diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a3791cd..cc95dbe 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         inherit (tix.packages.${system}) watch watchpipe results;
 
         test = tix.run [
-          ./testing/md.test.nix
+          # ./testing/md.test.nix
           ./testing/html.test.nix
           ./testing/elems.test.nix
           ./testing/builder.test.nix
diff --git a/nixite/md.nix b/nixite/md.nix
index 680a1a8..7aa90af 100644
--- a/nixite/md.nix
+++ b/nixite/md.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
-rec {
-  processMd = elems: md:
+let
+  elems = import ./elems.nix;
+  html = import ./html.nix;
+in rec {
+  processMd = md:
     if builtins.isPath md
-    then processStr elems (builtins.readFile md)
-    else processStr elems md;
+    then processStr (builtins.readFile md)
+    else processStr md;
 
-  recReadMd = toPage: elems: root:
+  recReadMd = root:
     assert builtins.isPath root;
       builtins.mapAttrs (path: type:
         if type == "directory"
         then recReadMd (root + (/. + path))
         else if type == "regular"
-        then toPage (processMd elems (root + (/. + path)))
+        then mdToPage (root + (/. + path))
         else throw "Cannot read ${path}, file type ${type}") (builtins.readDir root);
 
   recFixAppendix = site:
@@ -25,13 +28,19 @@ rec {
 
   fixAppendix = builtins.replaceStrings [".md"] [".html"];
 
-  readDir = toPage: elems: root: recFixAppendix (recReadMd toPage elems root);
+  readDir = root: recFixAppendix (recReadMd root);
 
-  splitList = elems: block:
-    map listItem elems (builtins.filter (s: builtins.isString s && s != "")
+  mdToPage = md:
+    html.document {
+      head = [];
+      body = elems.main (elems.article (processMd md));
+    };
+
+  splitList = block:
+    map listItem (builtins.filter (s: builtins.isString s && s != "")
       (builtins.split "\n" block));
 
-  listItem = elems: str: let
+  listItem = str: let
     li = builtins.match "- (.*)" str;
     checkbox = builtins.match "- \\[(.)] (.*)" str;
     checked = builtins.elemAt checkbox 0;
@@ -49,48 +58,47 @@ rec {
     ];
 
   replace = regex: apply: block:
-    if toString block == ""
-    then ""
-    else
-      (let
-        match = builtins.match regex block;
-        before = builtins.elemAt match 0;
-        matchCount = builtins.length match;
-        after = builtins.elemAt match (matchCount - 1);
-      in
-        if match == null
-        then block
-        else
-          (
-            replace regex apply before
-          )
-          + (apply match)
-          + after);
+    assert builtins.isString block; (let
+      m = builtins.match regex block;
+      before = builtins.elemAt m 0;
+      after = toString (builtins.elemAt m (matchCount - 1));
+      matchCount = builtins.length m;
+    in
+      if m == null
+      then block
+      else
+        (
+          if before == null
+          then ""
+          else replace regex apply before
+        )
+        + (apply m)
+        + after);
 
   rule = matcher: apply: blocks:
-    if builtins.isString blocks
-    then replace matcher apply blocks
-    else if builtins.isList blocks
-    then map (replace matcher apply) blocks
-    else throw "replace rule should be applied to string or list of strings";
+    map (block:
+      if builtins.isString block
+      then replace matcher apply block
+      else block)
+    blocks;
 
-  applyRules = index: rules: input: let
+  applyRules = i: rules: input: let
     group =
       if builtins.isString input
       then [input]
       else input;
     len = builtins.length rules;
-    rule = builtins.elemAt rules index;
-    next = index + 1;
+    rule = builtins.elemAt rules i;
+    next = i + 1;
   in
-    assert index < len;
+    assert i < len;
       if next < len
       then rule (applyRules next rules group)
       else rule group;
 
   basicRule = matcher: elem: rule matcher (m: elem (builtins.elemAt m 1));
 
-  processStr = elems: applyRules 0 [
+  processStr = applyRules 0 [
     (basicRule (wrap "\\^") elems.sup)
     (basicRule (wrap "~") elems.sub)
     (basicRule (wrap "\\*") elems.em)
@@ -103,8 +111,8 @@ rec {
     (rule (contains "\\[(.*)]\\((.*)\\)") (m: let
       href = builtins.elemAt m 2;
       text = builtins.elemAt m 1;
-    in (elems.a {inherit href;} text)))
-    (list elems)
+    in (elems.a href text)))
+    list
     (basicRule "(.*\n\n)?(.+)\n(.*)?" elems.p)
     (basicRule "(.*\n\n)?```(.*)```(.*)?" (elems.textarea {readonly = true;}))
     (basicRule (containsBreak "###### ([^\n]+)") (elems.h6))
@@ -113,25 +121,18 @@ rec {
     (basicRule (containsBreak "### ([^\n]+)") (elems.h3))
     (basicRule (containsBreak "## ([^\n]+)") (elems.h2))
     (basicRule (containsBreak "# ([^\n]+)") (elems.h1))
-    (basicRule (containsBreak "<(${linkmatcher})>") (m: elems.a {href = m;} m))
+    (basicRule (containsBreak "<(${linkmatcher})>") (m: elems.a m m))
   ];
 
-  list = elems: let
-    addCheckboxes = basicRule "()\\[(.)] (.*)" (check:
-      elems.input {
-        type = "checkbox";
-        checked = check != " ";
-        disabled = true;
-      });
-
-    listitems =
-      basicRule "(.*\n)?- ([^\n]+)\n(.*)" (contents:
-        elems.li (addCheckboxes contents));
-  in (rule "((.*)(\n([^-\n][^\n]+)?\n))?((- [^\n]+\n)+)(.*)" (
-    match: let
-      listString = builtins.elemAt match 4;
-    in (elems.ul (listitems listString))
-  ));
+  list = rule "((.*)(\n([^-\n][^\n]+)?\n))?((- [^\n]+\n)+)(.*)" (
+    l: (elems.ul (basicRule "(.*\n)?- ([^\n]+)\n(.*)" (m:
+      elems.li (basicRule "()\\[(.)] (.*)" (check:
+        elems.input {
+          type = "checkbox";
+          checked = check != " ";
+          disabled = true;
+        }) [m])) [(builtins.elemAt l 4)]))
+  );
 
   linkmatcher = "[-[:alnum:].%?&#=:/]+";
   contains = matcher: "(.*)?${matcher}(.*)";