diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c351c70..2b56fa8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 brmbar
 brmbar.com
+barcodes.svg
diff --git a/barcodes.py b/barcodes.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6eb30fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barcodes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# requires zint binary from zint package
+#
+
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+import sys
+
+svghead = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<svg xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd" xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape" width="1052.3622" height="744.09448" version="1.1" id="svg2" inkscape:version="0.47 r22583" sodipodi:docname="barcodes.svg">
+"""
+
+svgfoot = """
+</svg>
+"""
+
+cntx = 5
+cnty = 10
+scalex = 1.2
+scaley = 1.2
+
+f = open('people.txt','r')
+items = f.readlines()
+f.close()
+
+items = map(lambda x: x.strip(), items)
+items += ['cred50','cred100','cred200','cred500','cred1000','RESET']
+
+f = open('barcodes.svg','w')
+f.write(svghead)
+
+i = 0
+j = 0
+for item in items:
+    elem = Popen(('zint','--directsvg','-d', item), stdout = PIPE).communicate()[0].split('\n')
+    elem = elem[8:-2]
+    elem[0] = elem[0].replace('id="barcode"', 'transform="matrix(%f,0,0,%f,%f,%f)"' % (scalex, scaley, 42+i*200 , 14+j*90) )
+    elem[23] = item
+    f.write('\n'.join(elem))
+    i += 1
+    if i >= cntx:
+        i = 0
+        j += 1
+
+f.write(svgfoot)
+f.close()