diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5229d9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+showgenerator="true"
+backtotop="true"
+lastupdated="true"
+#rssfeed="true"
+
+site_title="koutsie's telenotes"
+site_description="thoughts about mainly computers... maybe recipes and cats too?"
+site_link="https://k0.tel/"
+
+# Put CSS between <<EOF and EOF
+site_css=$(cat <<EOF
+/* font by https://www.1001fonts.com/users/junkohanhero/ */
+@font-face { font-family: header; src: url(scratch_x_black.ttf); }
+body {
+	background-color: #0f0f0f;
+	color: #fff;
+	font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT', sans-serif;
+	display: flex;
+	align-items: center;
+	justify-content: center;
+	height: 100%;
+	margin: 0;
+	/* font legibility optimizations */
+	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
+	-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
+	text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
+}
+.container {
+	max-width: 800px;
+	padding: 20px;
+	border-radius: 15px;
+}
+.note {
+	background-color: #181717;
+	padding: 10px;
+	margin-bottom: 20px;
+	border-radius: 10px;
+}
+h1 {
+	text-align: center;
+	font-family: "header", sans-serif;
+}
+h3 {
+	color: #fff;
+}
+img {
+	border-radius: 5px;
+}
+note {
+	color: #fff;
+	white-space: pre-wrap;
+}
+code {
+	color: #00ff62b5;
+	font-family: "Lucida Console", "Courier New", monospace;
+	white-space: pre-wrap;
+}
+.back-to-top {
+	text-align: right;
+	margin-top: 20px;
+}
+.last-updated {
+	text-align: right;
+	margin-bottom: 20px;
+	color: #888;
+	font-size: 13px;
+}
+a:link, a:visited, a:hover, a:active {
+	color: #ff7b00;
+	font-style: normal;
+	text-decoration: underline;
+}
+/* le tableee */
+table {
+	width: 100%;
+	border-collapse: collapse;
+	border: 1px solid #fff;
+	border-radius: 8px;
+	overflow: hidden;
+	color: #fff;
+}
+
+th, td {
+	padding: 10px 15px;
+	border: 1px solid #fff;
+	border-radius: 8px;
+}
+
+th {
+	background: #1f1f1f;
+	text-align: left;
+	font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+td {
+	background: #0b0b0b;
+}
+EOF
+)
diff --git a/noter.sh b/noter.sh
index 18c136e..6c9cbb3 100755
--- a/noter.sh
+++ b/noter.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# noter 1.2.4 - "nice font" - @k@layer8.space - mit
-
-showgenerator="true"
-backtotop="true"
-lastupdated="true"
-#rssfeed="true"
+# noter 1.3.0 - "nice configs" - @k@layer8.space - mit
 
+source ./config.sh
 
 # a pretty nifty little logging utility!
 nlog() {
@@ -86,9 +82,6 @@ generate_top_year_bar() {
 generate_rss_feed() {
     nlog "generating rss feed"
     local rss_file="feed.xml"
-    local rss_title="koutsies telenotes"
-    local rss_description="thoughts about mainly computers... maybe recipes and cats too?"
-    local rss_link="https://k0.tel/"
     local rss_pubdate=$(date -u +"%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT")
     
     xml_escape() {
@@ -100,9 +93,9 @@ generate_rss_feed() {
     echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>
     <rss version=\"2.0\">
     <channel>
-    <title>$(xml_escape "$rss_title")</title>
-    <link>$rss_link</link>
-    <description>$(xml_escape "$rss_description")</description>
+    <title>$(xml_escape "$site_title")</title>
+    <link>$site_link</link>
+    <description>$(xml_escape "$site_description")</description>
     <pubDate>$rss_pubdate</pubDate>
     <lastBuildDate>$rss_pubdate</lastBuildDate>
     <docs>https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs>
@@ -147,8 +140,8 @@ echo "<!DOCTYPE html>
 <head>
   <meta charset='utf-8'>
   <title>$notecount notes | noter</title>
-  <meta property='og:title' content='koutsies telenotes' />
-  <meta property='og:description' content='thoughts about mainly computers... maybe recipes and cats too?' />
+  <meta property='og:title' content='$site_title' />
+  <meta property='og:description' content='$site_description' />
   <meta property='og:type' content='blog' />
   <meta property='og:generator' content='noter' />
   <!-- those who seek, shall see - but thy shall be prepared... -->
@@ -156,97 +149,12 @@ echo "<!DOCTYPE html>
   <link rel='alternate' type='application/atom+xml' title="rss" href='/feed.xml' />
   <meta name='last-generated' content='$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")' />
   <style>
-    /* font by https://www.1001fonts.com/users/junkohanhero/ */
-    @font-face { font-family: header; src: url(scratch_x_black.ttf); }
-    body {
-      background-color: #0f0f0f;
-      color: #fff;
-      font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT', sans-serif;
-      display: flex;
-      align-items: center;
-      justify-content: center;
-      height: 100%;
-      margin: 0;
-      /* font legibility optimizations */
-      -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
-      -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
-      text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
-    }
-    .container {
-      max-width: 800px;
-      padding: 20px;
-      border-radius: 15px;
-    }
-    .note {
-      background-color: #181717;
-      padding: 10px;
-      margin-bottom: 20px;
-      border-radius: 10px;
-    }
-    h1 {
-      text-align: center;
-      font-family: "header", sans-serif;
-    }
-    h3 {
-      color: #fff;
-    }
-    img {
-      border-radius: 5px;
-    }
-    note {
-      color: #fff;
-      white-space: pre-wrap;
-    }
-    code {
-        color: #00ff62b5;
-        font-family: "Lucida Console", "Courier New", monospace;
-        white-space: pre-wrap;
-    }
-    .back-to-top {
-      text-align: right;
-      margin-top: 20px;
-    }
-    .last-updated {
-      text-align: right;
-      margin-bottom: 20px;
-      color: #888;
-      font-size: 13px;
-    }
-    a:link, a:visited, a:hover, a:active {
-      color: #ff7b00;
-      font-style: normal;
-      text-decoration: underline;
-    }
-    /* le tableee */
-    table {
-        width: 100%;
-        border-collapse: collapse;
-        border: 1px solid #fff;
-        border-radius: 8px;
-        overflow: hidden;
-        color: #fff;
-    }
-
-    th, td {
-        padding: 10px 15px;
-        border: 1px solid #fff;
-        border-radius: 8px;
-    }
-
-    th {
-        background: #1f1f1f;
-        text-align: left;
-        font-weight: bold;
-    }
-
-    td {
-        background: #0b0b0b;
-    }
+    $site_css
   </style>
 </head>
 <body>
 <div class='container'>
-<h1>koutsie's telenotes</h1><br>
+<h1>$site_title</h1><br>
 <center> <a rel='me' href='https://layer8.space/@k'>fedi</a> | <a href="feed.xml">rss</a> | <a href="https://the-sauna.icu/">sauna</a> </center>" >"$output_file"
 generate_top_year_bar >>"$output_file"
 
