diff --git a/bunkdeck b/bunkdeck
index 6de1c9a..590c05f 100755
--- a/bunkdeck
+++ b/bunkdeck
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
 sessionname=bunkdeck
-heedPane="bunkdeck:0.0"
-proclaimPane="bunkdeck:0.1"
-shellPane="bunkdeck:0.2"
+heedPane=bunkdeck:0.0
+proclaimPane=bunkdeck:0.1
+shellPane=bunkdeck:0.2
 
 isExistingDeck () {
-    # format `-F '#S' # formats the result as just the session name`
-    # filter `-f "{==:#S,${sessionname}}` # only returns sessions named $sessionname
-    # capture error and redirect
-	  sessions=$(tmux list-sessions -F '#S' -f "#{==:#S,${sessionname}}" 2>/dev/null)
-
-	  if [ "${sessions}" = "${sessionname}" ] ; then
+    if tmux has -t $sessionname ; then
 		    return 0
     else
 		    return 1
@@ -19,7 +14,8 @@ isExistingDeck () {
 }
 
 attachToDeck () {
-    tmux attach-session -t bunkdeck
+    # does not currently protect against nesting sessions (tmux does this for us)
+    tmux attach-session -d -t bunkdeck
 }
 
 startNewDeck () {
diff --git a/heed b/heed
deleted file mode 100755
index 9a6d241..0000000
--- a/heed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-
-chatlog=/var/log/bunkchat/chat.log
-
-clear
-
-echo "╻ ╻┏━╸┏━╸╺┳┓         ┏┓ ╻ ╻┏┓╻╻┏ ┏━╸╻ ╻┏━┓╺┳╸"
-echo "┣━┫┣╸ ┣╸  ┃┃   ╺━╸   ┣┻┓┃ ┃┃┗┫┣┻┓┃  ┣━┫┣━┫ ┃ "
-echo "╹ ╹┗━╸┗━╸╺┻┛         ┗━┛┗━┛╹ ╹╹ ╹┗━╸╹ ╹╹ ╹ ╹ "
-echo "Take heed, $USER! This is a group chat with everyone on the server!"
-echo "You may post in chat with 'proclaim'!"
-echo "You may view old chat with 'scry'!"
-echo "----------------------------------"
-echo
-
-tail -f $chatlog
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index c82315c..046586a 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,50 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-installtarget=/usr/local/bin
-chatlogdir=/var/log/bunkchat
-chatlog=chat.log
 
-chattrfailed() {
-    set +e
-    rm -rf $chatlogdir
-    echo
-    echo "ERROR: could not set append only attribute in ${chatlogdir}"
-    echo "       does your filesystem support 'chattr +a' ?"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-prep() {
-    mkdir -p $chatlogdir
-    chmod 755 $chatlogdir
-    touch ${chatlogdir}/${chatlog}
-    chmod 666 ${chatlogdir}/${chatlog}
-    # if chattr +a not supported on this file system, catch error and clean up
-    chattr +a ${chatlogdir}/${chatlog} || chattrfailed
-}
-
-install() {
-    cp proclaim heed scry $installtarget
-    chmod 755 ${installtarget}/proclaim
-    chmod 755 ${installtarget}/heed
-    chmod 755 ${installtarget}/scry
-    chown root:root ${installtarget}/proclaim
-    chown root:root ${installtarget}/heed
-    chown root:root ${installtarget}/scry
-
-    echo "SUCCESS! bunkchat installed!"
-    exit 0
-}
-
-# check for root perms
-if ! [ "$(id -u)" = 0 ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: please run install with root permission" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# if chat.log exists, skip prep
-if [ -f ${chatlogdir}/${chatlog} ]; then
-    install
-else
-    prep
-    install
-fi
+# pull in bunkchat
+# run bunkchat install script
diff --git a/proclaim b/proclaim
deleted file mode 100755
index 1fd1777..0000000
--- a/proclaim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-
-# make username uppercase
-username=$(echo "$USER" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
-timezone=UTC
-chatlog=/var/log/bunkchat/chat.log
-prompt=""
-
-makeSlug () {
-    # make time and date
-    time=$(TZ=${timezone} date +%I:%M%p)
-    date=$(TZ=${timezone} date +%m/%d)
-
-    # make name/time string
-    prompt="${username}-${date}-${time}"
-}
-
-# enter bunkchat mode (clear the screen)
-clear
-
-while true
-do
-    echo "┏━┓┏━┓┏━┓┏━╸╻  ┏━┓╻┏┳┓         ┏┓ ╻ ╻┏┓╻╻┏ ┏━╸╻ ╻┏━┓╺┳╸"
-    echo "┣━┛┣┳┛┃ ┃┃  ┃  ┣━┫┃┃┃┃   ╺━╸   ┣┻┓┃ ┃┃┗┫┣┻┓┃  ┣━┫┣━┫ ┃ "
-    echo "╹  ╹┗╸┗━┛┗━╸┗━╸╹ ╹╹╹ ╹         ┗━┛┗━┛╹ ╹╹ ╹┗━╸╹ ╹╹ ╹ ╹ "
-    echo "Proclaim your musings, $USER! This is a group chat with everyone on the server!"
-    echo "You may view current chat with 'heed'!"
-    echo "You may view old chat with 'scry'!"
-    echo "----------------------------------"
-    printf "speak to the server: "
-    read -r text
-    makeSlug
-    echo "${prompt}: $text" >> $chatlog
-    clear
-done
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 5741545..2543c3a 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@ tmux wraps some hand-rolled local chat scripts, and the`bunkdeck` command starts
 
 bunkdeck is comprised of these lil things:
 * `bunkdeck` - run this command to start the interface
-* `proclaim` - post in chat
-* `heed` - read the chat
-* `scry` - read the old chat
+* `bunkchat` - the actual chat functionality [git](https://git.bunk.computer/bunk/bunkchat)
 
 on the server, these are all installed in `/usr/local/bin` so everyone can run them
 
-the file they all interact with, `/srv/bunkchat.txt` has permissions such that everyone can read and write to it
-
+the file they all interact with, `/var/log/bunkchat/chat.log` is append-only
diff --git a/scry b/scry
deleted file mode 100755
index 1fe2cdf..0000000
--- a/scry
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-chatlog=/var/log/bunkchat/chat.log
-
-less $chatlog