diff --git a/note/note.go b/note/note.go
index db94480..9b1ff83 100644
--- a/note/note.go
+++ b/note/note.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func New(body string) Note {
 func (n *Note) genFile() []byte {
    var b bytes.Buffer
    b.WriteString("---\n")
-   yml, err := yaml.Marshal(n.Meta)
+   yml, err := yaml.Marshal(&n.Meta)
    if err != nil {
       // TODO: rework this to more idiomatic Go error handling
       panic(err)