diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
index 9e46c6c..462b7a7 100644
--- a/Build.PL
+++ b/Build.PL
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ my $builder = Module::Build->new(
         'Test::Most'      => 0,
     },
     requires => {
-        'YAML'       => 0,
-        'Dancer'     => 1.3040,
+        'YAML'         => 0,
+        'Dancer'       => 1.3040,
+        'Archive::Zip' => 0,
     },
     add_to_cleanup      => [ 'App-Parrot-Create-*' ],
     meta_merge     => {
diff --git a/bin/new_parrot_language.pl b/bin/new_parrot_language.pl
index 5298aad..e4d4897 100755
--- a/bin/new_parrot_language.pl
+++ b/bin/new_parrot_language.pl
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ =head1 DESCRIPTION
 use File::Spec;
 use Getopt::Long;
 
-use Parrot::Config qw/ %PConfig /;
-
 my ($with_doc, $with_ops, $with_pmc);
 GetOptions(
     'with-doc' => \$with_doc,
@@ -117,7 +115,8 @@ =head1 DESCRIPTION
     s{\@no_ops\@} {$no_ops}ig;
     s{\@no_pmc\@} {$no_pmc}ig;
     s{\@rev\@}    {$rev}ig;
-    if (/^__(.*)__$/) { start_new_file("$path$PConfig{slash}$1"); }
+    # TODO: slashitis
+    if (/^__(.*)__$/) { start_new_file("$path/$1"); }
     elsif ($fh) { print $fh $_; }
 }
 ##  close the last file
diff --git a/lib/App/Parrot/Create.pm b/lib/App/Parrot/Create.pm
index ed0c855..a52252e 100644
--- a/lib/App/Parrot/Create.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Parrot/Create.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package App::Parrot::Create;
 use Dancer ':syntax';
+use Archive::Zip qw( :ERROR_CODES :CONSTANTS );
 
 our $VERSION = '0.1';
 
@@ -10,6 +11,22 @@ get '/' => sub {
 get '/submit' => sub {
     my ($name, $builder, $harness) = map { param($_) } qw/language_name builder test_harness/;
 
+    $name =~ s/[^A-z]*//g;
+
+    my $time     = time;
+    my $tmp_base = "/tmp/app-parrot-create";
+    my $dir      = "$tmp_base/$time/$name";
+
+    my @args = ($^X,"bin/new_parrot_language.pl",$name, $dir);
+    system @args;
+
+    my $zip        = Archive::Zip->new();
+    my $dir_member = $zip->addDirectory("$dir/");
+
+    unless ( $zip->writeToFileNamed("$dir.zip") == AZ_OK ) {
+        die 'write error';
+    }
+
     template 'submit',
         { name => $name, builder => $builder, harness => $harness };
 };