diff --git a/Formula/cowponder.rb b/Formula/cowponder.rb
index 299d164..a385ba1 100644
--- a/Formula/cowponder.rb
+++ b/Formula/cowponder.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 class Cowponder < Formula
   desc "Simple terminal command to display random philosophical thoughts from a cow"
   homepage "https://github.com/maxcai314/homebrew-cowponder"
-  url "https://xz.ax/cowponder-homebrew-v0.0.2.tar.gz"
-  sha256 "9982527b45425239ba0bdce963ec225ea65540185e970ced03fbf27cda350e47"
+  url "https://max.xz.ax/cowponder/cowponder-homebrew-v0.0.2.tar.gz"
+  sha256 "a58a046d41044ed6f0b80d35dc9b20301a56b552ef3613bb30a1e38210b73343"
 
   depends_on "cowsay"
   depends_on "python@3"
diff --git a/resources/Makefile b/resources/Makefile
index 73676f1..a8e4296 100644
--- a/resources/Makefile
+++ b/resources/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CONTENTS_DIR := ./contents
 BUILD_DIR := .
-INSTALL_DIR := /var/www/html
+INSTALL_DIR := /var/www/max/cowponder
 TARBALL_FILE := cowponder-homebrew-v0.0.2.tar.gz
 
 .PHONY: all clean install
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ TARBALL_FILE := cowponder-homebrew-v0.0.2.tar.gz
 all: $(BUILD_DIR)/$(TARBALL_FILE)
 
 install: $(BUILD_DIR)/$(TARBALL_FILE)
-	cp $(BUILD_DIR)/$(TARBALL_FILE) $(INSTALL_DIR)
+	cp $^ $(INSTALL_DIR)
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/$(TARBALL_FILE): $(CONTENTS_DIR)
-	tar -czvf $(BUILD_DIR)/$(TARBALL_FILE) -C $(CONTENTS_DIR) .
+	tar -czvf $@ -C $^ .
 	shasum -a 256 $(BUILD_DIR)/$(TARBALL_FILE)
 
 clean:
diff --git a/resources/contents/cowponder b/resources/contents/cowponder
index ec6f861..d36ecfd 100755
--- a/resources/contents/cowponder
+++ b/resources/contents/cowponder
@@ -1,43 +1,78 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-Help()
-{
-    echo "cowponder generates an ASCII art picture of a cow thinking some"
-    echo "fascinating random thoughts. It word-wraps the message at about 40"
-    echo "columns, and prints the cow saying the given message on standard"
-    echo "output."
-    echo ""
-    echo "cowponder also includes ponder, which provides the same functionality"
-    echo "but without the bovine centerpiece so users may pipe the thoughts to"
-    echo "their contemplative creature of choice."
-    echo ""
-    echo "Different modes can be enabled by passing the appropriate option."
-    echo "For instance -d will enable Dead mode, were the cow shown appears"
-    echo "to be dead. The complete list of options are:"
-    echo ""
-    echo "  Borg     -b"
-    echo "  Dead     -d"
-    echo "  Greedy   -g"
-    echo "  Paranoid -p"
-    echo "  Stoned   -s"
-    echo "  Youthful -y"
-    echo ""
-    echo "Outside of the cow modes, there are several additional options. "
-    echo "Note that these are not available for ponder, since the ponder"
-    echo "is the same software as cowponder and shares a thoughtbook."
-    echo "  --version, -v         Display the version of cowponder and exit."
-    echo "  --update,  -u         Update the thoughtbook from the interwebs."
-    echo "                        This *will* erase any changes you've made; "
-    echo "                        back up anything you want to keep!"
-    echo "  --add, -a [thought]   Add [thought] to the thoughtbook."
-}
-
-while getopts ":h" option; do
-   case $option in
-      h) # display Help
-         Help
-         exit;;
-   esac
-done
-
-cowthink $(ponder "$@")
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+from random import SystemRandom
+from os import path, popen
+cowthoughts_path = path.join(popen("brew --prefix").read().strip(), "etc", "cowthoughts.txt")
+
+random = SystemRandom() # more random
+ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="cowponder", description="""cowponder generates an ASCII art picture of a cow thinking some
+fascinating random thoughts. It word-wraps the message at about 40
+columns, and prints the cow saying the given message on standard
+output.
+
+cowponder also includes ponder, which provides the same functionality
+but without the bovine centerpiece so users may pipe the thoughts to
+their contemplative creature of choice.
+
+Different modes can be enabled by passing the appropriate option.
+For instance -d will enable Dead mode, were the cow shown appears
+to be dead. The complete list of options are:
+
+  Borg     -b
+  Dead     -d
+  Greedy   -g
+  Paranoid -p
+  Stoned   -s
+  Youthful -y
+
+Outside of the cow modes, there are several additional options. 
+Note that these are not available for ponder, since the ponder
+is the same software as cowponder and shares a thoughtbook.
+  --help,    -h         Print this help message and exit.
+  --version, -v         Display the version of cowponder and exit.
+  --update,  -u         Update the thoughtbook from the interwebs.
+                        This *will* erase any changes you've made; 
+                        back up anything you want to keep!
+  --add, -a [thought]   Add [thought] to the thoughtbook.""", 
+  usage="cowponder [-bdgpsy] [-h] [-v] [-u] [-a <THOUGHT>]", formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter, add_help=False)
+
+ap.add_argument("-v", "--version", action='store_true', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
+ap.add_argument("-u", "--update",  action='store_true', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
+ap.add_argument("-a", "--add", help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
+ap.add_argument("-h", "--help", action="store_true", help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
+arglist = 'bdgpsy'
+for i in arglist:
+	ap.add_argument("-"+i, action="store_true", help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
+
+
+args = vars(ap.parse_args())
+
+
+if args["help"]:
+	print(ap.description)
+	exit()
+if args['version']:
+	subprocess.run(["cowthink", "cowponder version 0.0.1"])
+	# print("cowponder version 0.0.1")
+	exit()
+if args['update']:
+	subprocess.run(["wget", "-q", "-O", cowthoughts_path, "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maxcai314/cowponder/master/cowponder_0.0.1-1_all/etc/cowthoughts.txt"])
+	subprocess.run(["cowthink", "updated thoughtbook"])
+	exit()
+if thought := args['add']:
+	with open(cowthoughts_path, "a") as f:
+		print(thought, file=f)
+	subprocess.run(['cowthink', '"' + thought + '" added to thoughtbook'])
+	exit()
+
+
+with open(cowthoughts_path) as thinkbook:
+	thought = random.choice([thought for thought in thinkbook.read().split("\n") if thought])
+
+prefix = "".join([i for i in arglist if args[i]])
+if len(prefix) > 0:
+	subprocess.run(["cowthink", "-"+prefix, thought])
+else:
+	subprocess.run(["cowthink", thought])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/contents/ponder b/resources/contents/ponder
index c19fb12..c190993 100755
--- a/resources/contents/ponder
+++ b/resources/contents/ponder
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import argparse
 import subprocess
 import os
 from random import SystemRandom
+from os import path, popen
+cowthoughts_path = path.join(popen("brew --prefix").read().strip(), "etc", "cowthoughts.txt")
+
 random = SystemRandom() # more random
 
 cowthoughts_file = os.path.join(os.popen("brew --prefix").read().strip(), "etc", "cowthoughts.txt")
@@ -12,36 +15,24 @@ ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="ponder", description="provides the functional
 ap.add_argument("-v", "--version", action='store_true', help="Print version information and exit.")
 ap.add_argument("-u", "--update",  action='store_true', help="Update thoughtbook from the server. This *will* overwrite any changes made with cowponder --add.")
 ap.add_argument("-a", "--add", help="Add custom thought to thoughtbook.")
-# ap.add_argument("pipe_args", action='append', nargs='*', help='any additional arguments which should be included in the output, for whatever the next command is.')
-ap.add_argument("-b", action='store_true', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
-ap.add_argument("-d", action='store_true', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
-ap.add_argument("-g", action='store_true', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
-ap.add_argument("-p", action='store_true', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
-ap.add_argument("-s", action='store_true', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
-ap.add_argument("-y", action='store_true', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
 args = vars(ap.parse_args())
 
 if args['version']:
 	print("cowponder version 0.0.1")
 	exit()
 if args['update']:
-	subprocess.run(["wget", "-O", cowthoughts_file, "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maxcai314/cowponder/master/cowponder_0.0.1-1_all/etc/cowthoughts.txt"])
+	subprocess.run(["wget", "-q", "-O", cowthoughts_path, "https://max.xz.ax/cowponder/cowthoughts.txt"])
 	print("updated thoughtbook (moo)")
 	exit()
-if not ((thought := args['add']) is None):
-	with open(cowthoughts_file, "a") as thinkbook:
-		print(thought, file=thinkbook)
-
-prefix = ''
-if args['b']: prefix += ' -b '
-if args['d']: prefix += ' -d '
-if args['g']: prefix += ' -g '
-if args['p']: prefix += ' -p '
-if args['s']: prefix += ' -s '
-if args['y']: prefix += ' -y '
-
-with open(cowthoughts_file) as thinkbook:
+if thought := args['add']:
+	with open(cowthoughts_path, "a") as f:
+		print(thought, file=f)
+	print('"', thought, '" added to thoughtbook (moo)', sep='')
+	exit()
+
+
+with open(cowthoughts_path) as thinkbook:
 	thoughts = [thought for thought in thinkbook.read().split("\n") if thought]
 
 thought = random.choice(thoughts)
-print(prefix + thought)
+print(thought)
diff --git a/resources/cowponder-homebrew-v0.0.2.tar.gz b/resources/cowponder-homebrew-v0.0.2.tar.gz
index 1f7253d..fb51a59 100644
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