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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 a nifty static file indexer
 
-indir provides a nice, simple frontend for browsing your web directories!
+indir provides a nice, simple web frontend for browsing your file directories!
 heavily inspired by traditional file indexers provided by the likes of nginx
 and apache, with some modern amenities on top :)
 
@@ -18,23 +18,9 @@ indir [--host address] [--port port] [--root http_root] directory
 
 ## features
 
-### file serving
-indir has the possibility of automatically serving an `index.html` instead of displaying the directory view!
-
-### customization
-
-#### readme
-drop a `README.md` into any directory and indir will render
-it below the file listing with full markdown support!
-
-#### custom css
-using a 'index.css' file, you can customize the directory view!
-
----
-
-## to-do:
-- [x] use templates instead of hard-coded HTML (i was lazy)
-- [x] directory header from readme file
-- [x] directory stylesheet overrides
-- [x] index.html serving support
-- [x] fix mime-types for browser file view
+- **index files:** if available, indir will prefer serving an `index.html` file
+instead of a directory listing.
+- **custom CSS:** indir will append the contents of a local `index.css` file to
+the default stylesheet, if applicable.
+- **readme files:** adding a `readme.md` file (case insensitive) will append
+its contents beneath the directory tree in rendered markdown.