diff --git a/config.nims b/config.nims
index 5cbb571..30c69fc 100644
--- a/config.nims
+++ b/config.nims
@@ -7,14 +7,8 @@ task develop, "install cligen for development":
   exec "nimble install -l 'illwill@0.4.1'"
   exec "nimble install -l 'cligen@1.7.5'"
 
-task docs, "Deploy doc html + search index to public/ directory":
-  let
-    deployDir = getCurrentDir() / "public"
-    pkgName = "hwylterm"
-    gitUrl = fmt"https://github.com/daylinmorgan/{pkgName}"
-  for module in ["cli", "chooser"]:
-    selfExec fmt"doc --docRoot:{getCurrentDir()}/src/ --index:on --outdir:{deployDir} src/hwylterm/{module}"
-  selfExec fmt"doc --project --index:on --git.url:{gitUrl} --git.commit:main --outdir:{deployDir} --project src/{pkgName}.nim"
+proc docFixup(deployDir:string, pkgName: string) =
+  ## apply renames to api docs
   withDir deployDir:
     mvFile(pkgName & ".html", "index.html")
     for file in walkDirRec(".", {pcFile}):
@@ -23,6 +17,16 @@ task docs, "Deploy doc html + search index to public/ directory":
       # drop 'src/' from titles
       exec(r"sed -i -r 's/<(.*)>src\//<\1>/' $1" % file)
 
+task docs, "Deploy doc html + search index to public/ directory":
+  let
+    deployDir = getCurrentDir() / "public"
+    pkgName = "hwylterm"
+    gitFlags = fmt"--git.url:'https://github.com/daylinmorgan/{pkgName}' --git.commit:main"
+  for module in ["cli", "chooser"]:
+    selfExec fmt"doc --docRoot:{getCurrentDir()}/src/ --index:on --outdir:{deployDir} src/hwylterm/{module}"
+  selfExec fmt"doc --project --index:on {gitFlags} --outdir:{deployDir} --project src/{pkgName}.nim"
+  docFixup(deployDir,pkgName)
+
 when withDir(thisDir(), system.dirExists("nimbledeps")):
   --path:"./nimbledeps/pkgs2/cligen-1.7.5-f3ffe7329c8db755677d3ca377d02ff176cec8b1"
   --path:"./nimbledeps/pkgs2/illwill-0.4.1-9c58351502f89a16caf031cbd1992ad3fdfd3c67"