diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 30719e2..d5a7d06 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+conf.yml
+public/
+content/events
+content/bibliography
+
 # ---> macOS
 # General
 .DS_Store
@@ -5,7 +10,8 @@
 .LSOverride
 
 # Icon must end with two \r
-Icon

+Icon
+
 
 # Thumbnails
 ._*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5983175..bc0e5bc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 # Mathematics & Artifice
 
-Site logics of "Mathematics & Artifice"
\ No newline at end of file
+Site logics of "Mathematics & Artifice"
+
+'''
+> python -m venv venv
+> source venv/bin/activate
+> pip install -r requirements.txt
+> python make.py
+'''
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/content/description.md b/content/description.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f015ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/description.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+type: 'desc'
+---
+
+We are a reading group based at Utrecht University interested in the historical, philosophical, and contemporary aspects of mathematics.
diff --git a/make.py b/make.py
index 4e63f30..d2ca9f1 100644
--- a/make.py
+++ b/make.py
@@ -49,43 +49,54 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 	# section {events + readings}
 	section_template = jinja2.Template(utils.read_file(partials['section']))
 
+	content_dir = pathlib.Path(conf['content'])
+
 	# events
-	events = list(utils.get_files_in_subdir(conf['content'], 'event', 'md').values())
+	events_dir = content_dir / 'events'
 	upcoming_events = []
 	previous_events = []
-	for e in events:
-		p = frontmatter.load(e)
-		summary = f"{p['title']} - {p['date']}"
-		content = markdown.markdown(p.content)
-		detail = f"<i>When:</i> {p['date']}<br><i>Where:</i> {p['location']}<br>{content}"
-		el = {'summary': summary, 'detail': detail}
+	
+	if not events_dir.exists():
+		print("path content/events does not exist.")
+	else:
+		events = list(utils.get_files_in_subdir(conf['content'], 'event', 'md').values())
+		for e in events:
+			p = frontmatter.load(e)
+			summary = f"{p['title']} - {p['date']}"
+			content = markdown.markdown(p.content)
+			detail = f"<i>When:</i> {p['date']}<br><i>Where:</i> {p['location']}<br>{content}"
+			el = {'summary': summary, 'detail': detail}
 
-		if read_date(p) > arrow.utcnow():
-			upcoming_events.append(el)
-		else:
-			previous_events.append(el)
+			if read_date(p) > arrow.utcnow():
+				upcoming_events.append(el)
+			else:
+				previous_events.append(el)
 
 	upcoming = section_template.render(section_id='events', section_title="Upcoming session(s)", section_items=upcoming_events)
 	previous = section_template.render(section_id='archive', section_title="Previous sessions", section_items=previous_events)
 
-	# reading bibliography
+	# bibliography
 	reading = ""
-	bibliography_dir = pathlib.Path(conf['content']) / "bibliography"
-	bibliography = utils.ls_dir(bibliography_dir)
+	bibliography_dir = content_dir / "bibliography"
 
-	for b in bibliography:
-		reading_list = utils.get_files_in_subdir(bibliography_dir, b.stem, 'md')
-		if not reading_list:
-			continue
-		reading_list = list(reading_list.values())
-		readings = []
-		for r in sorted(reading_list):
-			p = frontmatter.load(r)
-			summary = p['title']
-			detail = markdown.markdown(p.content)
-			readings.append({'summary': summary, 'detail': detail})
+	if not bibliography_dir.exists():
+		print("path content/bibliography does not exist.")
+	else:
+		bibliography = utils.ls_dir(bibliography_dir)
 
-		reading += section_template.render(section_id='readings', section_title=b.stem, section_items=readings) + "\n"
+		for b in bibliography:
+			reading_list = utils.get_files_in_subdir(bibliography_dir, b.stem, 'md')
+			if not reading_list:
+				continue
+			reading_list = list(reading_list.values())
+			readings = []
+			for r in sorted(reading_list):
+				p = frontmatter.load(r)
+				summary = p['title']
+				detail = markdown.markdown(p.content)
+				readings.append({'summary': summary, 'detail': detail})
+
+			reading += section_template.render(section_id='readings', section_title=b.stem, section_items=readings) + "\n"
 
 	# footer
 	if 'footer' in partials and 'footer_img' in conf: