diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b799427..bbb65f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-blogtool
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+blogtool
+lib
+shard.lock
+testsite/dist
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1865586..68d03ff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,11 +12,19 @@ clean:
 run:
 	crystal run src/blogtool.cr
 
-release:
+release: dependencies
 	crystal build --release --no-debug src/blogtool.cr
 
-test:
-	cd testsite && crystal run ../src/blogtool.cr
+dependencies:
+	shards install
+
+debug:
+	crystal build src/blogtool.cr
+
+test: debug
+	cd testsite && ../blogtool
 
 install:
-	install swayfocus $(PREFIX)/bin/
+	install blogtool $(PREFIX)/bin/
+	mkdir -p /etc/blogtool
+	install testsite/base.html /etc/blogtool/
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 160dd0b..de63e36 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-## BLOGTOOL is a stupid simple static site generator
+## BLOGTOOL is a non-bloated static site generator.
 
-There are no themes or templates. You write a project structure like this:
+There are no themes. You write a project structure like this:
 ```
 myblog
 |
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ myblog
 |-> assets
 |   |-> article1.jpg
 |   |-> photo.png
-|-> profile.jpg
 |-> about.md
 |-> styles.css
 ```
-with utf-8 encoded articles. Blogtool generates a static site in dist/ with a list of articles for the home page, an about page with a profile picture and bio from profile.jpg and about.md, each page will include styless.css and all assets will be available at /static.
+with utf-8 encoded articles. Blogtool generates a static site in dist/ with a list of articles for the home page, an about page from about.md, each page will include styless.css and all assets will be available at /static. Dashes (-) will be replaced with spaces in the index.
 ```
 dist
 |
@@ -22,11 +21,10 @@ dist
 |-> static
 |   |-> article1.jpg
 |   |-> photo.png
-|   |-> profile.jpg
 |   |-> styles.css
 |-> article1.html
 |-> article2.html
 |-> about.html
 ```
 
-Invoke blogtool with `blogtool` after installing dependencies and adding the bin to your path. Run it in your project's root. There are no options. It will not remove old files from dist/.
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+You can build blogtool by running `make && sudo make install`. Invoke blogtool by running `blogtool` in the project directory. There are no options. You can copy /etc/blogtool/base.html to the project root and make changes to overwrite the template.
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diff --git a/blogtool b/blogtool
index 8e3416a..b98bf08 100644
Binary files a/blogtool and b/blogtool differ
diff --git a/src/blogtool.cr b/src/blogtool.cr
index 901f99d..5a8aa5e 100644
--- a/src/blogtool.cr
+++ b/src/blogtool.cr
@@ -1,13 +1,56 @@
 require "markd"
 require "dir"
+require "file"
+require "path"
 
 begin
-	Dir.mkdir "dist"
+	Dir.mkdir_p Path["dist/static"]
 rescue
+	if !Dir.exists? Path["dist/static"]
+		puts "Could not create required folders. Exiting."
+		exit 1
+	end
 end
 
-articles = Dir.entries "articles"
-articles = articles.select { |i| i != "." && i != ".." }
-puts articles
+Base = begin
+	if File.file? "base.html"
+		File.read "base.html"
+	elsif File.file? Path[ENV["HOME"]+"/.config/blogtool/base.html"]
+		File.read Path[ENV["HOME"]+"/.config/blogtool/base.html"]
+	elsif File.file? Path["/etc/blogtool/base.html"]
+		File.read Path["/etc/blogtool/base.html"]
+	else
+		puts "Can't find base.html"
+		exit 1
+	end
+end
+
+
+BaseCSS = begin
+	if File.file? Path[ENV["HOME"]+"/.config/blogtool/styles.css"]
+		File.read Path[ENV["HOME"]+"/.config/blogtool/styles.css"]
+	elsif File.file? Path["/etc/blogtool/styles.css"]
+		File.read Path["/etc/blogtool/styles.css"]
+	else
+		""
+	end
+end
+
+def render_file(filename : String | Path)
+	Base+Markd.to_html(File.read(filename), Markd::Options.new(smart: true, safe: false))+"</body></html>"
+end
+
+Dir.entries("articles").select{ |i| i != "." && i != ".." }.each do |article|
+	if article[article.size-3, article.size] == ".md"
+		File.write Path.new("dist", article[0,article.size-3]+".html"), render_file("articles/"+article)
+	else
+		File.write Path.new("dist", article+".html"), render_file("articles/"+article)
+	end
+end
+
+Dir.entries("assets").select{ |i| i != "." && i != ".." }.each do |asset|
+	File.copy Path.new("assets", asset), Path.new("dist", "static", asset)
+end
 
-#print Markd.to_html(text, Markd::Options.new(smart: true, safe: false));
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+File.write Path.new("dist", "static", "styles.css"), BaseCSS+File.read("styles.css")
+File.write Path.new("dist", "about.html"), render_file("about.md")
diff --git a/testsite/profile.jpg b/testsite/assets/kitty.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from testsite/profile.jpg
rename to testsite/assets/kitty.jpg
diff --git a/base.html b/testsite/base.html
similarity index 100%
rename from base.html
rename to testsite/base.html
diff --git a/testsite/dist/test.html b/testsite/dist/test.html
index 9f8667b..a53710d 100644
--- a/testsite/dist/test.html
+++ b/testsite/dist/test.html
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 <head>
 </head>
 <body>
-<h2 id="yeet">yeet</h2>
+<h2>yeet</h2>
 <p><strong>this is</strong> a <em>test</em></p>
 <p><a href="http://google.com">weeeooo</a></p>
-</body>
-</html>
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+</body></html>
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