diff --git a/data.json b/data.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 123a4f6..0000000
--- a/data.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "job": "none",
-  "emails": [],
-  "newletter-sent": 0
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 992bfa5..90a4713 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -22,112 +22,11 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	// print exactly what got embedded
-	fs.WalkDir(sourceRoot, ".", func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Println("walk error:", err)
-			return nil
-		}
-		log.Println("embedded:", path)
-		return nil
-	})
-
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
-	mux.HandleFunc("GET /{$}", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		tmpl, err := template.ParseFS(sourceRoot, "templates/main.html", "pages/index.html")
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Println("parse error:", err)
-			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-			return
-		}
-
-		data := struct {
-			Title string
-			Sub   bool
-		}{
-			Title: "home",
-			Sub:   false,
-		}
-
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-		// execute the base file by name — main.html is the entrypoint
-		if err := tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(w, "main.html", data); err != nil {
-			log.Println("execute error:", err)
-			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		}
-	})
-
-	mux.HandleFunc("GET /research", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		tmpl, err := template.ParseFS(sourceRoot, "templates/main.html", "pages/research.html")
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Println("parse error:", err)
-			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-			return
-		}
-
-		data := struct {
-			Title string
-			Sub   bool
-		}{
-			Title: "research",
-			Sub:   true,
-		}
-
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-		// execute the base file by name — main.html is the entrypoint
-		if err := tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(w, "main.html", data); err != nil {
-			log.Println("execute error:", err)
-			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		}
-	})
-
-	mux.HandleFunc("GET /bookkeeping", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		tmpl, err := template.ParseFS(sourceRoot, "templates/main.html", "pages/bookkeeping.html")
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Println("parse error:", err)
-			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-			return
-		}
-
-		data := struct {
-			Title string
-			Sub   bool
-		}{
-			Title: "bookkeeping",
-			Sub:   true,
-		}
-
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-		// execute the base file by name — main.html is the entrypoint
-		if err := tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(w, "main.html", data); err != nil {
-			log.Println("execute error:", err)
-			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		}
-	})
-
-	mux.HandleFunc("GET /personal", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		tmpl, err := template.ParseFS(sourceRoot, "templates/main.html", "pages/interests.html")
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Println("parse error:", err)
-			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-			return
-		}
-
-		data := struct {
-			Title string
-			Sub   bool
-		}{
-			Title: "personal",
-			Sub:   true,
-		}
-
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-		// execute the base file by name — main.html is the entrypoint
-		if err := tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(w, "main.html", data); err != nil {
-			log.Println("execute error:", err)
-			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		}
-	})
+	mux.HandleFunc("GET /{$}", servePage("home", "templates/pages/index.html", sourceRoot, false))
+	mux.HandleFunc("GET /research", servePage("research", "templates/pages/research.html", sourceRoot, true))
+	mux.HandleFunc("GET /bookkeeping", servePage("bookkeeping", "templates/pages/bookkeeping.html", sourceRoot, true))
+	mux.HandleFunc("GET /personal", servePage("personal", "templates/pages/interests.html", sourceRoot, true))
 
 	staticRoot, err := fs.Sub(sourceFS, "source/static")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -145,3 +44,29 @@ func main() {
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(addr, mux))
 
 }
+
+func servePage(name string, templatefile string, sourcefile fs.FS, sub bool) http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		tmpl, err := template.ParseFS(sourcefile, "templates/main.html", templatefile)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println("parse error:", err)
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+
+		data := struct {
+			Title string
+			Sub   bool
+		}{
+			Title: name,
+			Sub:   sub,
+		}
+
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
+		// execute the base file by name — main.html is the entrypoint
+		if err := tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(w, "main.html", data); err != nil {
+			log.Println("execute error:", err)
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/source/pages/bookkeeping.html b/source/templates/pages/bookkeeping.html
similarity index 100%
rename from source/pages/bookkeeping.html
rename to source/templates/pages/bookkeeping.html
diff --git a/source/pages/index.html b/source/templates/pages/index.html
similarity index 100%
rename from source/pages/index.html
rename to source/templates/pages/index.html
diff --git a/source/pages/interests.html b/source/templates/pages/interests.html
similarity index 100%
rename from source/pages/interests.html
rename to source/templates/pages/interests.html
diff --git a/source/pages/research.html b/source/templates/pages/research.html
similarity index 100%
rename from source/pages/research.html
rename to source/templates/pages/research.html