diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd5d30b..5b4c9e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ Okay this has been updated towards being statically generated and served by ngin
 ic web server you like). I have made a fancy schmancy STATIC SITE GENERATOR in `generate.ignore.py`
 , which basically just renders jinja templates for appropriate files! it's pretty self-explanatory,
  use -h to get help on the args, it's a great time.
+
+shooflenet.service is no longer necessary because this is all run through nginx
+
+nginx needs to be updated to handle -/_ inconsistencies in file names
diff --git a/generate.ignore.py b/generate.ignore.py
index 8c1f0b0..0822e31 100644
--- a/generate.ignore.py
+++ b/generate.ignore.py
@@ -28,14 +28,19 @@ for path_to_source in source.glob("**/*"):
     
     if ".ignore" in str(rel_path): 
         continue
+    if ".git" in str(rel_path):
+        continue
 
     if path_to_source.is_dir():
         pass
 
     elif ".article.html" in str(path_to_source):
-        path_to_output = path_to_output.parent / path_to_output.name.replace(".article","")
+        folder_name = path_to_output.parent / path_to_output.name.replace(".article.html","")
+        os.makedirs(folder_name, exist_ok=True) # make the folder /var/www/shoofle.net/articles/circle_script
+        
+        path_to_output = folder_name / "index.html"
+
         with open(path_to_output, "w") as output_file:
-            os.makedirs(path_to_output.parent, exist_ok=True)
             output_file.write(article_template.render(title="Article", target=str(rel_path)))
 
     elif ".renderme" in str(path_to_source):