diff --git a/homer/constants.py b/homer/constants.py
index 92abcd5..3950d41 100644
--- a/homer/constants.py
+++ b/homer/constants.py
@@ -26,5 +26,7 @@
     'a touch', 'sometimes', 'mostly', 'possibly', 'might', 'a tad', 'hardly', 'seem'
 ]
 
+DOCX_EXTENSION = ".docx"
+TXT_EXTENSION = ".txt"
 
 
diff --git a/homer/homer_cmd.py b/homer/homer_cmd.py
index 31092a8..71322c5 100644
--- a/homer/homer_cmd.py
+++ b/homer/homer_cmd.py
@@ -10,16 +10,28 @@
 """
 import os
 import click
+import docx2txt
 from homer.analyzer import Article
 from homer.cmdline_printer import ArticlePrinter
+from homer.constants import DOCX_EXTENSION, TXT_EXTENSION
+
+def create_txt_from_docx(file_path):
+    filename, file_extension = os.path.splitext(file_path)
+    if file_extension == DOCX_EXTENSION:
+        text = docx2txt.process(file_path)
+        with open(filename + TXT_EXTENSION, "w") as text_file:
+            print(text, file=text_file)
+        return os.path.abspath(filename + TXT_EXTENSION)
+    else:
+        return os.path.abspath(file_path)
 
 @click.command()
 @click.option('--name', help='Article name, can be an empty string.')
 @click.option('--author', help='Author name, can be an empty string.')
 @click.option('--file_path', required=True, type=click.Path(exists=True))
 def homer_cmd(name, author, file_path):
-    file_path = os.path.abspath(file_path)
-    printer = ArticlePrinter(Article(name, author, open(file_path, mode='r', encoding='utf-8').read()))
+    new_path = create_txt_from_docx(file_path)
+    printer = ArticlePrinter(Article(name, author, open(new_path, mode='r', encoding='utf-8').read()))
     printer.print_article_stats()
     printer.print_paragraph_stats()