diff --git a/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg b/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg
index cacaa1e..23598c4 100755
--- a/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg
+++ b/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 COMMIT_MSG_FILE="$1"
 COMMIT_SOURCE="$2"
 
-pkgfileloc="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/_bootstrap/packages.txt"
-pkgignoreloc="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/_bootstrap/packages_ignore.txt"
+BOOTSTRAPDIR="bootstrap"
+pkgfileloc="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/$BOOTSTRAPDIR/packages.txt"
+pkgignoreloc="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/$BOOTSTRAPDIR/packages_ignore.txt"
 listgen="yay"
 
 err() {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 689ee75..afc39f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 * [x] quick directory jumping using z, with fzf integration
 * [x] fzf integrations for bibtex citation, vim buffer management, most recently used switching, shell command history, and more
 
-![Overview](_assets/gaps.png)
+![Overview](.assets/gaps.png)
 
 ## Quick-Start
 
@@ -56,10 +56,13 @@ Enjoy!
 
 * Generally, most configuration for applications attempts to follow the XDG specifications, keeping configuration in .config directory and supplementary files in .local/share directory. Over time, I am moving more applications to this standard: it keeps the home directory clean, and the separation of configuration, binaries, and data relatively clear.
 * `.config/shell` contains all the general zsh/bash/sh configuration and environment variables usually contained in `.zshrc`, `.zprofile` and similar. It is divided in login shell config (loginrc.d), general shell config (rc.d) and zsh specific (zsh.d). Over time this should be migrated to specific `stow` 'units', but for now here is where it is.
-* `.config/rofi` contains additional scripts and a simple theming framework for rofi and should probably be migrated into the correct directories at some point.
-* `.local/bin` in `scripts` `stow` unit contains most executable user scripts.
+* The `zsh` directory contains all setup for the z-shell, my daily work environment. It should not be required for working with any other module but will add additional functionality to many (such as command auto-completion and so on). `sh` sets some base functionality for any shell you may wish to work in. It is, for now, the only module that is required for some other modules to work.[^shreq]
+* `rofi` contains additional scripts and a simple theming framework for rofi and should probably be reorganized to put the correct files into the correct directories (per xdg) at some point.
+* `.local/bin` in `scripts` `stow` unit contains most executable user scripts. Most of these have been migrated to their corresponding modules (e.g. if a script exclusively targets git functionality, it will live there), some stand-alone scripts remain however.
 * `.local/share/pandoc` contains configuration for academic latex (pandoc, really) writing and is of interest if you want to use this functionality.
 * `.xinitrc` is used for x initialization and program startup.
-* `.gitlab-ci.yml` is only used for simple CI code linting and static analysis on gitlab, can be deleted on individual deployments.
+* Generally, directories starting with a . are only meaningful for the *repository* not for the functionality of the machine that these dotfiles are deployed on. That means `.gitlab-ci.yml`, `.assets/`, `.stowrc` and similar files and directories will not show up in the final deployment in any home directory. Perhaps they should be called dotdot-files since they're the dotfiles for my dotfiles. 🙂 (Also, 'dotfiles'.)
 
-![Gapless](_assets/gapless.png)
+[^shreq]: I may remove this requirement in the future to make modules more self-contained. However, relying on some base utility scripts makes it easier to avoid duplicating such functionality for each individual script in other modules.
+
+![Gapless](.assets/gapless.png)
diff --git a/_bootstrap/.config/sh/alias.d/dotlink.sh b/bootstrap/.config/sh/alias.d/dotlink.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from _bootstrap/.config/sh/alias.d/dotlink.sh
rename to bootstrap/.config/sh/alias.d/dotlink.sh
diff --git a/_bootstrap/.stow-local-ignore b/bootstrap/.stow-local-ignore
similarity index 100%
rename from _bootstrap/.stow-local-ignore
rename to bootstrap/.stow-local-ignore
diff --git a/_bootstrap/install_packages.sh b/bootstrap/install_packages.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from _bootstrap/install_packages.sh
rename to bootstrap/install_packages.sh
diff --git a/_bootstrap/packages.txt b/bootstrap/packages.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from _bootstrap/packages.txt
rename to bootstrap/packages.txt
diff --git a/_bootstrap/packages_ignore.txt b/bootstrap/packages_ignore.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from _bootstrap/packages_ignore.txt
rename to bootstrap/packages_ignore.txt