diff --git a/Web/lib/MJB/Web/Controller/Blog.pm b/Web/lib/MJB/Web/Controller/Blog.pm
index 9de1be6..aada3da 100644
--- a/Web/lib/MJB/Web/Controller/Blog.pm
+++ b/Web/lib/MJB/Web/Controller/Blog.pm
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ sub do_create ($c) {
     }
     
     # Create the Jekyll repo for the site
-    my $jekyll = $c->jekyll($domain)->init;
+    # This is where a job to build it on the build server should happen...
+
+    #my $jekyll = $c->jekyll($domain)->init;
+
+    my $repo = $c->config->{store_repo_base} . "$domain.git";
+
 
     my $blog = try {
         $c->db->storage->schema->txn_do( sub {
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@ sub do_create ($c) {
             });
 
             $blog->create_related( 'repoes', {
-                url => $jekyll->repo,
+                url => $repo,
             });
 
             return $blog;
@@ -64,7 +69,12 @@ sub do_create ($c) {
     # Choose a web server to deploy to
     return if $c->stash->{errors};
 
-    # Configure DNS to point to the blog
+    # Create the blog and add it to git.
+    my $create_job_id = $c->minion->enqueue( 'create_blog', [ $blog->id ], {
+        notes    => { '_bid_' . $blog->id => 1 },
+        priority => $blog->build_priority,
+    });
+    $blog->create_related( 'builds', { job_id => $create_job_id } );
 
     # Schedule a job to deploy the website
     my $ssl_job_id = $c->minion->enqueue( 'create_ssl_cert', [ $blog->id ], {
diff --git a/Web/lib/MJB/Web/Task/CreateBlog.pm b/Web/lib/MJB/Web/Task/CreateBlog.pm
index 9ef84c0..d11af31 100644
--- a/Web/lib/MJB/Web/Task/CreateBlog.pm
+++ b/Web/lib/MJB/Web/Task/CreateBlog.pm
@@ -1,16 +1,36 @@
 package MJB::Web::Task::CreateBlog;
 use Mojo::Base 'Minion::Job', -signatures;
-use Mojo::File qw( curfile );
+use Mojo::File qw( tempdir );
 use File::Copy::Recursive qw( dircopy );
-use IPC::Run3;
 
 sub run ( $job, $blog_id ) {
     my $blog = $job->app->db->blog( $blog_id );
+    $job->note( _mds_template => 'create_blog' );
 
-    # Create clone of standard jekyll blog in repos/user_id/blog_id
 
-    # Set the git configuration for the clone so that it goes to gitea.
-    # TODO: add gitea user with ssh key?
+    my $dir = tempdir;
+
+    $job->system_command( [qw( podman run -ti --rm -v .:/srv/jekyll -e JEKYLL_ROOTLESS=1 docker.io/jekyll/jekyll new blog ) ], {
+        chdir => $dir->to_string,
+    });
+
+    my $blog_root = $dir->child('blog');
+
+    $job->system_command( [ qw( git remote add origin ), $blog->repo->url ], {
+        chdir => $blog_root->to_string, 
+    });
+
+    $job->system_command( [ qw( git add * ) ], {
+        chdir => $blog_root->to_string, 
+    });
+    
+    $job->system_command( [ qw( git commit -m ), "Created blog!" ], {
+        chdir => $blog_root->to_string, 
+    });
+    
+    $job->system_command( [ qw( git push origin master ) ], {
+        chdir => $blog_root->to_string, 
+    });
 
 }