diff --git a/lisp/ox-md.el b/lisp/ox-md.el
index e4291e5..321539a 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-md.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-md.el
@@ -468,12 +468,26 @@ holding export options."
   ;; footnotes with at least a blank line.
   (org-trim (org-html-inner-template (concat "\n" contents "\n") info)))
 
+;;;; template
 (defun org-md-template (contents info)
   "Return complete document string after Markdown conversion.
 CONTENTS is the transcoded contents string.  INFO is a plist used
 as a communication channel."
-  contents)
-
+  (concat
+   ;;(message (concat info))
+   (and (plist-get info :with-author)
+	(let ((author (org-export-data (plist-get info :author) info)))
+	  (and (org-string-nw-p author)
+	       (concat  "\% " author "\n"))))
+   (and (plist-get info :with-title)
+	(concat "\% " (org-export-data (plist-get info :title) info) "\n"))
+   (and (plist-get info :with-date)
+	(let ((date (org-export-data (org-export-get-date info) info)))
+	  (and (org-string-nw-p date)
+	       (concat "\% " date "\n"))))
+   
+   contents)
+  )
 
 
 ;;; Interactive function