mdx = `export const metadata = {
+      const md = `---
   author: ${author},
   date: new Date("${date}"),
-}
+---
       
 ${content}`;
-      const mdxTitle = `${date}-${author}`;
+      const mdTitle = `${date}-${author}`;
       fs.mkdir(`./markdown-news/${currentTerm}`, { recursive: true }, (err) => {
         if (err) throw err;
       });
       fs.writeFile(
-        `./markdown-news/${currentTerm}/${mdxTitle}.news.mdx`,
-        mdx,
+        `./markdown-news/${currentTerm}/${mdTitle}.news.md`,
+        md,
         (err) => {
           if (err) throw err;
         }