diff --git a/weekly-update.py b/weekly-update.py
index faa6c4c..02cefca 100755
--- a/weekly-update.py
+++ b/weekly-update.py
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ finally:
 x = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(XMLRPC_ENDPOINT)
 
 with open('ledger', 'a') as f:
+    f.write("\n")
     f.write(render.render_template('templates/ledger', sys.argv[1]))
 
+subprocess.check_call(["git", "commit", "templates/ledger",
+                       "-m", "Update for %s" % (sys.argv[1],)])
+
 text = render.render_template('templates/week.tmpl', sys.argv[1])
 
 lines = text.split("\n")