diff --git a/client/homebrew/navbar/newbrew.navitem.jsx b/client/homebrew/navbar/newbrew.navitem.jsx
index cc833013d..94aa9fb85 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/navbar/newbrew.navitem.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/navbar/newbrew.navitem.jsx
@@ -1,12 +1,98 @@
 const React = require('react');
+const _ = require('lodash');
 const Nav = require('naturalcrit/nav/nav.jsx');
+const yaml = require('js-yaml');
+const { useRef } = React;
+
+const BREWKEY  = 'homebrewery-new';
+const STYLEKEY = 'homebrewery-new-style';
+const METAKEY  = 'homebrewery-new-meta';
+
+const splitTextStyleAndMetadata = (brew)=>{
+	brew.text = brew.text.replaceAll('\r\n', '\n');
+	if(brew.text.startsWith('```metadata')) {
+		const index = brew.text.indexOf('```\n\n');
+		const metadataSection = brew.text.slice(12, index - 1);
+		const metadata = yaml.load(metadataSection);
+		Object.assign(brew, _.pick(metadata, ['title', 'description', 'tags', 'systems', 'renderer', 'theme', 'lang']));
+		brew.text = brew.text.slice(index + 5);
+	}
+	if(brew.text.startsWith('```css')) {
+		const index = brew.text.indexOf('```\n\n');
+		brew.style = brew.text.slice(7, index - 1);
+		brew.text = brew.text.slice(index + 5);
+	}
+};
+
+
+const handleFileChange = (e) => {
+	const file = e.target.files[0];
+	if (file) {
+		const reader = new FileReader();
+		reader.onload = (e) => {
+			const fileContent = e.target.result;
+			
+			const brew = {
+				text  :fileContent,
+				style : ''
+			}
+			splitTextStyleAndMetadata(brew);
+			console.log(brew);
+			localStorage.setItem(BREWKEY, brew.text);
+			localStorage.setItem(STYLEKEY, brew.style);
+			localStorage.setItem(METAKEY, JSON.stringify({
+				'title': brew.title,
+				'description': brew.description,
+				'tags': brew.tags,
+				'systems': brew.systems,
+				'renderer': brew.renderer,
+				'theme': brew.theme,
+				'lang': brew.lang
+			}));
+
+			//window.location.href = '/new';
+		};
+		reader.readAsText(file);
+	}
+};
+
 
 module.exports = function(props){
-	return <Nav.item
-		href='/new'
-		newTab={true}
-		color='purple'
-		icon='fas fa-plus-square'>
-		new
-	</Nav.item>;
+	const inputRef = useRef(null);
+
+	return <Nav.dropdown>
+		<Nav.item
+			className='new'
+			color='purple'
+			icon='fas fa-plus-square'>
+			new
+		</Nav.item>
+		<Nav.item
+			href='/new'
+			newTab={true}
+			color='purple'
+			icon='fas fa-plus-square'>
+			new
+		</Nav.item>
+		
+		<Nav.item
+            color='purple'
+            icon='fas fa-plus-square'
+			onClick={() => { inputRef.current.click(); }}>
+            <input className='newFromLocal' type="file" ref={inputRef} onChange={handleFileChange}  style={{ display: 'none' }}/>
+            New From Local File
+        </Nav.item>
+
+	</Nav.dropdown>;
+	
 };
+
+/*
+<Nav.item
+			href={'/new/'+encodeURIComponent(brewID)}
+			newTab={true}
+			color='purple'
+			icon='fas fa-plus-square'>
+			new cloned
+		</Nav.item>
+*/
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