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..0768f0a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ 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)
@@ -196,7 +194,7 @@ 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 +202,7 @@ func main() {
 	if len(vodFiles) == 0 {
 		log.Fatalf(
 			"Directory contained no VOD files (expecting .%s)",
-			SEGMENT_EXTENSION,
+			segmentExtension,
 		)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
@@ -223,35 +221,21 @@ 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" +
@@ -333,7 +317,6 @@ 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..394c4f1 100644
--- a/scanner/scanner.go
+++ b/scanner/scanner.go
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ 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())