diff --git a/pelican/__init__.py b/pelican/__init__.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index eec863aa..915d92c7
--- a/pelican/__init__.py
+++ b/pelican/__init__.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def run_pelican(settings, path, theme, output_path, markup, delete):
     params = init_params(settings, path, theme, output_path, markup, delete)
     generators = [ArticlesGenerator, PagesGenerator, StaticGenerator]
     if params[0]['PDF_GENERATOR']:  # param[0] is settings
-        processors.append(PdfGenerator)
+        generators.append(PdfGenerator)
     run_generators(generators, *params)
 
 
diff --git a/pelican/generators.py b/pelican/generators.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a61c2d1e..a034fb85
--- a/pelican/generators.py
+++ b/pelican/generators.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import os
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 from jinja2.exceptions import TemplateNotFound
 
-from pelican.utils import update_dict, copytree, process_translations
+from pelican.utils import update_dict, copytree, process_translations, open
 from pelican.contents import Article, Page, is_valid_content
 from pelican.readers import read_file
 
@@ -252,18 +252,27 @@ class PdfGenerator(Generator):
             self.pdfcreator = RstToPdf(breakside=0, stylesheets=['twelvepoint'])
         except ImportError:
             raise Exception("unable to find rst2pdf")
-        super(PdfGenerator, self).__init(*args, **kwargs)
+        super(PdfGenerator, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def _create_pdf(self, obj, output_path):
         if obj.filename.endswith(".rst"):
-            self.pdfcreator.createPdf(text=open(obj.filename).read(),
-                output=os.path.join(output_path, "%s.pdf" % obj.slug))
-
+            filename = obj.slug + ".pdf"
+            output_pdf=os.path.join(output_path, filename)
+            # print "Generating pdf for", obj.filename, " in ", output_pdf
+            self.pdfcreator.createPdf(text=open(obj.filename), output=output_pdf)
+            print u' [ok] writing %s' % output_pdf
+    
     def generate_context(self):
+        pass
+
+    def generate_output(self, writer=None):
+        # we don't use the writer passed as argument here, since we write our own files
+        print u' Generating PDF files...'
         pdf_path = os.path.join(self.output_path, 'pdf')
         try:
             os.mkdir(pdf_path)
         except OSError:
+            print "Couldn't create the pdf output folder in ", pdf_path
             pass
 
         for article in self.context['articles']:
diff --git a/samples/pelican.conf.py b/samples/pelican.conf.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f921ee91..36aca0ac
--- a/samples/pelican.conf.py
+++ b/samples/pelican.conf.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SITEURL = 'http://blog.notmyidea.org'
 
 GITHUB_URL = 'http://github.com/ametaireau/'
 DISQUS_SITENAME = "blog-notmyidea"
-PDF_PROCESSOR = False
+PDF_GENERATOR = False
 
 LINKS = (('Biologeek', 'http://biologeek.org'),
             ('Filyb', "http://filyb.info/"),