diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 364fdec..18d76f5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 public/
+plugin/debug.vim
diff --git a/plugin/debug.vim b/plugin/debug.vim
deleted file mode 100644
index 760957c..0000000
--- a/plugin/debug.vim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-" TODO for DEBUGGING ONLY: reloads the whole lua plugin
-fun! ZKReload()
-  lua for k in pairs(package.loaded) do if k:match("^zettelkasten")  then package.loaded[k] = nil end end
-  lua require 'zettelkasten'
-endfun
-nnoremap <leader>R :call ZKReload()<cr>
-
-augroup Zettelkasten
-  autocmd!
-augroup END
-
-command! ZKOpen lua require('zettelkasten').open_link()
-
-command! -range ZKCreate lua require('zettelkasten').create_link()
-
-" example plug mappings
-" nnoremap <Plug>Zettel_Link :call zettelkasten#zettel_link()<cr>
-map <leader>i <Plug>zettel_link_open
-
-map <cr> <Plug>zettel_link_follow
diff --git a/plugin/zettelkasten.vim b/plugin/zettelkasten.vim
index 29323b2..223cafd 100644
--- a/plugin/zettelkasten.vim
+++ b/plugin/zettelkasten.vim
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-" TODO remove after debugging
 if exists('g:loaded_zettelkasten')
   finish
 endif