diff --git a/ed/blogitem.ed b/ed/blogitem.ed
deleted file mode 100644
index 39d8d7f..0000000
--- a/ed/blogitem.ed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-.
-g/BEGIN/ka
-g/END/kb
-1,'ad
-'b,$d
-%s/^- //
-%s,<time>\(.*\)</time>,time: \1|,
-%s, - \[\(.*\)\],title: \1|,
-%s,(\(.*\))$,source: \1|link: \1|,
-%s/html/md/
-%s/|/\
-/g
-1,$w /dev/stdout
diff --git a/ed/journalitem.ed b/ed/journalitem.ed
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c1004e..0000000
--- a/ed/journalitem.ed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-.
-g/BEGIN/ka
-g/END/kb
-1,'ad
-'b,$d
-g/^##/+s/^/note: /
-v/^note/s/^/+ /
-%s/+ ##/##/
-%s_^## <time>\(.*\)</time> - \(.*\)_\
-time: \1\
-title: \2_
-1,$w /dev/stdout
-q
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index cb33b7d..f6133f0 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -21,27 +21,47 @@ up: html rss
 
 # make episodes rss
 episoderss:
-  echo "<rss version=\"2.0\"><channel><title>cleric + thief</title>" > www/episodes.xml \
-  && echo "<link>http://tilde.town/~dozens/clericthief/index.html</link><description>adventures of iofi and maddox</description><atom:link rel=\"self\" type=\"application/rss+xml\" href=\"http://tilde.town/~dozens/clericthief/episodes.xml\"/>" >> www/episodes.xml \
-  && echo i \
-  | cat - src/index.md ed/blogitem.ed \
-  | ed -s \
-  | recfmt -f templates/blogitem.rec.template \
-  | m4 \
-  >> www/episodes.xml \
-  && echo '</channel></rss>' >> www/episodes.xml
+  #!/usr/bin/env zsh
+  echo "<rss version=\"2.0\"><channel><title>cleric + thief</title>" > www/episodes.xml
+  echo "<link>http://tilde.town/~dozens/clericthief/index.html</link><description>adventures of iofi and maddox</description><atom:link rel=\"self\" type=\"application/rss+xml\" href=\"http://tilde.town/~dozens/clericthief/episodes.xml\"/>" >> www/episodes.xml
+  ed -s << HEREDOC src/index.md | recfmt -f templates/blogitem.rec.template | m4 >> www/episodes.xml
+  /BEGIN/ka
+  /END/kb
+  1,'ad
+  'b,d
+  %s/^- //
+  %s,<time>\(.*\)</time>,time: \1|,
+  %s, - \[\(.*\)\],title: \1|,
+  %s,(\(.*\))$,source: \1|link: \1|,
+  %s/html/md/
+  %s/|/\\
+  /g
+  ,w /dev/stdout
+  Q
+  HEREDOC
+  echo '</channel></rss>' >> www/episodes.xml
 
 # make journal rss
 journalrss:
-  echo "<rss version=\"2.0\"><channel><title>cleric + thief</title>" > www/journal.xml \
-  && echo "<link>http://tilde.town/~dozens/clericthief/index.html</link><description>behind the scenes of cleric + thief</description><atom:link rel=\"self\" type=\"application/rss+xml\" href=\"http://tilde.town/~dozens/clericthief/journal.xml\"/>" >> www/journal.xml \
-  && echo i \
-  | cat - src/journal.md ed/journalitem.ed \
-  | ed -s \
-  | recfmt -f templates/journalitem.rec.template \
-  | m4 \
-  >> www/journal.xml \
-  && echo '</channel></rss>' >> www/journal.xml
+  #!/usr/bin/env zsh
+  echo "<rss version=\"2.0\"><channel><title>cleric + thief</title>" > www/journal.xml
+  echo "<link>http://tilde.town/~dozens/clericthief/index.html</link><description>behind the scenes of cleric + thief</description><atom:link rel=\"self\" type=\"application/rss+xml\" href=\"http://tilde.town/~dozens/clericthief/journal.xml\"/>" >> www/journal.xml
+  ed -s !'markdown src/journal.md' << HEREDOC | recfmt -f templates/journalitem.rec.template | m4 >> www/journal.xml
+  /BEGIN/ka
+  /END/kb
+  1,'ad
+  'b,d
+  g/^<h2>/+s/^/note: /
+  v/^note/s/^/+ /
+  %s/+ <h2>/<h2>/
+  %s_^<h2><time>\(.*\)</time> - \(.*\)</h2>_\\
+  time: \1\\
+  title: \2_
+  g/^+ $/d
+  ,w /dev/stdout
+  Q
+  HEREDOC
+  echo '</channel></rss>' >> www/journal.xml
 
 # build all rss
 rss: episoderss journalrss
diff --git a/templates/journalitem.rec.template b/templates/journalitem.rec.template
index c6299ac..e7e73b5 100644
--- a/templates/journalitem.rec.template
+++ b/templates/journalitem.rec.template
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@
   <pubDate>syscmd(`gdate -d {{time}}')</pubDate>
   <description>
     <![CDATA[
-      <pre>
 changequote(<!,!>)dnl Or else `code blocks` confuse m4
 {{note}}
 changequote`'dnl change quotes `back to default'
-      </pre>
     ]]>
   </description>
 </item>