diff --git a/AuthorHours.json b/AuthorHours.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98e08e17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AuthorHours.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"time":"479h6m27s"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/AuthorHours.txt b/AuthorHours.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96be4a9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AuthorHours.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+From "2018-02-01" to "today" : 479h6m27s
diff --git a/hourstxtToJSON.js b/hourstxtToJSON.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d11ef8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hourstxtToJSON.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* global require */
+/* global process */
+const fs = require("fs");
+const path = require("path");
+
+// open AuthorHours.txt and write time into JSON file
+
+const hours = fs.readFileSync("AuthorHours.txt", "utf8");
+console.log(hours.split("\n")[0].split(": ")[1]);
+const json = { time: hours.split("\n")[0].split(": ")[1] };
+
+fs.writeFile("AuthorHours.json", JSON.stringify(json), "utf8", function (err) {
+  if (err) return console.log(err);
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 24191e2f..3535eac6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "lint": "web-ext lint",
     "esLint": "npx eslint firefox/ chrome/",
     "test": "cd firefox && web-ext build  --overwrite-dest && cd .. && node refreshXPI.js && python test.py",
-    "hours": "git hours -since 2018-02-01 -before today -author Marvin Alexander Krebber"
+    "hours": "git hours -since 2018-02-01 -before today -author marvinkrebber@yahoo.de > AuthorHours.txt && node hourstxtToJSON.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",