diff --git a/ontology/update.py b/ontology/update.py
index 3105a4e..911e713 100755
--- a/ontology/update.py
+++ b/ontology/update.py
@@ -39,11 +39,22 @@ def get_node(name, children, parent=None):
     return node
 
 
+def render_children(root, indent=0):
+    txt = ('\t' * indent) + root['name']
+    if 'children' in root:
+        parts = ''
+        for child in root['children']:
+            parts += '\n' + render_children(child, indent+1)
+        txt += '\n'.join([('\t' * indent) + p for p in parts.split('\n')])
+    return '\n'.join([l.rstrip() for l in txt.split('\n')])
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     os.chdir(base)
 
     tree = defaultdict(dict)
 
+    ontology_txt = ''
+
     for keyword in keywords:
         if ': ' not in keyword:
             parent = 'other'
@@ -75,5 +86,10 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         child = get_node(name, tree[name], name)
         sized_ontology['children'].append(child)
 
+
+    ontology_txt = render_children(sized_ontology)
+
     with open('../static/ontology/sized_ontology.json', 'w') as fd:
         json.dump(sized_ontology, fd, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
+    with open('../static/ontology/ontology.txt', 'w') as fd:
+        fd.write(ontology_txt)