diff --git a/heed b/heed
index 96a82d5..1037b8c 100755
--- a/heed
+++ b/heed
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
+chatlog="/var/log/bunkchat/chat.log"
+
 clear
 
-figlet -f future heed - bunkchat
+echo "╻ ╻┏━╸┏━╸╺┳┓         ┏┓ ╻ ╻┏┓╻╻┏ ┏━╸╻ ╻┏━┓╺┳╸"
+echo "┣━┫┣╸ ┣╸  ┃┃   ╺━╸   ┣┻┓┃ ┃┃┗┫┣┻┓┃  ┣━┫┣━┫ ┃ "
+echo "╹ ╹┗━╸┗━╸╺┻┛         ┗━┛┗━┛╹ ╹╹ ╹┗━╸╹ ╹╹ ╹ ╹ "
+
 echo "#######################################################################"
-echo "# Take heed, $USER! This is a group chat with everyone on the server! #"
-echo "# You can view earlier chat with 'scry' or 'less /srv/bunkchat.txt'   #"
+echo " Take heed, $USER! This is a group chat with everyone on the server!"
+echo " You can view earlier chat with 'scry' or 'less /srv/bunkchat.txt'"
 echo "#######################################################################"
 echo
 
-tail -f /srv/bunkchat.txt
+tail -f $chatlog
diff --git a/proclaim b/proclaim
index 48391ce..31274a2 100755
--- a/proclaim
+++ b/proclaim
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
+#!/bin/sh -e
 
 # make username uppercase
 username=$(echo "$USER" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
-timezone="America/New_York"
-declare prompt
+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 time and date
+    time=$(TZ=${timezone} date +%I:%M%p)
+    date=$(TZ=${timezone} date +%m/%d)
 
-	# make name/time string
-	prompt="${username}-${date}-${time}"
+    # make name/time string
+    prompt="${username}-${date}-${time}"
 }
 
 # enter bunkchat mode (clear the screen)
@@ -19,11 +20,14 @@ clear
 
 while true
 do
-	figlet -f future proclaim - bunkchat
-	echo "You may view old chat with 'scry', heathen."
-	echo "-------------------------------------------"
-	read -r -p "speak to the server: " text
-	makeSlug
-	echo "${prompt}: $text" >> /srv/bunkchat.txt
-	clear
+    echo "┏━┓┏━┓┏━┓┏━╸╻  ┏━┓╻┏┳┓         ┏┓ ╻ ╻┏┓╻╻┏ ┏━╸╻ ╻┏━┓╺┳╸"
+    echo "┣━┛┣┳┛┃ ┃┃  ┃  ┣━┫┃┃┃┃   ╺━╸   ┣┻┓┃ ┃┃┗┫┣┻┓┃  ┣━┫┣━┫ ┃ "
+    echo "╹  ╹┗╸┗━┛┗━╸┗━╸╹ ╹╹╹ ╹         ┗━┛┗━┛╹ ╹╹ ╹┗━╸╹ ╹╹ ╹ ╹ "
+    echo "You may view old chat with 'scry'!"
+    echo "----------------------------------"
+    printf "speak to the server: " >&2
+    read -r text
+    makeSlug
+    echo "${prompt}: $text" >> $chatlog
+    clear
 done
diff --git a/scry b/scry
index 432c623..01dcf43 100755
--- a/scry
+++ b/scry
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
+chatlog="/var/log/bunkchat/chat.log"
 
-less /srv/bunkchat.txt
+less $chatlog