diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 574fa44..68174db 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ENV FLASK_APP=app
 RUN mkdir /app
 COPY app/requirements.txt /app
 RUN pip3 install -r /app/requirements.txt
+
 COPY app /app
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["flask"]
diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 321d5b5..b579650 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,35 +1,23 @@
 from flask import Flask
-import markdown
+from app import build
 from pathlib import Path
+import markdown
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
-CONTENT_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "content"
-
-@app.route("/hello")
-def hello_world():
-    return "<h1>Hello, World!</h1>"
+CONTENT_DIR = Path("/content")
 
 @app.route("/")
 def index():
     # Write your markdown content
-    md_content = "# Welcome to my blog!\nThis is rendered from **Markdown**."
+    md_content = "# Welcome to my blog!\nThis is rendered from **Markdown**.\n##[test](http://localhost/test)"
     # Convert it to HTML
     html_content = markdown.markdown(md_content)
     return html_content
 
-@app.route ("/post/<filename>")
-def render_markdown_file(filename):
-    filePath = CONTENT_DIR / f"{filename}.md"
-    # 3. Protect against missing files
-    if not filePath.is_file():
-        return f"<h1>404</h1><p>Could not find {filename}.md in {filePath}</p>", 404
-    # else:
-    #     return f"<h1> found</h1> <p> found {filename} in {filePath}</p>"
-    # 4. Open, read, and convert the file
-    with open(filePath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        textContent = f.read()
-        
-    htmlContent = markdown.markdown(textContent)
-    
-    return htmlContent
+@app.route ("/<filename>")
+def render_post(filename):
+    return build.render_file(filename, CONTENT_DIR)
+    # return "test"
+
+    # return rm(filename)
diff --git a/app/build.py b/app/build.py
index fb829c5..8d04fc0 100644
--- a/app/build.py
+++ b/app/build.py
@@ -1,26 +1,39 @@
 from obsidian_parser import Vault
 import shutil
-from git import Repo
+import markdown
+from pathlib import Path
 
 
+def render_file(filename: str, contentPath: Path): #renders markwown from filename 
+    filePath = contentPath / f"{filename}.md"
+    # 3. Protect against missing files
+    if not filePath.is_file():
+        return f"<h1>404</h1><p>Could not find {filename}.md in {filePath}</p>", 404
+    # open the file for reading
+    with open(filePath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        textContent = f.read()
+    # convert it to markdown
+    htmlContent = markdown.markdown(textContent)
+    return htmlContent
 
-def clone_secure_repo(url: str, token: str = "", dest: str): # clone a gittea repo using optional security token into dest dirand return a path to the directory
-    return dest
+print("build imported")
+# def clone_gittea_repo(url: str, token: str = "", dest: str): # clone a gittea repo using optional security token into dest dirand return a path to the directory
+    # return dest
 
-def public_notes(src: str): # return a list of notes tagged with public from an obsidian directory
-    # build vault from source
-    vault = Vault(src)
-    if vault:
-        print ("found vault")
-    else:
-        print("could not find vault")
-        return []
+# def public_notes(src: str): # return a list of notes tagged with public from an obsidian directory
+#     # build vault from source
+#     vault = Vault(src)
+#     if vault:
+#         print ("found vault")
+#     else:
+#         print("could not find vault")
+#         return []
 
-    # return a list ofnotes
-    return vault.get_notes_with_tag("public")
+#     # return a list ofnotes
+#     return vault.get_notes_with_tag("public")
 
 
-def buld_public_vault(src: str, dest: str): # build the public vault in dest from an obsidian repo in src
-    for note in public_notes(src):
-        print(note.title)
-        shutil.copy2(f"{note.path}", dest)
+# def buld_public_vault(src: str, dest: str): # build the public vault in dest from an obsidian repo in src
+#     for note in public_notes(src):
+#         print(note.title)
+#         shutil.copy2(f"{note.path}", dest)
diff --git a/app/requirements.txt b/app/requirements.txt
index ad45c3c..6522df1 100755
--- a/app/requirements.txt
+++ b/app/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 flask
 markdown
+obsidianmd-parser
+GitPython
+py-gitea