diff --git a/scripts/createtxtfromfilename.py b/scripts/createtxtfromfilename.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93c09e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/createtxtfromfilename.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import glob
+import os
+import argparse
+
+
+def create_txt_from_filename(path):
+    """
+    create a .txt file for each file in the path so you can lengthen the caption
+    """
+    print(f"Creating .txt files from filenames in {path}")
+    for idx, f in enumerate(glob.iglob(f"{path}/**", recursive=True)):
+        print(f"Creating {f}.txt")
+        if not os.path.isfile(f) or not os.path.splitext(f)[1] in ['.jpg', '.png', '.jpeg', '.webp', '.bmp']:
+            continue
+
+        path_without_filename = os.path.dirname(f)
+        base_name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(f))[0]
+        caption = os.path.splitext(base_name)[0].split("_")[0]
+        target = f"{path_without_filename}/{base_name}.txt"
+        print (f"Creating file: {target} from {f}")
+        with open(target, "w") as text_file:
+            text_file.write(caption)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--path", type=str, help="path to folder")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    create_txt_from_filename(args.path)