diff --git a/scripts/build-frontmatter.sh b/scripts/build-frontmatter.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index aa2c4c0..0000000
--- a/scripts/build-frontmatter.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Usage: scripts/build-frontmatter.sh conf/metadata.yaml templates/frontmatter.html conf/frontmatter.html
-# Description:
-#   Reads templates/frontmatter.html or templates/frontmatter.tex
-#   Replaces all $key$ with values from metadata.yaml
-#   Writes result to conf/frontmatter.html or frontmatter.tex
-# Requirements:
-#   metadata.yaml must be flat (key: value)
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-META_FILE="$1"
-TEMPLATE_FILE="$2"
-OUTPUT_FILE="$3"
-TEMP_FILE="scripts/tmp/frontmatter.tmp"
-
-# Check arguments
-echo "  META_FILE: $META_FILE"
-echo "  TEMPLATE_FILE: $TEMPLATE_FILE"
-echo "  OUTPUT_FILE: $OUTPUT_FILE"
-echo "  TEMP_FILE: $TEMP_FILE"
-echo ""
-
-# Start fresh output
-cp "$TEMPLATE_FILE" "$OUTPUT_FILE"
-
-# Load metadata into Bash associative array
-declare -A META
-while IFS= read -r line; do
-    # skip empty or comment lines
-    [[ -z "$line" || "$line" =~ ^# ]] && continue
-
-    key=$(echo "$line" | cut -d ':' -f 1 | xargs)
-    val=$(echo "$line" | cut -d ':' -f 2- | xargs)  # capture full value after first colon, trim spaces
-
-    # strip surrounding quotes if present
-    val="${val%\"}"
-    val="${val#\"}"
-
-    META["$key"]="$val"
-done < "$META_FILE"
-
-# Read template line by line and substitute
-for key in "${!META[@]}"; do
-    # Strip leading/trailing whitespace and quotes
-    val="${META[$key]}"
-    val="${val%\"}"   # remove trailing "
-    val="${val#\"}"   # remove leading "
-    val="$(echo "$val" | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//')"  # trim spaces safely
-
-    # Escape special chars for sed
-    esc_val=$(printf '%s' "$val" | sed -e 's/[\/&$]/\\&/g')
-
-    search_key="\$${key}\$"
-    echo "  Replacing ${search_key} → ${val}"
-    sed -i "s|\\\$${key}\\\$|${val}|g" "$OUTPUT_FILE"
-    # ls -l "$OUTPUT_FILE"
-done
-
-echo "✅ Rendered: $OUTPUT_FILE"
diff --git a/scripts/install-build-deps.sh b/scripts/install-build-deps.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c56ebf7..0000000
--- a/scripts/install-build-deps.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-REQ_PKGS=(
-  make
-  pandoc
-  texlive
-  texlive-xetex
-  texlive-latex-extra
-  texlive-fonts-recommended
-  texlive-fonts-extra
-  lmodern
-  epubcheck
-)
-
-echo "==> Checking and installing build dependencies"
-
-install_pkg() {
-  PKG="$1"
-  if dpkg -s "$PKG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "   ✅ $PKG already installed"
-  else
-    echo "   ➕ Installing $PKG"
-    sudo apt-get install -y "$PKG"
-  fi
-}
-
-echo "==> Updating package index"
-sudo apt-get update -y
-
-for PKG in "${REQ_PKGS[@]}"; do
-  install_pkg "$PKG"
-done
-
-echo ""
-echo "==> Verifying MathJax directory..."
-if [ -d "lib/mathjax" ]; then
-  echo "   ✅ MathJax directory exists"
-else
-  echo "   ❌ MathJax directory missing!"
-  echo "   Please restore lib/mathjax/ or re-clone repo"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo ""
-echo "🎉 Build environment ready."
-echo "Try building with:"
-echo "  make pdf"
-echo "  make html"
-echo "  make epub"
-echo ""
diff --git a/scripts/new-project.sh b/scripts/new-project.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index d68b7e1..8d1cbd6
--- a/scripts/new-project.sh
+++ b/scripts/new-project.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Usage: scripts/new-project.sh <project-directory>
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # Check arguments
@@ -8,16 +7,15 @@ if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Gets Script Directory
-SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
-B3_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+# Resolve directories
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+B3_DIR="$( cd -- "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
-# Create project directory
 PROJECT_DIR="$1"
 mkdir -p "$PROJECT_DIR"
 
-echo "$SCRIPT_DIR"
-echo "$B3_DIR"
+echo "Script dir: $SCRIPT_DIR"
+echo "Template root: $B3_DIR"
 
-# Copy B3 template to project directory
-#rsync -av --exclude ".git" "$B3_DIR/" "$PROJECT_DIR"
+# Copy template (excluding .git)
+# rsync -av --exclude ".git" "$B3_DIR/" "$PROJECT_DIR"