diff --git a/tools/generator/misp-galaxy.py b/tools/generator/misp-galaxy.py
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+import json
+import requests
+
+debug = False
+galaxy_url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MISP/misp-galaxy/master/elements/'
+elements = ['threat-actor-tools.json', 'adversary-groups.json']
+# elements = ['threat-actor-tools.json']
+
+taxonomy = {}
+taxonomy['namespace'] = 'misp-galaxy'
+taxonomy['description'] = 'Elements from the misp-galaxy as taxonomy (temporary measure)'
+taxonomy['version'] = 1  # FIXME - this should be incremented manually
+
+taxonomy['predicates'] = []
+taxonomy['values'] = []
+
+
+for element in elements:
+    g_element = requests.get(galaxy_url + element).json()
+
+    p_description = g_element['description']
+    if element.endswith('s.json'):
+        p_value = element[:-6]
+    elif element.endswith('-vocabulary.json'):
+        p_value = element[:-16]
+    else:
+        p_value = element
+
+    taxonomy['predicates'].append({'value': p_value, 'expanded': p_description})
+
+    t_value = {}
+    t_value['predicate'] = p_value
+    t_value['entry'] = []
+    for g_value in g_element['values']:
+        item = {}
+        item['value'] = g_value['value']
+        item['expanded'] = g_value['value']
+        if 'description' in g_value:
+            item['description'] = g_value['description']
+        t_value['entry'].append(item)
+
+        # if 'synonyms' in g_value:
+        #     for g_value_synonym in g_value['synonyms']:
+        #         item_s = dict(item)
+        #         item_s['value'] = g_value_synonym
+        #         item_s['expanded'] = g_value_synonym
+        #         t_value['entry'].append(item_s)
+    taxonomy['values'].append(t_value)
+
+file_out = '../../misp-galaxy/machinetag.json'
+with open(file_out, 'w') as f: 
+    f.write(json.dumps(taxonomy, sort_keys=True, indent=4, separators=(',', ': ')))
+print("JSON saved to "+ file_out)
+
+
+# t = Taxonomy(taxonomy)
+# with open('out-t.json', 'w') as f:
+#     f.write(json.dumps(t._json(), sort_keys=True, indent=4, separators=(',', ': ')))