diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index af1da56..e2f5dd2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-result/
\ No newline at end of file
+result
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ff03f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Teapot
+
+because doll. it uses [markdoll](https://codeberg.org/0x57e11a/markdoll).
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/index.doll b/examples/quickstart/index.doll
index b5bfde9..85d4a5a 100644
--- a/examples/quickstart/index.doll
+++ b/examples/quickstart/index.doll
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ layout: alt.html
 
 this is markdoll!
 
-&so it is really gay to use other doll's software right?
+&so it is really gay to use other doll's software right??
 	yeah.........
 
 &look at this
diff --git a/pkgs/brewTea.nix b/pkgs/brewTea.nix
index 40b06da..21f6268 100644
--- a/pkgs/brewTea.nix
+++ b/pkgs/brewTea.nix
@@ -19,13 +19,16 @@ in pkgs.stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   buildPhase = ''
     mkdir dist
 
-    layout_inject() {
-      layoutFile=$1
-      placeholder=$2
-      content=$3
+    echoerr() { cat <<< "$@" 1>&2; }
 
-      layout=$(cat $layoutFile)
-      echo ''${layout/"$placeholder"/"$content"}
+    layout_inject() {
+      local layoutFile=$1
+      local placeholder=$2
+      local contentFile=$3
+
+      local layout=$(cat $layoutFile)
+      local content=$(cat $contentFile)
+      echo "''${layout/"$placeholder"/"$content"}"
     }
 
     get_frontmatter() {
@@ -37,33 +40,35 @@ in pkgs.stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
     }
 
     render_final() {
-      file=$1
-      content=$2
-      outFile=$3
+      local file=$1
+      local outFile=$2
+      local content=$3
 
       ### Frontmatter: Get Layout
-      layout="${defaultLayout}"
-      layoutFm=$(get_frontmatter layout $file)
+      local layout="${defaultLayout}"
+      local layoutFm=$(get_frontmatter layout $file)
       if [ ! -z $layoutFm ]; then
         layout="$layoutFm"
       fi
-
-      layoutPath="${layoutSrc}/$layout"
+      
+      local layoutPath="$layout"
       if [ ! -f $layoutPath ]; then
-        echo "Layout file $layout not found"
-        exit 1
+        layoutPath="${layoutSrc}/$layout"
+        if [ ! -f $layoutPath ]; then
+          echo "Layout file $layout not found"
+          exit 1
+        fi
       fi
       
       ### Frontmatter: Title
-      title=$(get_frontmatter title $file)
+      local title=$(get_frontmatter title $file)
       if [ -z $title ]; then
         title=$(basename $file | sed -e 's/.doll$//')
       fi
 
       ### Layout: Title + Content
-      mkdir -p $(dirname $outFile)
-      layout_inject $layoutPath %%TITLE%% "$title" > $outFile.tmp.1
-      layout_inject $outFile.tmp.1 %%CONTENT%% "$content" > $outFile.tmp.final
+      layout_inject $layoutPath %%TITLE%% <<<"$title" > $outFile.tmp.1
+      layout_inject $outFile.tmp.1 %%CONTENT%% $content > $outFile.tmp.final
       
       ### Layout: Cleanup Tmpfiles
       cp $outFile.tmp.final $outFile
@@ -76,12 +81,14 @@ in pkgs.stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
     
     for file in $dollFiles; do
       outFile=$(realpath -m "dist/$(echo $file | sed -e 's/.doll$/.html/')")
+      mkdir -p $(dirname $outFile)
+      
       echo "reading $file; plopping $outFile"
 
       ### Markdoll: Convert
-      content=$(cat $file | ${markdoll} convert)
+      local content=$(cat $file | ${markdoll} convert | tee $outFile.tmp.render)
 
-      render_final $file $content $outFile
+      render_final $file $outFile $outFile.tmp.render
     done
   '';