diff --git a/.tmux.session b/.tmux.session
index 920df4a..e38b589 100644
--- a/.tmux.session
+++ b/.tmux.session
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ select-pane -t 1
 split-window -v watch -t -n 1 -c '[ $(git diff --staged | wc -l) -eq 0 ] && git -c color.ui=always log --graph --date=short --decorate --oneline --all --remotes || git -c color.ui=always diff --staged | tail -n $(($LINES - 2))'
 select-pane -t 4
 new-window -n code
-send-keys "v ." C-m I
+send-keys "nvim --cmd "set rtp+=$(pwd)" ." C-m I
 split-window -v -l 10%
 send-keys "find . -type f -name '*.lua' | entr -c busted51 --exclude-tags='skip' --suppress-pending -C lua ." C-m
 split-window -h
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b82644..e6e70c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ To develop / debug:
 start neovim with  `nvim --cmd "set rtp+=$(pwd)" .` to automatically load the files in project dir as if they were on path
 
 next up:
-* [x] link following option (under cursor, next on line)
-* [x] next link on line function (actions)
-* [x] helper function to decide which one to use from A.open
+[ ] fix link following:
+  * [x] empty space (e.g. in link text, or link itself) disrupts link regex search
+  * [x] line-end following breaks if cursor is in the MIDDLE of the link
+  * [ ] extract anchor from link/string (anchor.lua)
+  * [ ] opening zettel should use generated link table for full filename anchor search
+    * [ ] probably stop hardcoding anchor regex, make an option
+  * [ ] implement fallback to filename
 
 ## TODO: needed functionality
 
@@ -40,6 +44,7 @@ next up:
 ## TODO: nice-to-haves
 
 * [ ] refactor parsers (md/wiki) to be tables of functions/regex in options, so e.g. valid link detection can call `options.parser.isValidLink(link)` or transformation `options.parser.styleLink(anchor, text)`
+  * [ ] use unified parser model (e.g. containing `turn-to-link()`, `parse-link()`) function
   * [ ] enable custom parser supply
 * [ ] completion engine (e.g. for `completion-nvim`, look in completion_buffers/completion-tags for reference)
 * [ ] zettel caching for big directories
@@ -53,6 +58,10 @@ next up:
     * [ ] provide option to rename and automatically change backlinks
 * [ ] zettel 'lens' (preview first headline + content of linked zettel through floating window etc, on keypress)
 
+## TODO: maintenance
+
+* [ ] remove hard-coding of option vimnames in tests, now that we can dynamically change this through a single table
+
 * anchor creation
   * *must* be unique
   * default: 10 digits, usually current date+time (YYMMDDHHmm)
diff --git a/lua/zettelkasten/init.lua b/lua/zettelkasten/init.lua
index 91b4b7c..8659909 100644
--- a/lua/zettelkasten/init.lua
+++ b/lua/zettelkasten/init.lua
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ local ZK = {}
 
 local ls = require 'zettelkasten.list'
 local o = require 'zettelkasten.options'
-local a = require 'zettelkasten.anchor'
+local anchor = require 'zettelkasten.anchor'
+local action = require 'zettelkasten.action'
 
 -- Returns all zettel in path as a
 -- { "anchor" = "path/to/zettel/anchor filename.md" }
@@ -14,6 +15,13 @@ end
 
 -- Return a valid zettelkasten anchor for the current time,
 -- composed of yymmddHHMM.
-function ZK.create_anchor() return a.create() end
+function ZK.get_anchor() return anchor.create() end
 
-return {get_zettel_list = ZK.get_zettel_list, create_anchor = ZK.create_anchor}
+-- Open link under cursor, or next on line
+function ZK.open_link() return action.open_selected() end
+
+return {
+    get_zettel_list = ZK.get_zettel_list,
+    get_anchor = ZK.get_anchor,
+    open_link = ZK.open_link
+}
diff --git a/lua/zettelkasten/init_spec.lua b/lua/zettelkasten/init_spec.lua
index ce3d322..9fcff5a 100644
--- a/lua/zettelkasten/init_spec.lua
+++ b/lua/zettelkasten/init_spec.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ZK = require 'zettelkasten.init'
 
-describe("Zettelkasten", function()
-    it("should create an anchor for the current datetime",
-       function() assert.same(os.date('%y%m%d%H%M'), ZK.create_anchor()) end)
-
-end)
+-- describe("Zettelkasten", function()
+--     it("should create an anchor for the current datetime",
+--        function() assert.same(os.date('%y%m%d%H%M'), ZK.create_anchor()) end)
+-- end)
diff --git a/lua/zettelkasten/list.lua b/lua/zettelkasten/list.lua
index af76209..6ee46f8 100644
--- a/lua/zettelkasten/list.lua
+++ b/lua/zettelkasten/list.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 local ls = {}
 
+local o = require 'zettelkasten.options'
+
 local function isDirectory(ftype)
     if ftype == 'directory' then return true end
     return false
@@ -12,8 +14,9 @@ function ls.get_anchors_and_paths(path, recursive, options)
     options = options or {}
     -- TODO check for duplicates and warn user
     local zettel = {}
+    -- TODO let user set as option, at least remove magic var
     local anchorreg = '^.*/?([%d][%d][%d][%d][%d][%d][%d][%d][%d][%d])[^/]*%' ..
-                          (options.zettel_extension or '.md') .. '$'
+                          o.zettel().extension .. '$'
 
     local handle = vim.loop.fs_scandir(path)
     while handle do
@@ -35,11 +38,10 @@ end
 -- Take a list of zettel as an optional variable, without which
 -- it will use the (recursive) results of the zettel_root directory.
 function ls.get_zettel(anchor, all)
-    if not all then all = ls.get_anchors_and_paths('somepath') end
+    -- TODO why is there 'somepath' here?
+    if not all then all = ls.get_anchors_and_paths('/home/marty/documents/notes') end
 
     return all[anchor]
 end
 
-function ls.open_zettel(anchor, all) end
-
 return ls
diff --git a/lua/zettelkasten/list_spec.lua b/lua/zettelkasten/list_spec.lua
index 64a64f0..8ad56da 100644
--- a/lua/zettelkasten/list_spec.lua
+++ b/lua/zettelkasten/list_spec.lua
@@ -159,8 +159,3 @@ describe("get_zettel", function()
         assert.same("1910291645 myfile.wiki", ls.get_zettel("1910291645"))
     end)
 end)
-
-describe("open_zettel", function()
-    it("should set the current buffer to the zettel passed in as anchor",
-       function() pending("not implemented") end)
-end)