diff --git a/heed b/heed
index 9a6d241..374bba2 100755
--- a/heed
+++ b/heed
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ 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 "#######################################################################"
+echo " Take heed, $USER! This is a group chat with everyone on the server!"
+echo " You can view earlier chat with 'scry'!"
+echo "#######################################################################"
 echo
 
 tail -f $chatlog
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index c82315c..dc110ee 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
-
+# install.sh
 installtarget=/usr/local/bin
 chatlogdir=/var/log/bunkchat
 chatlog=chat.log
 
+if ! [ "$(id -u)" = 0 ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: please run install with root permission" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 chattrfailed() {
     set +e
     rm -rf $chatlogdir
@@ -13,38 +18,26 @@ chattrfailed() {
     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
-}
+# do this setup first in case chattr fails
+# mk chat directory and touch file
+mkdir $chatlogdir
+chmod 755 $chatlogdir
 
-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
+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
 
-    echo "SUCCESS! bunkchat installed!"
-    exit 0
-}
+cp proclaim heed scry $installtarget
 
-# check for root perms
-if ! [ "$(id -u)" = 0 ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: please run install with root permission" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
+chmod 755 ${installtarget}/proclaim
+chmod 755 ${installtarget}/heed
+chmod 755 ${installtarget}/scry
 
-# if chat.log exists, skip prep
-if [ -f ${chatlogdir}/${chatlog} ]; then
-    install
-else
-    prep
-    install
-fi
+chown root:root ${installtarget}/proclaim
+chown root:root ${installtarget}/heed
+chown root:root ${installtarget}/scry
+
+
+echo "SUCCESS! bunkchat installed!"
+exit 0
diff --git a/proclaim b/proclaim
index 1d09759..b958e0b 100755
--- a/proclaim
+++ b/proclaim
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ do
     echo "┏━┓┏━┓┏━┓┏━╸╻  ┏━┓╻┏┳┓         ┏┓ ╻ ╻┏┓╻╻┏ ┏━╸╻ ╻┏━┓╺┳╸"
     echo "┣━┛┣┳┛┃ ┃┃  ┃  ┣━┫┃┃┃┃   ╺━╸   ┣┻┓┃ ┃┃┗┫┣┻┓┃  ┣━┫┣━┫ ┃ "
     echo "╹  ╹┗╸┗━┛┗━╸┗━╸╹ ╹╹╹ ╹         ┗━┛┗━┛╹ ╹╹ ╹┗━╸╹ ╹╹ ╹ ╹ "
-    echo "You may view current chat with 'heed'!"
     echo "You may view old chat with 'scry'!"
     echo "----------------------------------"
     printf "speak to the server: "