diff --git a/.dir-locals.el b/.dir-locals.el
deleted file mode 100644
index 73d430e..0000000
--- a/.dir-locals.el
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-;;; Directory Local Variables            -*- no-byte-compile: t -*-
-;;; For more information see (info "(emacs) Directory Variables")
-
-(("nil-mode" . ((compile-command . "make -f el.make"))))
diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index c1490d8..24e8357 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-[[https://github.com/bastibe/org-journal/actions/workflows/test.yml][file:https://github.com/bastibe/org-journal/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg?branch=master]] [[https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/org-journal.html][https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/org-journal.svg]] [[http://melpa.org/#/org-journal][file:http://melpa.org/packages/org-journal-badge.svg]] [[http://stable.melpa.org/#/org-journal][file:http://stable.melpa.org/packages/org-journal-badge.svg]] [[contributors][file:https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/bastibe/org-journal.svg]] [[license][file:https://img.shields.io/github/license/bastibe/org-journal.svg]]
+[[https://github.com/bastibe/org-journal/actions/workflows/test.yml][file:https://github.com/bastibe/org-journal/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg?branch=master]] [[https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/org-journal.html][https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/org-journal.svg]] [[http://melpa.org/#/org-journal][file:http://melpa.org/packages/org-journal-badge.svg]] [[http://stable.melpa.org/#/org-journal][file:http://stable.melpa.org/packages/org-journal-badge.svg]] [[contributors][file:https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/bastibe/logo.svg]] [[license][file:https://img.shields.io/github/license/bastibe/logo.svg]]
 
 #+CAPTION: The org-journal logo
-[[./org-journal.svg]]
+[[./logo.svg]]
 
 * org-journal
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   Feel free to use, modify and improve the code!
   — mtvoid, bastibe
 
-[[open-issues][file:https://img.shields.io/github/issues/bastibe/org-journal.svg]] [[closed-issues][file:https://img.shields.io/github/issues-closed/bastibe/org-journal.svg]] [[open-pull-requests][file:https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr/bastibe/org-journal.svg]] [[closed-pull-requests][file:https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-closed/bastibe/org-journal.svg]]
+[[open-issues][file:https://img.shields.io/github/issues/bastibe/logo.svg]] [[closed-issues][file:https://img.shields.io/github/issues-closed/bastibe/logo.svg]] [[open-pull-requests][file:https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr/bastibe/logo.svg]] [[closed-pull-requests][file:https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-closed/bastibe/logo.svg]]
 
 ** Synopsis
 
diff --git a/el.make b/el.make
index 7c4f516..0d39376 100644
--- a/el.make
+++ b/el.make
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 ##
 # this file is part of el.make
+##
 #
 # copyright: 2024- christian schwarzgruber (c.schwarzgruber.cs@gmail.com)
 #
-# version: 0.1.0
+# version: 0.2.0
 #
 # source: https://github.com/casch-at/el.make
 #
@@ -30,44 +31,42 @@
 #
 #                                 el.make
 #
-#                       an emacs lisp `make` file
+#                       an emacs¹ lisp `make` file
+##
+# ¹) Emacs -- also known for being a "Text Editor"
 ##
 
 # todo(cschwarzgruber): hmm?
 export LC_ALL = C
 
-emacs = emacs
-flags = -Q --batch --no-site-file
-batch = $(emacs) $(flags)
-
-## test directory
-test-d = tests
-
-## source directory
-src-d = src
+# quiet mode
+q = @
+log = $(q)echo
 
-## all source files
-el-f = $(wildcard $(src-d)/*.el)
+emacs = emacs
+batch = $(q)$(emacs) -Q --batch --no-site-file
 
-## all test files
-test-f = $(wildcard $(test-d)/*.el)
+src = src
+src-el = $(wildcard $(src)/*.el)
+src-elc = $(addprefix $(src)/, $(notdir $(src-el:.el=.elc)))
 
-## all compiled files
-elc-f = $(addprefix $(src-d)/, $(notdir $(el-f:.el=.elc)))
+tests = tests
+tests-el = $(wildcard $(tests)/*.el)
 
-.phony: all compile test clean
+# .elc pattern rule
+$(src)/%.elc: $(src)/%.el
+	$(log) "\nbyte-compiling... \n  $<"
+	$(batch) -f batch-byte-compile $<
 
-all: compile test
+.phony: all byte-compile test clean
 
-compile: $(elc-f)
+all: byte-compile test
 
-test: $(elc-f)
-	@echo "running tests... "
-	@$(batch) -L $(src-d) -l $(test-f) -f ert-run-tests-batch-and-exit
+byte-compile: $(src-elc)
 
-$(src-d)/%.elc: $(src-d)/%.el
-	@echo "compiling $<..."
-	@$(batch) -f batch-byte-compile $<
+test: $(src-el)
+	$(log) "\nrunning tests...\n"
+	$(batch) -L $(src) -l $(tests-el) -f ert-run-tests-batch-and-exit
 
 clean:
-	rm -f $(elc-f)
+	rm -f $(src-elc)
diff --git a/org-journal.svg b/logo.svg
similarity index 98%
rename from org-journal.svg
rename to logo.svg
index ed89648..b879574 100755
--- a/org-journal.svg
+++ b/logo.svg
@@ -2,34 +2,31 @@
 <!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) -->
 
 <svg
-   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
-   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
-   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
-   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-   xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
-   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
-   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
    id="svg2"
-   sodipodi:docname="org-journal.svg"
+   sodipodi:docname="logo.svg"
    viewBox="0 0 137.939 137.93899"
    version="1.1"
-   inkscape:version="0.92.3 (2405546, 2018-03-11)"
+   inkscape:version="1.1.2 (0a00cf5339, 2022-02-04)"
    width="137.939"
    height="137.939"
-   inkscape:export-filename="/mnem/Hephaistos/images/creation/org-journal/org-journal_16.png"
-   inkscape:export-xdpi="11.14"
-   inkscape:export-ydpi="11.14">
+   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
+   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
+   xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
+   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
+   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
   <title
-     id="title1157">Org-Journal icon</title>
+     id="title1157">org-journal.el logo</title>
   <defs
      id="defs4">
     <filter
        id="filter3788"
-       height="1.2"
-       width="1.2"
-       y="-0.1"
-       x="-0.1"
+       height="1.9785218"
+       width="1.7125919"
+       y="-0.48951256"
+       x="-0.35633335"
        inkscape:collect="always"
        style="color-interpolation-filters:sRGB">
       <feGaussianBlur
@@ -102,22 +99,22 @@
      id="base"
      bordercolor="#666666"
      inkscape:pageshadow="2"
-     inkscape:window-y="0"
+     inkscape:window-y="27"
      fit-margin-left="5.85626"
      pagecolor="#ffffff"
-     inkscape:window-height="720"
+     inkscape:window-height="1376"
      inkscape:window-maximized="1"
      inkscape:zoom="4.0307674"
      inkscape:window-x="0"
      showgrid="false"
      borderopacity="1.0"
      inkscape:current-layer="layer1"
-     inkscape:cx="68.969498"
-     inkscape:cy="68.969498"
+     inkscape:cx="69.093543"
+     inkscape:cy="69.093543"
      fit-margin-top="0"
      fit-margin-right="5.856265"
      fit-margin-bottom="0"
-     inkscape:window-width="1366"
+     inkscape:window-width="2560"
      inkscape:pageopacity="0"
      inkscape:document-units="px"
      showguides="true"
@@ -126,7 +123,8 @@
      inkscape:measure-start="177.223,82.6686"
      inkscape:measure-end="180.412,82.6686"
      units="px"
-     inkscape:snap-global="true" />
+     inkscape:snap-global="true"
+     inkscape:pagecheckerboard="0" />
   <g
      id="layer1"
      inkscape:label="Cover"
@@ -869,7 +867,7 @@
             <dc:title>Openclipart</dc:title>
           </cc:Agent>
         </dc:publisher>
-        <dc:title>Org-Journal icon</dc:title>
+        <dc:title>org-journal.el logo</dc:title>
         <dc:date>2018-12-0</dc:date>
         <dc:description>Icon/logo for the Emacs “org-journal” mode.
 By Tina Russell, based on original clipart by gsagri04, and incorporating the Org Mode unicorn art by Christophe Bataillon and Greg Newman. (The Org Mode unicorn was originally conceived by Bastien Guerry.)