diff --git a/guestbook.db b/guestbook.db
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/src/content/fics/weight of living/moving on.md b/src/content/fics/weight of living/moving on.md
index 81c8b1d..60bcebe 100644
--- a/src/content/fics/weight of living/moving on.md	
+++ b/src/content/fics/weight of living/moving on.md	
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ publishedAt: 2020-12-20T19:18:00
 notes: i wrote this in a fugue state while listening to [Waste by Oh Wonder](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar1grAdGkec)
 ---
 
+![the of all time]($/images/the-of-all-time.png)
+
  
 
  
diff --git a/src/utils/ficsLoader.ts b/src/utils/ficsLoader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90f7ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/ficsLoader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { type Loader, type LoaderContext } from "astro/loaders";
+import { parseFrontmatter } from '@astrojs/markdown-remark';
+import { readdirSync } from "fs";
+import { glob } from "fs/promises";
+
+export function ficsLoader(options: { path: string }) {
+  return {
+    name: "fics",
+    async load(context: LoaderContext) {
+      const fics = readdirSync(options.path, { withFileTypes: true })
+        .filter(dirent => dirent.isDirectory())
+        .map(dirent => dirent.name);
+      
+      for (const fic of fics) {
+        const { content } = parseFrontmatter(fic, { frontmatter: "empty-with-spaces" });
+        console.log(content);
+      }
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+async function test(options: { path: string }) {
+  const fics = readdirSync(options.path, { withFileTypes: true })
+    .filter(dirent => dirent.isDirectory())
+    .map(dirent => `${dirent.parentPath}/${dirent.name}`);
+  
+  for (const fic of fics) {
+    const entries = await Array.fromAsync(glob([`${fic}/*.yaml`, `${fic}/*.yml`, `${fic}/*.toml`, `${fic}/*.json`]));
+    console.log(entries);
+    const chapterPaths = await Array.fromAsync(glob(fic + '/*.md'));
+    const chapters = chapterPaths.map(chapter => chapter);
+    // const files 
+    // console.log("" + chapters)
+    // const { content } = parseFrontmatter(fic, { frontmatter: "empty-with-spaces" });
+    // console.log(content);
+  }
+}
+
+test({ path: "./src/content/fics" });
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diff --git a/src/utils/lastModified.mjs b/src/utils/lastModified.mjs
index 5ec0233..17f6e0e 100644
--- a/src/utils/lastModified.mjs
+++ b/src/utils/lastModified.mjs
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ import { statSync } from "fs";
 export function modifiedTime() {
   return function (_tree, file) {
     const path = file.history[0];
-    const result = statSync(path);
-    file.data.astro.frontmatter.lastModified = result.mtime;
+    try {
+      const result = statSync(path);
+      file.data.astro.frontmatter.lastModified = result.mtime;
+    } catch (error) {
+      return;
+    }    
   }
 }
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diff --git a/src/utils/loader.ts b/src/utils/loader.ts
index 5b98f85..9f0af1f 100644
--- a/src/utils/loader.ts
+++ b/src/utils/loader.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 import type { MarkdownInstance } from "astro";
 import type { Loader, LoaderContext } from "astro/loaders";
+import { parseFrontmatter } from '@astrojs/markdown-remark';
 import path from "path";
-import { glob } from "fs/promises";
-
-async function getAllChapters(metaPath: string) {
-  const entryPath = path.parse(metaPath);
-  const fic = entryPath.dir;
-  const entries = await Array.fromAsync(glob(fic + '/*.md'));
-  const chapters = entries.map(chapter => path.relative(fic, chapter));
-  return chapters.map(chapter => `${fic.split("/").at(-1)}/${path.parse(chapter).name}`);
-}
+import { glob, readFile } from "fs/promises";
 
 export function ficsLoader(loader: Loader) {
   const oldLoad = loader.load;
@@ -47,8 +40,13 @@ async function resolveFics(loader: (oldContext: LoaderContext) => Promise<void>,
           if (valueWithoutDigest.data['oneshot'] === true) {
             // i've committed unspeakable atrocities here
             const search = import.meta.glob<MarkdownInstance<any>>(`../content/fics/**/*.md`, { eager: true });
-            const body = Object.values(search).filter(path => path.file?.includes(chapters[0]))[0];
+            const onlyChapter = chapters[0];
+            const includedChapter = (path: MarkdownInstance<any>) => path.file?.includes(onlyChapter);
+            const [body] = Object.values(search).filter(includedChapter);
             const html = await body.compiledContent();
+            // following could be good for being way more forgiving of paths
+            // const { content, frontmatter } = await readChapterFile(value.filePath as string, chapters);
+            // const test = await context.renderMarkdown(content);
             context.store.set({
               ...valueWithoutDigest,
               data: newData,
@@ -75,4 +73,27 @@ async function resolveFics(loader: (oldContext: LoaderContext) => Promise<void>,
       return loadedPromise.promise;
     })
   );
+}
+
+async function getAllChapters(metaPath: string) {
+  const entryPath = path.parse(metaPath);
+  const fic = entryPath.dir;
+  const ficFolder = fic.split("/").at(-1);
+  const entries = await Array.fromAsync(glob(fic + '/*.md'));
+  const chapters = entries.map(chapter => path.relative(fic, chapter));
+  return chapters.map(chapter => `${ficFolder}/${chapter}`);
+}
+
+// unused for now
+async function readChapterFile(folderPath: string, chapters: string[]) {
+  const folder = (folderPath)
+    .split("/")
+    .slice(0, -2) // we only want the stuff before fic folder
+    .join("/"); // reconnect as string
+  const onlyChapter = chapters[0];
+  const filePath = path.resolve(folder, onlyChapter);
+  const [search] = await Array.fromAsync(glob(`${filePath}`));
+  const fileContent = await readFile(search, "utf8");
+  const result = parseFrontmatter(fileContent);
+  return result;
 }
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