diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff53e8f..b36d3c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,13 +14,8 @@ I built this to greatly simplify the process of getting my full-quality livestre
 $ vodular
 New config file created (config.toml). Please edit this file before running again!
 ```
-The directory which holds your configuration file and templates varies,
-depending on platform:
-- **Linux:** `~/.config/vodular/templates`
-- **macOS:** `~/Library/Application Support/vodular/templates`
-- **Windows:** `%AppData%/vodular/templates`
 
-2. Edit your configuration file as necessary (You will need to create a [YouTube Data API v3](https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3) service and provide its credentials here).
+2. Edit configuration file as necessary (You will need to create a [YouTube Data API v3](https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3) service and provide its credentials here).
 **IMPORTANT:** `config.toml` contains very sensitive credentials. Do not share this file with anyone.
 
 3. Initialise a VOD directory:
@@ -68,11 +63,10 @@ url = 'https://example.org'
 ```
 
 ## Templates
-There are three template files, `title.txt`, `description.txt`, and `tags.txt`,
-which can be created in `/path/to/vodular/templates`. These templates can be
-created and tweaked to customise your VOD metadata on upload. They are enhanced
-with Go's [template format](https://pkg.go.dev/text/template) to inject
-information provided in `metadata.toml`, and other neat functionality!
+Template files can be created at `templates/title.txt`,
+`template/description.txt`, and `templates/tags.txt` respectively. These
+files can use Go's [text template format](https://pkg.go.dev/text/template) to
+customise VOD metadata on upload.
 
 You can use the following data in templates:
 - **`.Title`:** The title of the stream.
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 341711a..45845f3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -26,9 +25,7 @@ import (
 //go:embed res/help.txt
 var helpText string
 
-const SEGMENT_EXTENSION = "mkv"
-const MAX_TITLE_LEN = 100
-const MAX_DESCRIPTION_LEN = 5000
+const segmentExtension = "mkv"
 
 func showHelp() {
 	fmt.Println(helpText)
@@ -154,7 +151,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// good to have early on
-	templates, err := yt.FetchTemplates(path.Join(userConfigDir, "vodular", "templates"))
+	templates, err := yt.FetchTemplates()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to fetch templates: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -196,7 +193,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// scan for VOD segments
-	vodFiles, err := scanner.ScanSegments(metadata.FootageDir, SEGMENT_EXTENSION)
+	vodFiles, err := scanner.ScanSegments(metadata.FootageDir, segmentExtension)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to fetch VOD filenames: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -204,7 +201,7 @@ func main() {
 	if len(vodFiles) == 0 {
 		log.Fatalf(
 			"Directory contained no VOD files (expecting .%s)",
-			SEGMENT_EXTENSION,
+			segmentExtension,
 		)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
@@ -223,35 +220,21 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to build video template: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	title, err := yt.BuildTemplate(video, templates.Title)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to build video title: %v", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	description, err := yt.BuildTemplate(video, templates.Description)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to build video description: %v", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	if len(title) > 100 {
-		log.Fatalf(
-			"Video title length exceeds %d characters (%d). YouTube may reject this!",
-			MAX_TITLE_LEN,
-			len(video.Title),
-		)
-	}
-	if len(description) > 5000 {
-		log.Fatalf(
-			"Video description length exceeds %d characters (%d). YouTube may reject this!",
-			MAX_DESCRIPTION_LEN,
-			len(description),
-		)
-	}
 	if verbose {
 		enc := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
 		fmt.Printf("\nVideo template: ")
 		enc.Encode(video)
 
+		title, err := yt.BuildTemplate(video, templates.Title)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Failed to build video title: %v", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		description, err := yt.BuildTemplate(video, templates.Description)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Failed to build video description: %v", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
 		fmt.Printf(
 			"\n================================\n\n" +
 			"< TITLE >\n%s\n\n" +
@@ -264,21 +247,18 @@ func main() {
 	// concatenate VOD segments into full VOD
 	fullVodExists := func () bool {
 		// check if full VOD already exists with expected duration
-		fullVodProbe, err := scanner.ProbeSegment(video.Filename)
-		if err != nil { return false }
-		video.SizeBytes = fullVodProbe.Format.Size
-		var totalLength float64 = 0
-
-		for _, filename := range vodFiles {
-			probe, err := scanner.ProbeSegment(path.Join(metadata.FootageDir, filename))
-			if err != nil { continue }
-			totalLength += probe.Format.Duration
+		if fullVodProbe, err := scanner.ProbeSegment(video.Filename); err != nil {
+			var totalLength float64 = 0
+			for _, filename := range vodFiles {
+				probe, err := scanner.ProbeSegment(filename)
+				if err != nil { continue }
+				totalLength += probe.Format.Duration
+			}
+			return fullVodProbe.Format.Duration == totalLength
 		}
-		return math.Abs(fullVodProbe.Format.Duration - totalLength) < float64(0.1)
+		return false
 	}()
-	if fullVodExists {
-		log.Print("Full VOD appears to already exist- uploading this file...")
-	} else {
+	if !fullVodExists {
 		video.SizeBytes, err = vid.ConcatVideo(video, vodFiles, verbose)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Failed to concatenate VOD segments: %v", err)
@@ -333,7 +313,6 @@ func main() {
 	log.Print("Video uploaded successfully!")
 
 	// update metadata to reflect VOD is uploaded
-	// TODO: rather than a boolean flag, link to actual video
 	metadata.Uploaded = true
 	err = scanner.WriteMetadata(directory, metadata)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/scanner/scanner.go b/scanner/scanner.go
index 1ff5bd9..5cb3f14 100644
--- a/scanner/scanner.go
+++ b/scanner/scanner.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 	"path"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -29,13 +28,13 @@ type (
 		Category *Category	`toml:"category" comment:"(Optional) Category details, for additional credits."`
 	}
 
-	FFprobeFormat struct {
+	ffprobeFormat struct {
 		Duration float64 `json:"duration"`
 		Size int64 `json:"size"`
 	}
 
-	FFprobeOutput struct {
-		Format FFprobeFormat `json:"format"`
+	ffprobeOutput struct {
+		Format ffprobeFormat `json:"format"`
 	}
 )
 
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ func ScanSegments(directory string, extension string) ([]string, error) {
 
 	for _, item := range entries {
 		if item.IsDir() { continue }
-		if strings.HasPrefix(item.Name(), ".") { continue }
 		if !strings.HasSuffix(item.Name(), "." + extension) { continue }
 		if strings.HasSuffix(item.Name(), "-fullvod." + extension) { continue }
 		files = append(files, item.Name())
@@ -60,36 +58,15 @@ func ScanSegments(directory string, extension string) ([]string, error) {
 	return files, nil
 }
 
-func ProbeSegment(filename string) (*FFprobeOutput, error) {
+func ProbeSegment(filename string) (*ffprobeOutput, error) {
 	out, err := ffmpeg_go.Probe(filename)
 	if err != nil { return nil, err }
 
-	type (
-		RawFFprobeFormat struct {
-			// these being strings upsets me immensely
-			Duration string `json:"duration"`
-			Size string `json:"size"`
-		}
-		RawFFprobeOutput struct {
-			Format RawFFprobeFormat `json:"format"`
-		}
-	)
-
-	probe := RawFFprobeOutput{}
-	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(out), &probe)
+	probe := ffprobeOutput{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(out), probe)
 	if err != nil { return nil, err }
 
-	duration, err := strconv.ParseFloat(probe.Format.Duration, 64)
-	if err != nil { return nil, err }
-	size, err := strconv.ParseInt(probe.Format.Size, 10, 0)
-	if err != nil { return nil, err }
-
-	return &FFprobeOutput{
-		Format: FFprobeFormat{
-			Duration: duration,
-			Size: size,
-		},
-	}, nil
+	return &probe, nil
 }
 
 func ReadMetadata(directory string) (*Metadata, error) {
diff --git a/youtube/youtube.go b/youtube/youtube.go
index c6ace15..79641fa 100644
--- a/youtube/youtube.go
+++ b/youtube/youtube.go
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ var videoYtCategory = map[CategoryType]string {
 	CATEGORY_ENTERTAINMENT: YT_CATEGORY_ENTERTAINMENT,
 }
 
+var templateDir = "templates"
+var tagsPath = path.Join(templateDir, "tags.txt")
+var titlePath = path.Join(templateDir, "title.txt")
+var descriptionPath = path.Join(templateDir, "description.txt")
+
 const defaultTitleTemplate =
 "{{.Title}} - {{FormatTime .Date \"02 Jan 2006\"}}"
 const defaultDescriptionTemplate =
@@ -130,13 +135,9 @@ var templateFuncs = template.FuncMap{
 	},
 }
 
-func FetchTemplates(templateDir string) (*Template, error) {
+func FetchTemplates() (*Template, error) {
 	tmpl := Template{}
 
-	var tagsPath = path.Join(templateDir, "tags.txt")
-	var titlePath = path.Join(templateDir, "title.txt")
-	var descriptionPath = path.Join(templateDir, "description.txt")
-
 	// tags
 	if tagsFile, err := os.ReadFile(tagsPath); err == nil {
 		tmpl.Tags = strings.Split(string(tagsFile), "\n")