diff --git a/esm2markdown.py b/esm2markdown.py
index db8bb4d..b230287 100755
--- a/esm2markdown.py
+++ b/esm2markdown.py
@@ -22,6 +22,27 @@ import sys
 from lxml import etree
 
 style="**"
+level1="* "
+level2="  - "
+level3="    - "
+
+def line(level,key,value):
+
+	lvl = ""	
+	output = ""
+	valout = ""
+	if level == 1:
+		lvl = level1	
+	elif level == 2:
+		lvl = level2	
+	elif level == 3:
+		lvl = level3	
+	else:
+		lvl = ""
+	if value:
+		valout = " " + value
+	output = lvl + style + key + style + valout + "\n"
+	return output
 
 def main(xmlfile,outfile):
 
@@ -41,34 +62,30 @@ def main(xmlfile,outfile):
 		file.write(description +"\n")
 		# Print general rule information (ID, Normalization, Severity, all Tags, Group By)
 		file.write("## General Information\n")
-		ruleid = "* " + style + "Rule ID:" + style + " " + rule.findtext('id')
-		file.write(ruleid +"\n")
-		normalization = "* " + style + "Normalization ID:" + style + " " + rule.findtext('normid')
-		file.write(normalization + "\n")
-		severity = "* " + style + "Severity:" + style + " " + rule.findtext('severity')
-		file.write(severity + "\n")
+		file.write(line(1,"Rule ID:",rule.findtext('id')))
+		file.write(line(1,"Normalization ID:",rule.findtext('normid')))
+		file.write(line(1,"Severity:",rule.findtext('severity')))
 		for tags in rule.getiterator('tag'):
-			file.write("* " + style + "Tag:" + style + " " + tags.text + "\n")
+			file.write(line(1,"Tag:",tags.text))
 		for rs in cdata.getiterator('ruleset'):
-			correlationField = "* " + style + "Group By:" + style + " " + rs.get('correlationField')
-			file.write(correlationField + "\n")
+			file.write(line(1,"Group By:",rs.get('correlationField')))
 		file.write("## Correlation Details\n")
 		# Print rule parameters
 		file.write("### Parameters\n")
 		for param in cdata.getiterator('param'):
 			if (param.get('name')):
-				file.write("* " + style + param.get('name') + style + "\n")
-				file.write("  - " + style + "Description:" + style + " " + param.get('description') + "\n")
-				file.write("  - " + style + "Default Value:" + style + " " + param.get('defaultvalue') + "\n")
+				file.write(line(1,param.get('name'),""))
+				file.write(line(2,"Description:",param.get('description')))
+				file.write(line(2,"Default Value:",param.get('defaultvalue')))
 		# Print trigger information (Sequence, Timeout, Time Unit, Threshold)
 		file.write("### Trigger\n")
 		for trigger in cdata.getiterator('trigger'):
 			if (trigger.get('name')):
-				file.write("* " + style + trigger.get('name') + style + "\n")
-				file.write("  - " + style + "Timeout:" + style + " " + trigger.get('timeout') + " " + trigger.get('timeUnit') + "\n")
-				file.write("  - " + style + "Threshold:" + style + " " + trigger.get('threshold') + "\n")
+				file.write(line(1,trigger.get('name'),""))
+				file.write(line(2,"Timeout:",trigger.get('timeout') + " " + trigger.get('timeUnit')))
+				file.write(line(2,"Threshold:",trigger.get('threshold')))
 				if (trigger.get('ordered')):
-					file.write("  - " + style + "Sequence:" + style + " " + trigger.get('ordered') + "\n")
+					file.write(line(2,"Sequence:",trigger.get('ordered')))
 		file.write("### Rules\n")
 		# Parse CDATA element and print correlation rule match blocks
 		for r in cdata.getiterator('rule'):
@@ -78,25 +95,24 @@ def main(xmlfile,outfile):
 			file.write("#### " + r.get('name') + "\n")
 			for e in r.iter():
 				if str(e.tag) == 'activate':
-					file.write("* " + style + "Activate:" + style + " ")
 					if (e.get('type')):
-						file.write(e.get('type') + "\n")
+						file.write(line(1,"Activate:",e.get('type')))
 				if str(e.tag) == 'action':
-					file.write("* " + style + "Action:" + style + " \n")
+					file.write(line(1,"Action",""))
 					if (e.get('type')):
-						file.write("  - " + style + "Type:" + style + " " + e.get('type') + "\n")
+						file.write(line(2,"Type:",e.get('type')))
 					if (e.get('trigger')):
-						file.write("  - " + style + "Trigger:" + style + " " + e.get('trigger') + "\n")
+						file.write(line(2,"Trigger:",e.get('trigger')))
 				if str(e.tag) == 'match':
-					file.write("* " + style + "Match:" + style + " \n")
+					file.write(line(1,"Match",""))
 					if (e.get('count')):
-						file.write("  - " + style + "Count:" + style + " " + e.get('count') + "\n")
+						file.write(line(2,"Count:",e.get('count')))
 					if (e.get('matchType')):
-						file.write("  - " + style + "Match Type:" + style + " " + e.get('matchType') + "\n")
+						file.write(line(2,"Match Type:",e.get('matchType')))
 				if str(e.tag) == 'matchFilter':
-					file.write("* " + style + "Match Filter:" + style + " \n")
+					file.write(line(1,"Match Filter",""))
 					if (e.get('type')):
-						file.write("  - " + style + "Logical Element Type:" + style + " " + e.get('type') + "\n")
+						file.write(line(2,"Logical Element Type:",e.get('type')))
 				if str(e.tag) == 'singleFilterComponent':
 					if (e.get('type')):
 						t = e.get('type')
@@ -106,8 +122,8 @@ def main(xmlfile,outfile):
 					if (e.get('name') == "value"):
 						v = e.get('value')
 				if o and v and t:
-					file.write("  - " + style + "Filter Component" + style + " \n")
-					file.write("    - " + style + "Condition:" + style + " '" + t + "' " + o + " '" + v + "' \n")
+					file.write(line(2,"Filter Component",""))
+					file.write(line(3,"Condition:","'" + t + "' " + o + " '" + v + "'"))
 		file.write("******\n")
 	file.close()